Jun 12 Watch After Delays, Digital Television Conversion is Complete Analysts examine the road to digital television conversion and assess the successes and drawbacks involved in the change. Continue watching
Jun 11 Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing By Arts Desk Thursday on the NewsHour: Art Institute of Chicago Opens Modern Wing… Continue reading
Jun 11 An Overview of St. Lawrence County, N.Y. By Dale Hobson, North Country Public Radio In Patchwork Nation, St. Lawrence County represents Service Worker Centers, the community type made up of small to midsize towns that are especially sensitive to economic troubles. Continue reading
Jun 10 Chrysler Finishes Deal With Fiat After Court Strikes Down Request to Delay Sale By PBS News Hour Italian automaker Fiat became the new owner of most of Chrysler's assets Wednesday, in a move that largely ends the U.S. company's bankruptcy process and staves off concerns about liquidating the company. Continue reading
Jun 09 Shell Pays Millions to Settle Activists’ Deaths in Nigeria By PBS News Hour Royal Dutch Shell, in order to settle several lawsuits brought in a U.S. court, agreed Monday to pay $15.5 million to the families of Nigerian protesters executed by the military regime in the 1990s. Continue reading
Jun 08 North Korea Sentences 2 U.S. Journalists to 12 Years Hard Labor By PBS News Hour A North Korean court on Monday sentenced two U.S. journalists to 12 years in a labor camp, a move widely seen as a sign the Communist country is looking to escalate its confrontation with the United States. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Full Extent of Nazi Prison Camp System Still Emerging Scholars are still discovering the full scale of the Nazi prison camp system during WWII as President Obama visited remembrances and anniversary celebrations in Europe this week. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jun 05 Strong Military Presence, Location Drive Hampton Roads Economy By PBS News Hour Located in southeastern Virginia, Hampton Roads is one of the world's biggest and deepest natural harbors and home to the world's largest naval base at Norfolk. Continue reading
Jun 05 How Do You Calculate Patchwork Nation’s Hardship Index? By James G. Gimpel, Professor of government, University of Maryland Patchwork Nation's hardship index captures recent economic changes as well as current economic conditions in individual counties based on a series of data indicators. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Obama’s Cairo Speech Elicits Varying Reactions From American Muslims Many American Muslims watched Thursday's address by President Obama with keen interest, seeing it as both a major moment for U.S. policy as well as a call for Muslims to reflect on their beliefs and the governments of the Middle… Continue watching