Jun 27 Strom Thurmond, Longest Serving Senator, Dies At 100 Strom Thurmond, a maverick Dixiecrat-turned-Republican who led the longest single filibuster in U.S. history and served in the U.S. Senate nearly 50 years, died late Thursday at the age of 100. Continue reading
Jun 24 Six British Soldiers Killed, Eight Injured in Iraq By PBS News Hour "It's normally very quiet down here," British Army Lt. Col. Ronnie McCourt in Basra told the Associated Press. "We've been here nearly two months now and this is the first time people have been deliberately, consciously shooting at us."… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch Growing Danger in Iraq Margaret Warner follows up with Newsweek's Baghdad correspondent Rod Nordland. Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Editorial Views Terence Smith gauges the public's reaction to the Supreme Court's affirmative action decisions with four editorial page editors from across the country. Continue watching
Jun 23 Russia’s Largest Private TV Station Shuts Down The Russian Media Ministry ended broadcasts of financially troubled TVS, the country's last independent national television station, and replaced it with a new state-run sports channel. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch Junk E-mail and Spam Wars Junk e-mail, known commonly as spam, continues to flood inboxes throughout the country. Terence Smith examines the continued effort to block the deluge of unwanted e-mail. Continue watching
Jun 19 Attacks Continue in Iraq, Top Saddam Official Captured Violence continues in Iraq as militants launched three separate attacks on American soldiers in 24 hours, killing one American, one Iraqi and wounding some dozen others. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Counting the Civilian Casualties in Iraq Margaret Warner discusses the number of civilians who died in the Iraq conflict with retired Col. Samuel Gardiner; Alex Roland, professor of history at Duke University; and Niko Price, a correspondent with the Associated Press. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Beaming Back Iranian officials are blaming U.S.-based pro-democracy broadcasts for recent demonstrations in Tehran. KCET Los Angeles Correspondent Saul Gonzalez visited these broadcasters: Iranian exiles pushing for regime change at home. Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Troubled Church Following Thursday's Annual Conference of American Bishops, Ray Suarez speaks with Catholic bishops and victims' rights advocates about Church efforts to remedy the ongoing sex abuse crisis. Continue watching