Jun 13 Oklahoma execution team failed to place IV in Clayton Lockett's vein, according independent autopsy By Jaywon Choe Preliminary results from an autopsy conducted on the Oklahoma inmate involved in last April’s botched execution bolster claims that prison officials failed to properly administer the lethal dose of drugs used in the procedure. Continue reading
Jun 13 Veteran advocates remember Steve Robinson By News Desk The death Thursday of Army veteran and advocate Steve Robinson, who made several appearances on the PBS NewsHour, prompted words of praise from the advocacy community about how he championed veteran and military causes. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Army Works to Repair Medical Center, Reputation By PBS News Hour Army officials toured Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Wednesday to inspect and monitor repairs at the facility, which has been criticized for poor conditions and patient care. The Army's surgeon general and a veterans advocate debate the medical center's… Continue watching
Jun 13 Air traffic controllers working exhausting schedules, report finds By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Three years after a series of incidents in which controllers were found to be sleeping on the job, a National Research Council report released Friday expressed astonishment that the Federal Aviation Administration still permits controllers to work schedules that cram… Continue reading
Jun 13 What are the U.S.'s options in Iraq? By Larisa Epatko After taking over Iraq’s second largest city Mosul, the Sunni insurgent group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant set its sights on Baghdad, launching a debate over what the United States should do -- if anything… Continue reading
Jun 13 Border agents in Texas warned not to talk to media By Christopher Sherman, Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The surge in immigrant children caught crossing the southern border in Texas that has dominated headlines and risks becoming a political crisis for President Barack Obama and Congress includes a new threat facing Border Patrol agents: reporters. An… Continue reading
Jun 13 Why not all American youth should go to college By Robert Lerman Traveling to BMW's only American plant, where they've imported the German tradition of apprenticeships, Paul Solman speaks with long-time apprenticeship advocate and American University economist Bob Lerman about how pushing everyone onto the same path of a four-year college degree… Continue reading
Jun 13 GM recalls Camaros over ignition switch issue By Margaret Myers The recent list of recalls that has plagued General Motors got bigger on Friday when the automaker announced yet another ignition switch problem. This time on its iconic muscle car the Camaro. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Pew study finds more polarized Americans increasingly resistant to political compromise By PBS News Hour A major study by the Pew Research Center finds the increasing polarization in the U.S. is not just in our politics. American adults are less likely to compromise and often decide where to live, who to marry and who their… Continue watching
Jun 12 Do you remember the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? By Colleen Shalby Fifty years ago this July, President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the Civil Rights Act. Do you remember its passage?… Continue reading