May 10 Exclusive: Oil Rig Worker Shares Tale of Survival, Fear, Legal Tangles Oil rig survivor Christopher Choy recently shared his story with the NewsHour and NPR. Continue reading
May 09 How Much Oil Has Leaked Into the Gulf of Mexico? By Chris Amico, Vanessa Dennis View ticker with live video feed. Last updated 11 a.m. ET on May 27. Nobody knows for certain how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since last month's oil rig explosion. What we do have… Continue reading
May 09 Dispatch From Alabama: Watching, Waiting for Impact of Oil Spill By Tom Bearden Correspondent Tom Bearden has been reporting from Louisiana and Alabama on the impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill and filed this dispatch for the Rundown. There's a new feature on the local TV weather forecast in Mobile, Ala.:… Continue reading
May 07 Shields and Brooks on Prospects for an Energy Bill and Keeping the Lights On By Hari Sreenivasan Regular NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks stopped by the Rundown after their appearance on Friday's program. With plenty happening in Washington and beyond this week, we discussed how the chances for passage on climate legislation are shifting… Continue reading
May 07 Human and Neanderthal Genes 'Incredibly Similar' Modern humans and Neanderthals are more closely connected in the gene pool than expected, according to new research. The results, published in the journal Science on Friday, show that Neanderthals and humans are "incredibly similar" when comparing proteins encoded… Continue reading
May 06 Watch In Gulf of Mexico, Oil Containment Device Poised to Help Slow Leak NewsHour correspondent Tom Bearden gives an update from Louisiana, as BP engineers prepare to lower a massive containment dome over into the Gulf of Mexico in hopes of capturing much of the massive oil leak. Continue watching
May 05 Dispatch From Louisiana: The Brown Pelican and Media Etiquette The Fort Jackson bird rescue facility near Venice, La., got its second patient on Monday -- an oil-soaked Louisiana brown pelican. The gawky bird was picked up on Storm Island, but the folks who are standing by to clean… Continue reading
May 05 Watch Gulf Coast Oil Spill Adds 'Insult to Injuries' for Ocean's Health Cleanup and wildlife rescue operations are underway on the shore as the massive oil leak spreads toward sensitive coastal wetlands along the Gulf Coast. Judy Woodruff speaks with Sylvia Earle, National Geographic's explorer-in-residence, about the disaster's effects on the fragile… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Gulf Cleanup Continues as BP Attempts to Cap Largest Oil Leak Tom Bearden continues his reports from the Gulf Coast with an update on BP's attempt to cap the biggest leak at the wellhead. Judy Woodruff talks to him about progress to contain further spread of oil contamination. Continue watching
May 04 CNET Editor on 3G iPad, Competition in Tablet Market, Robotic Diet Assistant By Hari Sreenivasan We spoke with CNET Executive Editor Molly Wood on "NewsHour Plus" back when the iPad was unveiled following months of speculation. We brought her back to chat about the rollout of the 3G iPad and whether that… Continue reading