Aug 30 Watch Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire's Help Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire's Help… Continue watching
Aug 30 Twitter List: Keep Up With the Latest News From Syria A heavily damaged street in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor on Aug. 26, 2013. Photo by Ahmad Aboud/AFP/Getty Images. An alleged chemical attack outside Damascus on Aug. 21 drew the world's concern back to the Syrian civil war. Since… Continue reading
Aug 30 Nobel Laureate, World Famous Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74 By Margaret Myers Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth century, died in Dublin on Friday at the age of 74. Known in his native Ireland as “Famous Seamus,” Heaney was that rare writer who garnered critical acclaim while harvesting… Continue reading
Aug 30 Gwen's Take: War and Peace and the President On Wednesday, President Barack Obama sat down with NewsHour's Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza It never gets old slipping inside the gates at Pennsylvania Avenue and walking up the path to the White… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch Fifty Years Later, What Challenges Remain in the Way of a 'Dream' Democracy? Fifty Years Later, What Challenges Remain in the Way of a 'Dream' Democracy?… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch NFL, Ex-Players Reach $765 Million Settlement Over Head Trauma Suit NFL, Ex-Players Reach $765 Million Settlement Over Head Trauma Suit… Continue watching
Aug 29 President Argues Case for Action in Syria By Christina Bellantoni President Barack Obama sat down with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff Wednesday at the White House. On the subject of Syria, the president stressed he has "no interest" in "any kind of open-ended conflict" there, but he said that countries… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch News Wrap: Military Court Sentences Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan to Death News Wrap: Military Court Sentences Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan to Death… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 50 Years Later, March on Washington Rings With Purpose and Promises to Keep 50 Years Later, March on Washington Rings With Purpose and Promises to Keep… Continue watching
Aug 28 Obama to Pay Tribute to Martin Luther King, Speak to PBS NewsHour By Christina Bellantoni Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed the day's events would "go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation." King's dream and legacy are the central focus of a major… Continue reading