Feb 15 Arm Teachers or Ban Video Games? Students Debate in Google Hangout By Leah Clapman, Hari Sreenivasan The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has made many schools rethink their safety procedures. It has also sparked emotional debates about the roots of violence. To find out how the tragedy has affected young people, we… Continue reading
Feb 15 Video Games: Violent, Yes. But Do They Make Us Violent? EmbedVideo(5745, 482, 304); Psychologist Brad Bushman and public health expert Cheryl Olson weigh in on the impact of violent video games on behavior. Watch the full report on PBS NewsHour Tuesday. I remember some years back when I… Continue reading
Feb 15 Napolitano Names Top Three Countries Where Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Are Launched By Larisa Epatko Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez on Friday that cyber attacks on the United States are on the rise, and internationally, three countries are the biggest sources: Iran, Russia and China. Continue reading
Feb 15 On the PBS NewsHour Tonight By News Desk On Friday's NewsHour: A meteor rains havoc on a city in Russia, while a huge asteroid rockets past our planet The president campaigns to reduce gun violence We ask Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about threats… Continue reading
Feb 15 To Reid's Disgust, Senate Republicans Delay Vote on Hagel Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. "Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse." That was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., bemoaning a Republican filibuster of President Obama's nominee… Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch Defense Secretary Nominee Hagel Faces More Hurdles in Bid for Nomination Defense Secretary Nominee Hagel Faces More Hurdles in Bid for Nomination… Continue watching
Feb 14 Ten Things We Learned From the State of the Union Address Before it all fades from memory -- President Obama's declaration that "the state of our union is stronger," and his proposals to finish the task "to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just… Continue reading
Feb 14 When Searching for Love, Is Online Dating the Place to Look? EmbedVideo(5720, 482, 304); For a special Valentine's Day segment, NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni talked with Daily-Download.com's Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz about sites like Match.com, eHarmony and OK Cupid, and what we can learn about online dating and… Continue reading
Feb 13 State of the Union: 4 Takes on Afghanistan, Syria, President's Style By Larisa Epatko Along with urging action on guns and jobs, President Obama touched on some foreign policy points, including the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, nuclear threats from North Korea and Iran, and a redoubling of cyber-security efforts, in his State… Continue reading
Feb 13 Undocumented Journalist Testifies at Senate Hearing on Immigration Reform EmbedVideo(5717, 482, 304); Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday about his experience as an undocumented immigrant in America. His question for the committee: "What do you want to do with me?"… Continue reading