• Astronaut Scott Kelly sets out to break an American record in space

    Astronaut Scott Kelly sets out to break an American record in space

    Mar 31, 2015 12:15 AM EDT

    ... whose final stay on the space station lasted five months. JEFFREY BROWN: Chris Hadfield, welcome to you. The twin study is especially interesting this time, right, the research on the two brothers, Scott and Mark Kelly, one in space, one on the ground. What kinds of things are being looked ...

  • Transcripts reveal Fed reactions during 2008 economic crisis

    Transcripts reveal Fed reactions during 2008 economic crisis

    Feb 23, 2014 10:50 PM EDT

    ... the curve. HARI SREENIVASAN: So I mean hindsight’s 20/20, but let’s start looking at different characters here. After the collapse of Lehman Brothers, what’s Ben Bernanke thinking? JON HILSENRATH: Right after the collapse of Lehman Brothers it’s kind of his last moment of hopefulness that ...

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    Soaring Markets Reveal Clues About Big Banks' Levels of Trust, Comfort

    Nov 30, 2011 11:04 PM EDT

    ... that they charge each other has been rising and rising and rising. It's now at a level or was earlier today at the level right before the crisis with Lehman Brothers. And so the central banks were looking at this really expensive cost of banks borrowing from each other ...

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    Fed Disclosure Sheds Light on Scope, Risk of $3 Trillion Safety Net

    Dec 02, 2010 09:55 PM EDT

    Now, does that suggest that some banks were closer to the brink than we thought at the time? NEIL IRWIN: I think it does. What you see is some of the large investment banks, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, especially right after the failure of Lehman Brothers, they were borrowing just ...

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    Obama, McCain React to Wall Street's Turmoil

    Sep 15, 2008 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Barack Obama and what he said today. John McCain, in his initial statement, said he was glad there had been no federal bailout for Lehman Brothers, said that was the right thing to do. And while John McCain is stepping up his attention to this issue, he's not going ...

  • 11-year-old author Linda Pistun on changing the world by teaching girls science

    11-year-old author Linda Pistun on changing the world by teaching girls science

    Nov 26, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... up a lot of my free time. But it's one of the most fun things I do. John Yang: I understand you have two brothers who are also pretty smart, right? Linda Pistun: Yes. John Yang: Is there a little rivalry? Linda Pistun: Occasionally. My mom likes to say ...

  • Visiting France, Pope Francis challenges European nations to open ports to migrants

    Visiting France, Pope Francis challenges European nations to open ports to migrants

    Sep 23, 2023 05:11 PM EDT

    “May we let ourselves be moved by the stories of so many of our unfortunate brothers and sisters who have the right both to emigrate and not to emigrate, and not become closed in indifference,” Francis said. “In the face of the terrible scourge of the exploitation of human ...

  • News Wrap: Military-age men fleeing Russia over call-ups, Putin grants Snowden citizenship

    News Wrap: Military-age men fleeing Russia over call-ups, Putin grants Snowden citizenship

    Sep 26, 2022 10:50 PM EDT

    ... government protests there in 2019. ... Judy Woodruff: In Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots is now set to form the country's first far-right government since World War II. The Brothers of Italy won the most votes in Sunday's elections. It's leader, Giorgia Meloni, will become ...

  • Police: Man who beat homeless Mexican said 'Trump was right'

    Police: Man who beat homeless Mexican said 'Trump was right'

    Aug 21, 2015 03:14 PM EDT

    BOSTON -- The Mexican government condemned an attack on a sleeping homeless man that police said was committed by two brothers, one of whom said that Donald Trump was right about deporting "all these illegals." The brothers urinated on the 58-year-old man, punched him and beat him with a ...

  • Every summer, generations of my family gather around this Mississippi bottom feeder

    Every summer, generations of my family gather around this Mississippi bottom feeder

    Jul 02, 2015 06:47 PM EDT

    ... eat catfish buffet. No longer did the long-anticipated appearance of freshly fried catfish punctuate conversation the way it once had. The quality was all right but never the same. As Granny’s brothers and sisters passed away, one by one, turnout for reunions became more sparse. Granny herself had ...