Jul 07 On Wednesday's NewsHour... EAST COAST HEAT WAVE | Scorching heat and humidity gripped the northeast and mid-Atlantic states, pushing electricity use toward record levels and disrupting train travel. Gwen Ifill reports on how people are coping with temperatures topping 100 degrees. REPUBLICAN PARTY'S… Continue reading
Jul 07 For Patty Griffin, 'Downtown Church' Opens a Door to Gospel By Molly Finnegan Although she tested the waters with songs like "Heavenly Day" off her 2007 album "Children Running Through," Patty Griffin had never considered recording a full gospel album until an executive at EMI floated the idea. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch News Wrap: Bombing Targets Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq In other news Wednesday, cleanup workers struggled to clean oily waste from Lake Pontchartrain, north of New Orleans and militants targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq killed 38 people in attacks across Baghdad. Continue watching
Jul 07 Is a Penalty Kick's Direction Predictable? World Cup Goalies Take Note By Hari Sreenivasan What happens in that split second between when the penalty kick taker approaches the ball, and when the ball hits the back of the net? In the instant replays from behind the kicker's shoulder, you can see in slow motion… Continue reading
Jul 07 Wednesday: NATO Airstrike Kills Afghan Troops; Oil Found in New Orleans Lake Three American soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb in the southern Afghanistan and a NATO airstrike mistakenly killed five of its Afghan army allies in the east on Wednesday, officials said. The Afghan soldiers were launching an… Continue reading
Jul 06 On Tuesday's NewsHour... NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: TIMOTHY GEITHNER | Concerns about the economic recovery linger on Wall Street as the service industry grew at a slower rate than expected last month. Jim Lehrer talks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about the state of… Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch U.S. Battles to Train Local Forces in Afghanistan U.S. troops are continuing their efforts to build up local security forces in Afghanistan, but so far with mixed results. Margaret Warner talks with GlobalPost reporter Jean MacKenzie, who recently returned from Kabul. Continue watching
Jul 05 On Monday's NewsHour... WEATHER HINDERS GULF CLEANUP | Rough conditions caused by weather prevented many skimmer boats from assisting with oil cleanup in the Gulf, including the testing of a new "super skimmer" vessel. Ray Suarez talks to Greg McCormack, director of the… Continue reading
Jul 05 Monday: BP's Costs Reach $3 Billion; Petraeus Takes Over in Afghanistan By Tom LeGro An oil spill cleanup crew works on July 4 in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. BP's costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster has reached just over $3 billion for capping the well, cleanup… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch News Wrap: Afghanistan Claims a Dozen International Troop Lives in July In other news Monday, 3 U.S. troops and a British Soldier were killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan, making a dozen international troops fatalities in the first five days of July. Continue watching