May 13 Judge Blocks Last-Minute Bid to Stop Mass. Gay Marriages By PBS News Hour A federal judge Thursday rejected an 11th hour attempt by conservative groups to prevent Massachusetts from granting the first state-sanctioned gay marriage licenses beginning next week. Continue reading
May 13 Clashes in Gaza Strip Leave At Least Two Dozen Dead Israel killed 12 Palestinians in southern Gaza Thursday in retaliation for back-to-back ambushes this week that left 11 Israeli soldiers dead. Continue reading
May 13 Indian Prime Minister Resigns After Surprising Party Defeat By PBS News Hour Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigned in the wake of the crushing defeat of his governing Bharatiya Janata Party in India's general elections. Close to 380 million voters turned out for the elections held over three weeks. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Refugee Crisis in Sudan Refugees from the Darfur region of western Sudan have fled across the border into Chad to escape alleged ethnic cleansing in their war-torn country. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at the dismal daily life in these refugee camps and… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Candidates Focus Campaigns on Domestic Issues President Bush and his Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts delivered speeches on health care and education this week. Pollster Andrew Kohut assesses the public's changing views of the two candidates. Continue watching
May 12 Watch Denver Views Spencer Michels follows up with a group of voters in Denver to discuss their reactions to recent events in Iraq. Continue watching
May 12 Watch Brown v. Board of Education In May of 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. KTWU, the Topeka PBS station, produced a look back at the decision through the eyes of some… Continue watching
May 11 Putin Visits Chechnya, Boosts Troop Levels After Assassination By PBS News Hour Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Chechnya Tuesday to honor the Kremlin-backed Chechen President Ahmed Kadyrov, who was assassinated Sunday as he attended celebrations marking the anniversary of the end of World War II. Continue reading
May 11 EPA Issues Off-Road Diesel Pollution Rules By PBS News Hour Environmental Protection Agency chief Mike Leavitt signed new regulations Tuesday aimed at cutting pollutants from diesel engines in off-road vehicles such as farming and construction equipment by 90 percent over the next eight years. Continue reading
May 11 Watch Emmitt Till The Department of Justice has reopened an inquiry into the 1955 murder of Mississippi teenager Emmett Till after two new documentaries suggested the initial investigation and subsequent acquittal were flawed. Continue watching