Sep 22 Food stamps by the numbers Graphics credit: Lisa Overton/NewsHour Weekend After a showdown in the House ended with a vote to cut the nation's food stamp program by $40 billion, the controversial measure is headed to the Senate. Continue reading
Sep 22 #USAGI UPDATE: Typhoon #Usagi has made landfall near Shanwei, China -- effectively missing Hong Kong to the Northeast. pic.twitter.com/fWZoGJk5cU— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) September 22, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 22 What we're watching Sunday A woman who had been held hostage reacts in shock on after she was freed following a security operation at an upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi. Credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images Hostage crisis continues at Nairobi Westgate Mall Kenyan military… Continue reading
Sep 21 Terror Hits Nairobi Mall and Fuel-Efficient Cars Mean Less for Road Repairs .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } On this edition of PBS… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI PHOTO A policeman carries a baby to safety during an attack on a mall in Nairobi, Kenya pic.twitter.com/04S4Gpc4U9— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI BREAKING: Kenya president says 39 people killed, 150 wounded in mall attack; he lost family members — The Associated Press (@AP) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 Law school in six words: "You'll get hired. So they claimed." Langdell Hall of Harvard Law School | Credit: Wikimedia Commons In an effort to teach concise writing skills, legal writing professor Lisa Mazzie tasked her students at Marquette University… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI Situation at Westgate "under control", says Kenya's interior secretary, warns against speculation on nature of attack bbc.in/1b213Ys — BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 #NAIROBI Witnesses described a chaotic scene at Nairobi mall, with people screaming for help as they sought cover in stores. pic.twitter.com/V4zdqNbNvt — ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) September 21, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 21 What we're watching Saturday A car drives past waterfalls created by the run-off of rain from Usagi near the town of Hengtsun in southeast Pingtung county on Sept. 21, as the storm sweeps past the southern parts of the island. Credit: SAM YEH/AFP/Getty… Continue reading