Jan 01 Evacuated towns surrounding Fukushima face uncertain future By News Desk An official in a full radiation protection suit scans an evacuated mother and child with a geiger counter to check radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, about 60km west from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant on March 16,… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch Calif. law change sparks debate over use of flame retardants in furniture Calif. law change sparks debate over use of flame retardants in furniture… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch How Colorado is regulating its retail pot sales The new year ushered in Colorado's first day of legal retail sales of pot. Ricardo Baca, the first ever marijuana editor at the Denver Post, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the details of the law, how its measures are --… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Colorado becomes first state to open retail stores for recreational marijuana Colorado becomes first state to open retail stores for recreational marijuana… Continue watching
Jan 01 Al-Qaida-linked group behind Somali car bombings An al-Qaida regional affiliate, known as al-Shabab, set off two bombs in Somalia, killing at least eight people. Here, Somali boys wave the militant group's flag. Photo by Stringer/AFP/Getty Images At least eight people were killed Wednesday when… Continue reading
Jan 01 With the health care website mostly fixed, the new law faces new legal and administrative challenges With a new year, the Obama administration faces a new set of challenges for the health care law, including religious organizations challenging the legality of a mandate to provide birth control. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images WASHINGTON… Continue reading
Jan 01 U.S., Afghan tensions grow over prisoner release Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images The United States and Afghanistan are at odds over the Afghan government's decision to release several prisoners from a military jail in Kabul, further straining an already tense relationship between the two… Continue reading
Jan 01 Japanese population declined by record number in 2013 Cherry Blossom Walk in Osaka Flickr user Gaheilon The Japanese population, which has been shrinking for the last couple of years, declined by a record 244,000 people in 2013, according to health ministry estimates. Continue reading
Jan 01 On New Year's Day, Boy Scouts of America officially lifts ban on gay youth For the first time in the organization's history, Boy Scouts of America will allow openly gay members into the organization. Photo by REUTERS/Darrell Byers. For 103 years, Boy Scouts of America forced openly gay members out of the organization. On… Continue reading
Jan 01 4.6 million Snapchat users' information leaked While Snapchat users were sleeping off their New Year's Eve celebrations, their personal data may have been compromised. 4.6 million of the photo messaging application's users' phone numbers and names were leaked to an online database. The company allegedly… Continue reading