Sep 04 Biography: Chief Justice William Rehnquist By Admin, PBS News Hour Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who steered the high court through groundbreaking legal and political disputes as well as guided it through a docket-full of potentially pivotal and controversial cases in recent court terms, died on Sept. 3, 2005. Continue reading
Sep 01 Military Orders Added National Guard Presence in Gulf Coast By PBS News Hour Some 22,000 National Guard troops will join forces already deployed along the Gulf Coast in an effort to bring security and calm to the region in what officials predict may be the largest military response to a natural disaster in… Continue reading
Aug 31 Hundreds of Iraqis Die in Stampede Near Shiite Shrine By PBS News Hour More than 650 and possibly as many as 1,000 people died Wednesday during a religious procession toward a Shiite shrine in Baghdad when rumors that a suicide bomber was about to attack caused a stampede on a bridge. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch Fatal Stampede in Baghdad Following a report on the stampede in Baghdad that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Shiite pilgrims, Los Angeles Times reporter Borezoo Daragahi provides an update from Baghdad. Continue watching
Aug 26 Pentagon Suffers Dual Setbacks in Plan to Reorganize Air Defenses By PBS News Hour The Pentagon's plan for reorganizing the nation's Air Force suffered two major blows Friday as the base closing commission voted to keep open two bases that officials wanted to shutter. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch Brac Commissioners On the final day of military base negotiations, two Base and Realignment commissioners discuss the base closing process and the apolitical nature of their work. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Iraq's Constitution Struggle Negotiators announced late Friday that they had reached a "deal in principle" to bring a draft constitution to the parliament. A Shiite and Sunni representative discuss the last minute offer and the chances of the compromise charter passing a public… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Another Challenge for Lance The USA Cycling governing body Friday came out in defense of Lance Armstrong as the seven-time Tour de France cycling champion continues to deny a French media report that he tested positive for the red blood cell-booster EPO. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Aug 25 Brac Commission Closes Historic Army Hospital, Lease Sites By PBS News Hour The commission appointed to review the Defense Department's recommended list of base closings voted Thursday to shut down the historic Walter Reed Army hospital in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch The Closing of Walter Reed The BRAC Commission voted Thursday to close the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The hospital has treated presidents, soldiers and veterans for nearly a century. Continue watching