Dec 24 What we're watching Tuesday The night before Christmas Crowds gather Tuesday to celebrate Christmas Eve in the biblical town of Bethlehem. Hundreds of tourists pack the town's Manger Square where the nearby Church of the Nativity sits on the spot where tradition says… Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch Will 2014 yield immigration reform? Despite a push from President Obama for immigration reform, 2013 failed to yield any sweeping legislation. Judy Woodruff talks to Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Research Center, Tamar Jacoby of ImmigrationWorks USA, Angela Maria Kelley of the Center for… Continue watching
Dec 23 Everything that happened in 2013 in one drawing "Here's to 2013." Illustration by Mario Zucca President Obama sitting at a computer with an error message, Lebron James holding a trophy and Kim Kardashian pushing a stroller-- all in one place. "Here's to 2013" is a… Continue reading
Dec 23 Peace talks offered by rebel leader in second week of South Sudan conflict South Sudanese shelter at a makeshift IDP camp at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Juba on December 22, 2013 where people continue to flock as fears of a resumption of fighting in the capital… Continue reading
Dec 23 President Obama signs executive order for 1 percent federal worker pay raise President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday that set 2014 pay scales for federal civilian and military employees, Reuters reports. Under the new pay scales, both military and civilian employees will receive a 1 percent pay raise. The… Continue reading
Dec 23 Jim Lovell re-enacts 1968 Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast Crew of Apollo 8. From left to right: James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman. Photo by NASA Forty-five years after Apollo 8's live Christmas Eve broadcast, former astronaut and retired Captain James Lovell Jr. Continue reading
Dec 23 America's favorite seafood often isn't inspected Americans love their shrimp. We ate close to four pounds of it per person in 2012, according to the National Fisheries Institute. And if you're heading to a holiday party this season, you may even find yourself… Continue reading
Dec 23 The bug that ate Christmas The balsam wolly adelgid is an invasive species known to kill popular fir tree species. Image by the Forest Service of the USDA. Wild populations of Canaan and Fraser firs -- some of the nation's most popular and… Continue reading
Dec 23 U.S. moving troops for possible security actions in South Sudan South Sudanese take shelter on Sunday at a camp for displaced people set up by the U.N. Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images. WASHINGTON -- Defense officials say the U.S. is moving additional Marines and aircraft from Spain to the Horn… Continue reading
Dec 23 Greece offers free electricity in bid to stem soaring smog levels Greece has started offering free electricity to many low-income families in an effort to curb the use of firewood, which officials say has caused "alarming levels" of air pollution. In recent weeks, pollution levels have soared in the capital… Continue reading