• Obama urges nation to 'forge unity' after bitter election

    Obama urges nation to 'forge unity' after bitter election

    Nov 11, 2016 05:15 PM EDT

    https://youtu.be/qg3Alkh2z_c ARLINGTON, Va. — Three days after Election Day, President Barack Obama used his last Veterans Day speech to urge Americans to learn from the example of veterans as a divided nation seeks to "forge unity" after the bitter 2016 campaign. Obama, in remarks at Arlington National ...

  • What's on your ballot? Here's how to find out

    What's on your ballot? Here's how to find out

    Nov 08, 2016 02:34 AM EDT

    ... ve tried to make it simple, social and empowering by giving people [information] to get their friends involved and to get their friends to vote.” https://twitter.com/matthewmahan/status/790939705311232000 So far, users have sent friends and acquaintances more than 1 million peer-to-peer invitations to vote for ...

  • Janet Reno, first woman U.S. attorney general, dies at 78

    Janet Reno, first woman U.S. attorney general, dies at 78

    Nov 07, 2016 12:17 PM EDT

    ... Feb. 28, 1993, agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms made a surprise raid on the compound, trying to execute a search warrant. But during the raid gunfire erupted, killing four agents and six members of the religious sect. That led to a 51-day standoff ...

  • Clinton aims high, Trump goes hard in closing push

    Clinton aims high, Trump goes hard in closing push

    Nov 06, 2016 05:54 PM EDT

    ... stage Saturday night at rally in Reno, Nevada, after someone near the stage had shouted "Gun!," according to the Secret Service. The agency said a search revealed no weapon. Trump returned a few minutes later to resume his remarks and declared, "We will never be stopped." The Republican candidate's ...

  • Trump, Clinton take different strategies to shore up votes

    Trump, Clinton take different strategies to shore up votes

    Nov 06, 2016 03:52 PM EDT

    ... nominee off the stage. The agency later said that someone near the stage had shouted "Gun!" but that a subsequent apprehension of a man and search revealed no weapon. Trump returned a few minutes later to resume his remarks and declared "We will never be stopped." As if to prove ...

  • Do flu shots still work?

    Do flu shots still work?

    Sep 29, 2016 09:30 PM EDT

    ... something happened in that process? Or perhaps repeatedly vaccinating children with this vaccine is diminishing its effectiveness? For now, there’s no answer. While the search for one continues, the CDC has recommended US doctors not administer FluMist this flu season. https://vimeo.com/145200383 Questions over the impact of ...

  • The new Librarian-in-Chief picks her favorite children's book

    The new Librarian-in-Chief picks her favorite children's book

    Sep 20, 2016 06:08 PM EDT

    https://www.facebook.com/newshour/videos/10154581068293675/ Carla Hayden, the new Librarian of Congress, tells Jeffrey Brown about her favorite children's book. “Bright April” is a story about a young African-American girl named April who experiences racial prejudice. It is also the story of her bright personality and ...

  • Pipe bomb explodes near New Jersey charity run for military members

    Pipe bomb explodes near New Jersey charity run for military members

    Sep 17, 2016 06:48 PM EDT

    https://twitter.com/PIX11News/status/777163178459406336 A pipe bomb placed in a trash can exploded in New Jersey on Saturday near thousands of runners who had gathered for the start of a 5K race to raise money for military members. The bomb went off at approximately 9:35 a.m ...

  • U.S. construction is on the rebound after the Great Recession

    U.S. construction is on the rebound after the Great Recession

    Aug 30, 2016 01:25 PM EDT

    ... it back,” Kennedy said. Millennials — who were born starting in 1982 and often have a taste for city life and are willing to move in search of work — have helped fuel a boom in apartment construction, especially in Colorado and on the West Coast. Cheap natural gas is spurring the ...

  • Watch sea urchins turn themselves inside out to be reborn

    Watch sea urchins turn themselves inside out to be reborn

    Aug 29, 2016 02:00 PM EDT

    https://youtu.be/ak2xqH5h0YY Every summer, millions of people head to the coast to soak up the sun and play in the waves. But they aren’t alone. Just beyond the crashing surf, hundreds of millions of tiny sea urchin larvae are also floating around, preparing for one of the ...