May 15 Trio of Scandals Puts Obama, Holder in Hot Seat Attorney General Eric Holder may be the lone witness at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight Wednesday. Watch a live stream of the hearing, which will begin at 1 p.m. EDT. Even when the White House says… Continue reading
May 14 PBS NewsHour Team 'No Commercials, No Mercy' Sweats it Out for Charity By Christina Bellantoni Politics editor Christina Bellantoni and social media editor Colleen Shalby, who ran with the PBS NewsHour HatCam, pose before the start of the ACLI Capital Challenge race in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Christina Bellantoni/Twitter. Fourteen PBS NewsHour road warriors… Continue reading
May 14 Watch News Wrap: Abortion Doctor Convicted for Murdering Babies Gets Life Sentence News Wrap: Abortion Doctor Convicted for Murdering Babies Gets Life Sentence… Continue watching
May 14 How Sequestration Could Affect US Flood-Warning System Oregon and Idaho each had to shut down three water gauges due to automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration. Watch how Idaho relies on these water gauges, from tracking drought conditions to determining stream levels for salmon. Video… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Philadelphia Abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell Guilty of First-Degree Murder Philadelphia Abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell Guilty of First-Degree Murder… Continue watching
May 13 Jury Rules Abortion Doctor Gosnell Guilty on Three Counts of Murder EmbedVideo(6282, 482, 304); When Dr. Kermit Gosnell was accused of multiple counts of murder relating to illegal late-term abortions, his six-week trial became a media frenzy, as abortion rights and anti-abortion advocates weighed in. Gosnell was found guilty… Continue reading
May 13 Obama: IRS Scrutiny of Conservative Groups 'Outrageous' if True By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama said Monday that if an inspector general review of the Internal Revenue Service shows the tax agency gave conservative groups more intense scrutiny, "then that's outrageous and there's no place for it."… Continue reading
May 10 Full Interview: Boston Marathon Bombing Victim on Moving Forward EmbedVideo(6429, 482, 304); Boston Marathon bombing victim Roseann Sdoia talked to WGBH Greater Boston host Emily Rooney about the day of the bombings, her recovery and her plans to move forward. Roseann Sdoia was waiting for a friend at… Continue reading
May 10 The One Safe Investment and Why You Never Hear About It From Financial Advisors By Zvi Bodie Economist Zvi Bodie, perhaps the country's foremost expert on pension finance, insists that every American at least consider an investment that financial advisors almost never mention. Photo by Peter Gridley/Getty Images. A note from Paul Solman:… Continue reading
May 10 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight On the Friday May 10 PBS NewsHour: A seamstress was pulled out alive in Bangladesh from the ruins of a garment factory that collapsed more than two weeks ago Details on the $45 million dollar bank heist involving ATMs in… Continue reading