Aug 23 Watch Mistaken identity in background checks can cost applicants job offers By PBS News Hour Today, nearly 90 percent of employers run a check on at least some of their applicants. As more employers throughout the country use background checks to review job applicants, NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson takes a look at the job-screening process,… Continue watching
Aug 23 After Foley murder, will Obama change stance on Syria? By Julie Pace, Associated Press For three years, President Barack Obama has resisted the pull of potential U.S. military action in Syria, even as the civil war's death toll climbed toward 200,000. Now, in light of the extremist group's murder of American journalist James Foley,… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Friday, August 22, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tonight on the program, we look into Iraq and why Kurdish fighters lack the military might to fight against the Islamic State. Also: "Orange is the New Black" author Piper Kerman talks the American justice system and the Netflix adaptation,… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch How will ALS ice bucket challenge money be spent? By PBS News Hour From George W. Bush to Kermit the Frog, scores of celebrities and thousands of others have posted videos of ice water being dumped over their heads. It’s all to raise money to battle ALS, a disease that destroys nerve cells… Continue watching
Aug 22 Watch 'Orange Is the New Black' author's biggest mistake inspired prison activism and a hit TV show By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 22 As governments invade privacy, tools for encryption grow more popular By Charles Pulliam-Moore In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA collecting massive amounts of user meta-data, many people went in search of safer, more secure ways to use the internet anonymously. Once thought to be something only used by the… Continue reading
Aug 22 How many vacation days has President Obama taken? By Associated Press President Barack Obama as of Friday has spent all or part of 138 days on vacation, less time away from the White House than his predecessors. Here's a look at how they compare. The totals exclude trips to the Camp… Continue reading
Aug 22 When should police use deadly force? By Ruth Tam, Hari Sreenivasan Even with two investigations underway regarding Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Mo., questions raised during two weeks of riots over the lethal use of police force are unlikely to fade. Did Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Brown,… Continue reading
Aug 22 Lawsuits challenge FAA ban on commercial drone flights By Joan Lowy, Associated Press The FAA has been working on regulations that would permit commercial drone flights in U.S. skies for more than 10 years, but the agency is still at least months and possibly years away from issuing final rules to permit flights… Continue reading
Aug 22 Obama administration announces new birth control fixes for religious groups By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Seeking to quell a politically charged controversy, the Obama administration announced new measures Friday to allow religious nonprofits and some companies to opt out of paying for birth control for female employees while still ensuring those employees have access to… Continue reading