Aug 01 What Does Edward Snowden's Move From Moscow Airport Mean? By Larisa Epatko After 39 days holed up at a Moscow airport, Edward Snowden, the self-professed leaker of National Security Agency top-secret surveillance programs, has officially entered Russia. But it doesn't mean he has his full freedom. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch News Wrap: Ariel Castro Faces Life Sentence Plus 1,000 Years for Rape, Murder In other news Thursday, Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years for holding three women captive for more than a decade at his home in Cleveland, Ohio. Also, Egypt's interior ministry offered "safe passage"… Continue watching
Jul 31 Live Twitter Chat: Changing Perspectives within the Catholic Church PBS NewsHour holds live Twitter chats each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT. Join us @NewsHour using the hashtag #NewsHourChats. Photo by Servizio Fotografico L'Osservatore Romano via Getty Images. On the way home from his seven-day… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Investigation Finds Pattern of Problems for Elder Care in Assisted Living Investigation Finds Pattern of Problems for Elder Care in Assisted Living… Continue watching
Jul 30 Changing the Culture of Sexual Assault Against Female Service Members Female Marine recruits stand in formation following hand-to-hand combat training during boot camp at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. Even as combat roles begin to open up for female marines, many of them feel marginalized and discriminated against by… Continue reading
Jul 30 Live Blog: Manning Acquitted of Aiding Enemy, Convicted of 6 Espionage Counts in WikiLeaks Case A verdict is expected at 1 p.m. EDT Monday in the trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. A military judge will release a verdict in the trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning Monday afternoon. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy, Convicted on 19 Other Charges At the end of a two-month court martial, a judge convicted Pfc. Bradley Manning on 19 charges, including espionage, theft and fraud, but acquitted him of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge against him, as well as an additional… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Lindy Boggs, Former Congresswoman and Ambassador, Dies at 97 Lindy Boggs, First Woman to Chair a DemocraticConvention, Dies at 97… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch Will Other U.S. Cities Follow in Detroit's Footsteps? Shoring Up the Fiscal Health of Other U.S. Cities in Light of Crisis in Detroit… Continue watching
Jul 29 Sen. John McCain Remembers Col. Bud Day, 'Most Special Man I've Ever Known' EmbedVideo(7026, 482, 304); Col. Bud Day, an Air Force fighter pilot who was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years, died Saturday in Florida at the age of 88. One of… Continue reading