Aug 13 Cultivating the land to turn over a new leaf By Larisa Epatko Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project -- a farm-based education program for ex-offenders and at-risk youth -- says she isn’t teaching gardening so much as teaching people how to work. Continue reading
Aug 13 Golden Age of Hollywood's Lauren Bacall dead at 89 By News Desk Husky-voiced actress Lauren Bacall, who leapt to fame after starring in her first movie at age 19, died Tuesday in New York City at the age of 89. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Robin Williams made transformation look effortless By PBS News Hour The death of Robin Williams, beloved American comedian and actor, has sparked an outpouring of shock and sadness. Jeffrey Brown joins A. O. Scott of The New York Times and Budd Friedman, founder of Improv Comedy Club, to look back… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | August 12, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, an experimental drug is approved for use in treating Ebola patients, but the drugmaker’s supply might be running out. Also: Iraq struggles with political turmoil and a raging insurgency, increasing riots in Missouri over the police… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch Family of slain Missouri teen calls for calm after protest violence By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch States stretch the limits of geography for politically uniform districts By PBS News Hour It’s no accident that 90 percent of Congress is re-elected every time; districts can be carefully drawn to protect incumbents. In Florida, a federal judge ruled that the design of two districts illegally favor sitting politicians, and ordered new maps… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch Out-of-this-world wit: Famed performer Robin Williams dies at 63 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch News Wrap: Record rains soak Detroit suburbs By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, major Michigan interstates were closed after record-breaking rains caused flooding, shutting down General Motor’s tech center near Detroit. Also, the government of Russia dispatched a miles-long convoy of trucks toward the Ukrainian border under the… Continue watching
Aug 12 Pentagon to send 130 more military advisers to Iraq By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is sending 130 more military advisers to northern Iraq to help local forces in their escalating fight against Islamic militants, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 12 Robin Williams' death rekindles questions about creativity and depression By Colleen Shalby Williams is not the only creative genius to have suffered from depression. That much is clear from history. Continue reading