Sep 10 Demand for gas masks in Israel wanes amid confusion about what happens next in Syria Students in Israel try on gas masks during an IDF drilli in 2007. Photo: IDF Fist fights and chaos broke out at post offices and other distribution points in Israel last week, where the Israeli Defense Forces were… Continue reading
Sep 10 AP: Syria accepts Russia's chemical weapons proposal BREAKING: Syrian foreign minister says Syria has accepted Russian proposal to surrender control over its chemical weapons.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 10, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 09 And that's a wrap! By News Desk ICYMI: @gwenifill and @judywoodruff closed out their first show as official co-anchors with...a fist-bump http://t.co/HNph8myUKZ — NewsHour (@NewsHour) September 9, 2013 -JS… Continue reading
Sep 09 Biographer on newly discovered Van Gogh painting By News Desk "He is coming to terms with his insanity. This is before he cut his ear off, but he is coming to terms with his severe medical problems..."… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch Fight Over Gun Control in Colorado Draws National Attention to Recall Elections Fight Over Gun Control in Colorado Draws National Attention to Recall Elections… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch Polls: Few Americans Believe Strike Would Dissuade Future Chemical Warfare Polls: Few Americans Believe Strike Would Dissuade Future Chemical Warfare… Continue watching
Sep 09 The NewsHour is LIVE! By News Desk Photo by Joshua Barajas It's 6 p.m. EDT -- what program are you watching? Co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff are kicking off the program now. Watch us live on our UStream channel. Continue reading
Sep 09 How Kerry's Syria ultimatum may have become an inadvertent solution .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%; } While in London early Monday,… Continue reading
Sep 09 Facebook data shows who is talking about Syria NBC News and Facebook partnered to look at the demographics of the conversation about Syria. Some notes from the report concerning Facebook and Syria: Men are posting about Syria nearly twice as much as women. Washington, D.C. had… Continue reading
Sep 09 Black infants face a high risk of premature birth and complications The LA Times reports on a stark racial divide in the delivery room. Black women...are 1 1/2 times as likely as white women to give birth prematurely, and their babies are more than twice as likely to die before… Continue reading