May 12 Army Sgt. Charged with Murder in Iraq Clinic Attack By PBS News Hour A U.S. soldier suspected of killing five fellow servicemembers Monday at a military counseling clinic in Baghdad was charged Tuesday with five counts of murder, the U.S. military said in a statement. Continue reading
May 12 Watch Jim Lehrer Unveils Plans for the ‘PBS NewsHour’ Jim Lehrer made a surprise appearance at the annual PBS Showcase in Balitmore, MD Tuesday to announce that the NewsHour would begin its fifth iteration this fall as the 'PBS NewsHour.'… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Executive Producer Linda Winslow Outlines New Program In an address to PBS leaders in Baltimore, MD, NewsHour Executive Producer Linda Winslow discussed the planned changes to the program, the increased attention to Web content and what the viewer can expect from the 'PBS NewsHour' when it debuts… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Benedict Visits Middle East in Closely-watched Pilgrimage Pope Benedict XVI launched the second leg of a closely-watched trip to the Middle East Monday with a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial where he said victims of the genocide "lost their lives but they will never lose their names."… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Pope Benedict XVI Arrives in Middle East for Five-Day Visit Pope Benedict XVI launched the second leg of a closely-watched trip to the Middle East Monday with a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial where he said victims of the genocide "lost their lives but they will never lose their names."… Continue watching
May 11 Watch Other News: U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Fellow Troops in Iraq An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on his comrades, killing five and injuring three others, and volunteers in Sri Lanka dug mass graves after two days of deadly shelling in which up to 1,000 civilians were killed. Continue watching
May 11 Watch Military Shake-up in Afghanistan Signals New Strategy Push Defense Secretary Robert Gates tapped Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the new top commander in Afghanistan, replacing Gen. David McKiernan. Time magazine's Pentagon reporter Mark Thompson examines the move. Continue watching
May 11 Benedict Visits Middle East in Closely-watched Pilgrimage By PBS News Hour Pope Benedict XVI launched the second leg of a closely-watched trip to the Middle East Monday with a visit to Israel's Holocaust memorial where he said victims of the genocide "lost their lives but they will never lose their names."… Continue reading
May 08 In Case You Missed It: A Racial Divide in Unemployment in East St. Louis Tonight on the NewsHour, Paul Solman traveled to East St. Louis, Illinois, to report on the racial disparity in unemployment. East St. Louis is a case study in African-American unemployment — 16 percent for men there, as it is nationwide… Continue reading
May 08 Making Sen$e of Business, Finance, and Economics No more posts for today or the weekend as we debut (drum roll here, even trumpets, perhaps, or maybe a French overture)…our new Making Sen$e Web site, made possible by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,… Continue reading