Mar 19 Watch Flood-prone South Florida considers proactive investment against rising seas By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch Despite dip in unemployment, Yellen says Fed will hold low short-term interest rates for now By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch What Toyota's $1.2 billion settlement means for the auto industry By PBS News Hour The Justice Department announced a record $1.2 billion dollar penalty leveled at automaker Toyota. A four-year criminal investigation determined the car company had concealed unintended acceleration issues, a serious safety concern. That case could serve as a warning to General… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch News Wrap: Ukraine announces plan to pull troops from Crimea By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, acting leaders in Kiev announced a plan to evacuate troops from Crimea after Russian forces seized part of the Ukrainian naval headquarters in Sevastopol. Also, Malaysian authorities have turned to the FBI to help analyze… Continue watching
Mar 19 Ex-dolphin hunter denounces Japanese tradition By Robert Pursell Izumi Ishii, an ex-dolphin hunter, has gone on record contradicting the Japanese government’s claims that the practice is a century-old tradition, but instead had originated as late as 1969. Continue reading
Mar 19 U.S. tech companies had full knowledge of NSA spying, agency's lawyer says By Joshua Barajas According to Rajesh De, general counsel for the National Security Agency, U.S. technology companies including Microsoft and Google had full knowledge of the NSA's bulk data collection. Continue reading
Mar 19 Michigan plan promises to cover college tuition, but students must 'pay it forward' By Margaret Myers Legislators in Michigan have proposed a creative solution for financing college tuition -- make it free. That’s the first step. Second step: require the student to “pay it forward.”… Continue reading
Mar 19 Toyota to pay $1.2 billion for misleading public on safety recalls By Ellen Rolfes Toyota has come to a $1.2 billion settlement to end a Justice Department criminal probe into how the company handled customer complaints and automobile recalls related to safety problems with their vehicles from 2009 to 2010. "Today we can say… Continue reading
Mar 19 Is Janet Yellen right for the job? By Richard F. Syron At the end of the Fed's two-day policy meeting Wednesday, Janet Yellen holds her first press conference as chair. Former Fed governor Richard Syron examines Yellen's preparation for the job in light of her predecessors' tenures at the central bank. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch To right old wrong, Obama awards Medal of Honor to overlooked Hispanic, Jewish and African-American soldiers By PBS News Hour Continue watching