Jan 16 Watch At Detroit Auto Show, carmakers unveil new high-performance models By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Is Air Force cheating scandal symptomatic of a bigger problem? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Goodwill tries tailoring education to meet needs of adult dropout students By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 16 Americans prefer print books over e-books By Bridget Bowman Despite an increase in electronic readers and tablets, most Americans still prefer flipping through the pages of a book. A study found 70 percent of Americans read print books last year, but only four percent read exclusively e-books. Continue reading
Jan 16 Justice Department to revise its stance on racial profiling By Ruth Tam The Justice Department will revise its stance on racial profiling. That revision will restrict officials from considering religion, national origin, gender and sexual orientation in their investigations. Continue reading
Jan 16 Target officials to testify on Capitol Hill By Bridget Bowman Following a holiday data breach, representatives from Target will testify before Congress. Earlier this week, Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., also demanded that Target provide answers about the hack that affected millions of Americans. Continue reading
Jan 16 Live chat: Gwen Ifill on politics, media and 'F Gwenifill' By News Desk Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week Washington Week moderator and PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill hosts monthly live chats. For her January chat, Gwen shared her thoughts on potential 2016 presidential candidates, the media's handling of the Chris… Continue reading
Jan 16 Gene therapy shows early promise as treatment for blindness By News Desk An initial trial gene therapy study published Thursday has shown that a genetic eye disease may be treatable after a half dozen patients afflicted with the extremely rare disease had improved vision after defective genes in their retinas were replaced… Continue reading
Jan 16 Two-drug lethal injection method used for Ohio execution By News Desk The AP reports it took more than 15 minutes for death row inmate Dennis McGuire's execution to complete. BREAKING: Ohio executes condemned killer with first U.S. use of two-drug lethal injection method. — The Associated Press (@AP)… Continue reading