• Palmyra, where East met West, is symbolic target for Islamic State

    Palmyra, where East met West, is symbolic target for Islamic State

    Sep 03, 2015 01:49 AM EST

    ... have a lot of these smuggled commodities, which ISIS can use as a revenue fund, being smuggled as well. JEFFREY BROWN: How much -- can I just ask, in that, how much... BRENTON EASTER: Sure. JEFFREY BROWN: Do we know how much money we're talking about? Do we know how ...

  • Key takeaways from the GOP's second-stage White House debate

    Key takeaways from the GOP's second-stage White House debate

    Aug 07, 2015 12:44 AM EST

    ... now, and good for him," Fiorina said, adding later: "Since he has changed his mind on amnesty, on health care and on abortion, I would just ask, what are the principles by which he will govern?" Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal went after Bush by name, rejecting the idea that — as ...

  • California battles unprecedented wildfire, fueled by drought

    California battles unprecedented wildfire, fueled by drought

    Aug 03, 2015 11:30 PM EST

    ... there have been incidents of private drone aircraft interfering with firefighting planes, and even forcing them out of the air. STEVE KAUFMANN: And so we just ask people to be smart when they're using their drones. If you see our aircraft in the air, don't fly your drones ...

  • Are some people wired to fall for placebos?

    Are some people wired to fall for placebos?

    Apr 15, 2015 01:27 PM EST

    ... beat placebo, then we need better drugs,” says Miller. Still, drug design is increasingly moving toward personalized medicine where people keep tabs on their genetics. (Just ask Angelina Jolie.) Placebome screening could ensure that whether a new medication works well for a niche population, allowing a drug manufacturer to corner ...

  • 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 EST

    ... your own family, like our soldiers that are overseas, like all of the people that serve a long time away from home. JEFFREY BROWN: Let just ask you finally about the physical adjustments as well of spending that much time in zero gravity or on the space station and then ...

  • Mixed statements on immigration from 2016 GOP contenders

    Mixed statements on immigration from 2016 GOP contenders

    Mar 28, 2015 09:40 PM EST

    DENVER -- Thanks to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, it's becoming even clearer that immigration is the banana peel of 2016 Republican presidential politics. Just ask Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. He stepped up as a Senate leader on immigration only to slip and fall in a tea party ruckus over the ...

  • Here's why it's so hard to figure out how Millennials feel about racism

    Here's why it's so hard to figure out how Millennials feel about racism

    Mar 19, 2015 06:58 PM EST

    ... as thrown as older generations,” she said. But, how does this particular question capture so much in attitudes about race? Why can’t survey researchers just ask people point-blank if they think one race is better than another? “It’s more personal about the way that people are living ...

  • Shields and Gerson on Clinton’s email problem, Senate sabotage of Iran negotiations
  • How new rules could protect you from credit errors

    How new rules could protect you from credit errors

    Mar 09, 2015 11:59 PM EST

    In the past, the way credit rating agencies reviewed disputes or errors frequently hurt consumers. The nation’s three largest credit rating agencies have negotiated with the state of New York to change their review process, and to wait longer before posting unpaid medical debts. Judy Woodruff learns more from New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

  • News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service

    News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service

    Jan 20, 2015 01:24 AM EST

    In our news wrap Monday, Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with marches celebrating the civil rights leader, as well as protests over the racial divide, police killings of people of color and income disparity. Also, Iran and Hezbollah blamed Israel for an airstrike in the Syria-controlled part of the Golan Heights that killed...