Sep 12 After 32 years, White House peace vigil taken down... then put back up again Photo by Flickr user Elvert Barnes/Creative Commons For three decades a little white tent and two yellow signs calling for nuclear weapon ban have been one of the White House's closest neighbors. "Live by the bomb die… Continue reading
Sep 12 Pope Francis says atheists who "abide by their own conscience" are granted God's mercy Video still/PBS NewsHour Pope Francis, known for his conciliatory tone, wrote in a 26,000-word letter to an Italian newspaper that atheists must "abide by their own conscience." The letter published Wednesday in La Repubblica was a… Continue reading
Sep 12 How the New York Times landed Putin's op-ed Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images The New York Times made news of its own today when it published an op-ed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The piece called for American caution when considering a strike against Syria and said… Continue reading
Sep 12 Pennsylvania judge orders clerk to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A judge ordered a suburban Philadelphia clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, saying that the Montgomery Country clerk did not have the power to decide individually whether Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage… Continue reading
Sep 12 Africa leads world with fastest growing population Click on the image to go to a interactive map by the Population Reference Bureau. The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) released their "2013 World Population Data Sheet" on Thursday revealing that sub-Saharan Africa, one of… Continue reading
Sep 12 Join Hari Sreenivasan for #AnchorHours By Elisabeth Ponsot Last weekend, NewsHour Weekend debuted on stations across the country on Saturday and Sunday. This week, we begin Anchor Hours with NewsHour Weekend's Hari Sreenivasan (@hari). Hari will be joined by NewsHour Weekend… Continue reading
Sep 12 Libya is on the brink of an oil-starved financial crisis An oil refinery west of Tripoli, before the strikes Photo: MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images Since July, Libyan oil fields and terminals have been shut down by striking workers upset over low pay and corruption, NPR reports. Before the… Continue reading
Sep 12 #VOYAGER I'm in #interstellar space, but I haven't left the solar system. The regions overlap. This explains: http://t.co/uPCRu43rX4— NASA Voyager (@NASAVoyager) September 12, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 12 Listen to sounds of interstellar space from #VOYAGER Hear the sound of #interstellar space. It told us @NASAVoyager had crossed into the new frontier http://t.co/JMCli7Hme2— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) September 12, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 12 Online abuse "While minorities and homosexuals are often targeted, experts say no group is more abused online than women."Greg Sandoval for The Verge on the rape and death threats women face on the Internet. Continue reading