Jul 18 HIV Behind Bars: How Prisons and Jails Are Battling an Epidemic By Jason Kane In two very different places - Washington, D.C., and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - correctional facilities are facing remarkably similar challenges containing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and treating its victims. Continue reading
Jul 18 The Forgotten Orphans, From D.C. to Zimbabwe By Jason Kane In two very different places - one the capital of United States, the other an impoverished nation in sub-Saharan Africa - children who lost their parents to the HIV/AIDS epidemic struggle against similar challenges. Here are two of their stories. Continue reading
Jul 17 Measuring Significant Drought Years By Larisa Epatko More than half of the continental United States was in moderate to extreme drought in June -- including corn- and soybean-producing states -- damaging crops and impacting prices at the grocery store. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch Pew Study: More Viewers Choose YouTube for Breaking News The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study Monday showing that news consumers are increasingly trading traditional media for YouTube. Jeffrey Brown discusses the challenges and opportunities traditional media sources now face with Pew's Tom Rosenstiel… Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch News Wrap: Air Force Sex Abuse Trial Begins In other news Monday, a Texas-based U.S. Air Force instructor went on trial, facing charges of rape and sexual assault of female recruits. Also, fighting in Syria's capital, Damascus, intensified as government tanks, troops and helicopters battled rebels in three… Continue watching
Jul 16 Yahoo! Nabs Google's Marissa Mayer as Company's New CEO By Mike Melia Yahoo! has a new leader. Again. Marissa Mayer has been tapped to be the company's next CEO, the fifth person to take the helm of the Internet giant in five years. A longtime Google executive, Mayer had been responsible for… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch Candidates Trade Barbs on Outsourcing After a Washington Post story investigated Former Gov. Mitt Romney's connection to sending jobs overseas as the head of Bain Capital, President Obama has seized on outsourcing as a line of attack against his opponent. And Romney launched a counterattack… Continue watching
Jul 13 The View from the Volt: Miles Risks Safety While Talking Smart Power EmbedVideo(3888, 482, 304); Last week, a powerful "derecho" storm hammered the mid-Atlantic region, snuffing out power during the peak of a sweltering heat wave for nearly a week in some homes. Days later, our science correspondent Miles… Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch Watch Penn State Board of Trustees Respond to Sandusky Repor Penn State board members respond to findings on the Jerry Sandustry child abuse case. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch An Election on Facebook: Old Media Enters New World Do "likes" on Facebook translate to votes? Howard Kurtz and Lauren Ashburn of Daily-Download.com examine that issue with Ray Suarez and also explore why traditional news outlets are partnering with social media sites this election year. Continue watching