Oct 06 On Wednesday’s NewsHour… MILITARY FUNERAL PROTESTS | The Supreme Court took up a First Amendment case involving the controversial Westboro Baptist Church group protesting at a U.S. Marine's funeral. Jeffrey Brown talks to Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal describes the… Continue reading
Oct 06 Inside The Supreme Court: Marcia Coyle on Military Funeral Protests By Elizabeth Summers Attorney Margie Phelps argues for the respondents in Snyder v. Phelps. Courtroom sketch courtesy William Hennessy Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal was inside the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear arguments in a much anticipated case… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch ‘Crucial’ U.S.-Pakistan Relationship Tested by Airstrikes, Blockade The increasing violence in the Afghan-Pakistani border region could put more pressure on the already strained relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. Margaret Warner has more. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch News Wrap: Taliban, Afghan Officials Reportedly in Talks to End War In other news Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that Afghan officials are taking part in high-level talks with Taliban leaders to end the nine-year war. In Hungary, a criminal investigation was launched into its ongoing toxic sludge disaster. Continue watching
Oct 06 Wednesday: Taliban, Afghan Leaders Reportedly in Talks; NATO Tankers Hit Tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan burn Wednesday following an attack in Pakistan. Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Secret, high-level talks over a negotiated end to the Afghan war have taken place between Taliban representatives and the government… Continue reading
Oct 05 On Tuesday’s NewsHour… TIMES SQUARE ATTEMPTED BOMBER SENTENCED | Faisal Shahzad was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for trying to set off a bomb in New York's Times Square in May. WYNC reporter Ailsa Chang was in the courtroom and… Continue reading
Oct 05 Google, Apple Among Those Vying for Living Room Media Dominance The idea of merging the Web and television was so powerful in the late 90s that the U.S. government classified it as a weapon, but the promise has since suffered "years of false-starts and not-quite-there implementations." As people… Continue reading
Oct 04 On Monday’s NewsHour… EUROPEAN TERROR ALERT | The Obama administration warned Americans to be cautious and aware of their surroundings while traveling to Europe. The U.S., along with several other countries, issued travel alerts to tourists after a suspected terror plot was uncovered… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch News Wrap: October Off to Deadly Start for NATO Troops in Afghanistan In other news Monday, the NATO casualty count is on the rise again in the war in Afghanistan, with at least 11 troops killed in the first few days of October. Continue watching
Oct 04 Monday: Travel Alert Issued for Europe; NATO Tankers Attacked in Pakistan French Army soldiers patrol the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday. Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images. The State Department issued a travel alert Sunday, cautioning Americans visiting Europe of possible terrorist attack by al-Qaida or other groups. The alert… Continue reading