Jul 11 Lawmakers seek lower price for bill on vets' care By Matthew Daly, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at… Continue reading
Jul 11 Why LeBron coming home matters so much to Cleveland By Terence Burlij Fast forward to Friday. In his Sports Illustrated announcement, the first reason James cites for his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers is that he grew up in Northeast Ohio and how the region “holds a special place” in his heart. Continue reading
Jul 11 House votes to permanently extend 'bonus depreciation' tax break By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House voted Friday to make permanent a temporary tax break that makes it easier for businesses to invest in new equipment, one of many expired tax breaks that Congress must deal with by the end of the… Continue reading
Jul 11 A genetic explanation of economic success By Gregory Clark There’s nothing to rule out the possibility that the economically successful of the modern world are actually genetically different from the people who are not successful, economic historian Gregory Clark tells Paul Solman in part four of their never-before published… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch Amid border crisis, Immigration judges push for more resources By PBS News Hour Changing a 2008 law that requires court hearings before deportations of children is part of a potential compromise that emerged on Capitol Hill today. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dana Leigh Marks of the National Association of Immigration Judges about the… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Exam asks students to apply critical thinking skills to real-life situations By PBS News Hour A new report finds that U.S. students’ financial literacy is only average compared to students worldwide. So what can be done to improve the performance of our schools? Education correspondent John Merrow reports on one test that may help American… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Is Netflix the new TV? By PBS News Hour Netflix, an online streaming service, netted 31 Emmy nominations this year, while traditional over-the-air broadcast networks were shut out of the nominations for best drama almost entirely. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Meredith Blake of The Los Angeles Times about the… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Is Germany overreacting to allegations of U.S. espionage? By PBS News Hour Germany announced today that it is kicking America’s top spy out of the country after new reports of U.S. espionage. For debate on the expulsion request, Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Lowenthal, former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council… Continue watching
Jul 10 U.S. teens rank between Latvia and Russia on financial literacy, far below Shanghai By Simone Pathe American teens may work summer jobs and manage money on their smartphones, but their financial literacy places them between Latvia and Russia, and far below 15-year-olds in Shanghai, who achieved the highest average score on the largest youth financial literacy… Continue reading
Jul 10 Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost emails By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. Continue reading