Jul 24 From the Vault: Roger Mudd's 1987 Report on Sally Ride EmbedVideo(3971, 482, 304); In 1987, Sally Ride retired from NASA to take a job a Stanford University, leaving America's space program "without a real hero" and "struggling to stay in orbit." That's according to a historic… Continue reading
Jul 24 The Daily Frame Brass band members take part in a second line parade Monday in New Orleans to honor the late "Uncle" Lionel Batiste, a singer and bass drummer for the Treme Brass Band. Batiste passed away July 8 at the age of… Continue reading
Jul 23 Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies at 61 Sally Ride monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the flight deck of the Challenger shuttle on June 25, 1983. Floating in front of her is a flight procedures notebook. Photo by Apic/Getty Images. Sally Ride, the first… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch NCAA Fines and Penalties Will Have Lasting Impact on Penn State Football Program NCAA Fines and Penalties Will Have Lasting Impact on Penn State Football Program… Continue watching
Jul 23 NCAA Hits Penn State with Severe Sanctions Penn State employees cover the Joe Paterno statue outside of Beaver Stadium before removing it on Sunday, July 22, 2012, in State College, Pa. Photo by Christopher Weddle/ Centre Daily Times/ MCT via Getty Images. In the latest… Continue reading
Jul 20 12 Dead, 59 Wounded in Colorado Theater Shooting; Suspect in Custody By Tom LeGro Tammi Stevens is overcome with emotion as she picks up her son, Jacob Stevens, outside Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., on Friday. Jacob was a witness to the shooting inside the Aurora movie theater where 12 people were killed. Continue reading
Jul 20 NRA Deletes Tweet, Twitter Talks Gun Control By Jenny Marder A gas mask was marked as the first piece of evidence in a criminal investigation. Federal authorities searched through evidence in the parking lot behind the Century 16 movie theater where a gunman shot and killed 12 people Friday morning. Continue reading
Jul 20 HIV Stigma Lingers as Churches Battle Epidemic By Jason Kane In two very different places -- Zimbabwe and Washington, D.C. -- Christian pastors have taken a leading role in the fight against HIV. But in both, some are wondering whether they should be doing more to help reduce the stigma. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch Fears Mount Over Assad's Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons In addition to the diplomatic tension with China and Russia, reports that some of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapon stockpiles were recently moved have increased fears. Jeffrey Brown talks to Leonard Spector of the Monterey Institute of International Studies… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch HIV and God: How A D.C. Church Is Battling an Epidemic HIV and God: How A D.C. Church Is Battling an Epidemic… Continue watching