Apr 30 Watch Telling the stories behind the Supreme Court 'gamble' on same-sex marriage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch Botched execution in Oklahoma raises questions about lethal injection process By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch News Wrap: Slow-moving storm drowns parts of Southeast with record rainfall By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 30 More tolls may be coming to an interstate near you By Ellen Rolfes With highways funds running out of fuel, the White House is willing to consider new tolls on interstate highways to pay the bills and repair the roads. Continue reading
Apr 30 After rash of storms, flooding hits Florida, Alabama By Ariel Min The giant storm system that violently swept across Oklahoma, Mississippi and Arkansas last weekend has evolved into widespread flooding in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The death toll from the storms has grown to 36 so… Continue reading
Apr 30 Donald Sterling's 'plantation': the corrupt economy of NBA franchises By Christopher Mackin Donald Sterling's racist comments aside, his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers exposes a systematic problem with the corporate ownership structure of NBA franchises and the American workplace. Continue reading
Apr 30 Restaurant owners caught between their morals and the market By John Platt John Platt quit his job as a school principal to work as waiter, then opened his own restaurant where he feeds the homeless every month. He fancies himself a liberal. But a $15 minimum wage? He's having none of it. Continue reading
Apr 30 Who ended up paying attention to the Heartbleed bug? By Colleen Shalby Pew Research Center surveyed 1,501 American adults and asked them what steps, if any, they took following the Heartbleed revelation. Continue reading
Apr 30 Senate Republicans block Democratic push to raise minimum wage By Alan Fram, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked an election-year Democratic bill on Wednesday that would boost the federal minimum wage, handing a defeat to President Barack Obama on a vote that is sure to reverberate in this year's congressional elections. The measure's… Continue reading
Apr 30 Taco Bell takes the mystery out of the 'other' ingredients in its meat By Ariel Min Taco Bell was kind enough to tell us what’s in the other 12 percent of its beef: “they do have weird names, but they’re all safe and approved by the FDA,” says Taco Bell. On its website, the popular… Continue reading