Jul 07 Senate Democrats sidestep 'Obamacare' on the campaign trail By Charles Babington, Associated Press For Republicans, the Senate race is all about tying Democrats to Obama — especially to a health care law that remains unpopular with many Americans. And for Democrats, the election is about just about anything else, especially if they can… Continue reading
Jul 07 Department of Education launches plan to attract good teachers to high-poverty schools By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press As part of the initiative, the Education Department said it will ask states to develop new, comprehensive educator equity plans. It is also investing $4.2 million to start a new technical assistance network to help states and districts create and… Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 25:08 Sunday, July 6, 2014 By PBS News Hour On Sunday's program, Israeli authorities make arrests for what they believe was the revenge murder of a Palestinian teenager. Later, Hari Sreenivasan reports from the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, on the breadth of what data brokers know about you. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch What do data brokers really know about us? By PBS News Hour What types of information are companies gathering about you? How can they use this information, or even trade it? And what rights do consumers have to learn how they're being tracked? Julia Angwin, senior reporter at ProPublica and the author… Continue watching
Jul 06 SCOTUS to consider contraception at faith-affiliated nonprofits By Associated Press The issue in more than four dozen lawsuits from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral is how far the Obama administration must go to accommodate them. Continue reading
Jul 05 Great white shark attacks swimmer off California coast By Elisabeth Ponsot Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Rick Flores told the Associated Press that the victim was bitten on the upper right side of his body and had suffered puncture wounds. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Birth control injunction for religious college draws dissent from female justices By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch Marcus and Gerson on agreement and division at the Supreme Court, immigration protests By PBS News Hour Washington Post columnists Ruth Marcus and Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on contraception, how the Obama administration is trying to quell an influx of unaccompanied migrant children trying to… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch News Wrap: Iraqi government reports gains against ISIL By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Iraqi government troops recaptured the village of Awja — birthplace of Saddam Hussein — and made headway in reclaiming Iraq’s largest oil refinery in Beiji. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to defeat the militants,… Continue watching
Jul 04 Google restores links to Guardian articles in Europe after criticism over censorship By Diane Jeanty The move comes after Google notified British media outlets, The Guardian and the BBC that links to some articles would no longer be visible on their search engine after they received complaints to have the links removed. Continue reading