Dec 14 Event honoring Nelson Mandela lacked usual security measures President Barack Obama delivers a speech during the memorial service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Dec. 10, 2013. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- In the hours before President Barack Obama arrived at a Johannesburg soccer stadium to… Continue reading
Dec 14 New poll shows waning support for stricter gun laws File photo. Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found just over half of Americans (52 percent) believe gun laws should be made more strict. This number is down from the 56… Continue reading
Dec 14 PHOTO: President, first lady, light 26 candles President Obama and @FLOTUS light 26 candles in remembrance of the victims of the #Newtown shooting. #SandyHook, pic.twitter.com/NsdhSY0edK— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 14, 2013… Continue reading
Dec 14 One year after Newtown, have your views on gun control, mental health changed? By News Desk Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images It was one year ago today when reports came in of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. By the end of that day, 20 children and seven adults --including the shooter's… Continue reading
Dec 14 Archbishop Tutu says he will not attend funeral -- was not invited by the ANC Updated. 8:38 pm EST: Archbishop Tutu will go to funeral after all, BBC. "No way I would have missed it" - Archbishop Tutu confirms he got no invitation for #Mandela's funeral http://t.co/ObyWwfylb4— BBC Breaking News… Continue reading
Dec 14 What we're watching Saturday Explosion hits Kenya's capital Kenyan authorities have confirmed at least 3 people have been killed in a car bombing in the country's capital of Nairobi. The explosion occurred in a passenger van that had been traveling from the… Continue reading
Dec 13 PBS NewsHour had a cookie-off and you're the winner Here at PBS NewsHour, we decided that there was no better way to get in the holiday spirit than with a good old fashioned cookie-off. So we asked all of our in-house bakers to share their favorite holiday… Continue reading
Dec 13 Make a wish: Geminid meteor shower brings chance to see the dozens of shooting stars Image by NASA If you can get away from the city lights, the Geminid meteor shower peaks late Friday night and early into Saturday morning. Weather permitting, 90 to 120 meteors per hour will be visible in the… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch News Wrap: Colo. student shot two before killing himself at high school News Wrap: Colo. student shot two before killing himself at high school… Continue watching
Dec 13 SNL to hire first black female performer since 2007 With my girls @Breshawebb @simoneshepherd @TiffanyHaddish & other funny ladies I got to meet at our #SNL showcase :) pic.twitter.com/X1D5gT2GOJ— Gabrielle Dennis (@GabrielleDennis) December 2, 2013 Under fire for the absence… Continue reading