• South Carolina governor to sign bill removing Confederate flag from statehouse

    South Carolina governor to sign bill removing Confederate flag from statehouse

    Jul 09, 2015 02:26 PM EDT

    ... but because their land was being invaded. Those soldiers should be respected just as soldiers who fought in the Middle East or Afghanistan, he said, recalling his own military service. Pitts then turned to a lawmaker he called a dear friend, recalling how his black colleague nearly died in Vietnam ...

  • NBC suspends news anchor Brian Williams; satirical news anchor Jon Stewart signals departure

    NBC suspends news anchor Brian Williams; satirical news anchor Jon Stewart signals departure

    Feb 12, 2015 12:41 AM EDT

    ... from media analysts, mockery on social media and an internal NBC investigation. It also prompted on-air apology: BRIAN WILLIAMS: I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. JUDY WOODRUFF: But it didn't end there. New questions arose about Williams' assertions that, in New Orleans ...

  • How a simple ‘hello’ became the first message sent via the Internet

    How a simple ‘hello’ became the first message sent via the Internet

    Feb 09, 2015 05:06 PM EDT

    ... first communication: the letters “L” and “O.” UCLA grad student Charley Kline had been trying to type “LOGIN,” but the system crashed. About an hour later, he was able to input the full word and connect, via his Sigma 7 mainframe, with a computer at the Stanford Research Institute, 350 ...

  • NBC's Brian Williams apologizes for false Iraq war story

    NBC's Brian Williams apologizes for false Iraq war story

    Feb 05, 2015 01:07 AM EDT

    ... Regiment's Chinook came forward to challenge the anchor's claim. Speaking with Stars and Stripes, they said Williams arrived at the scene an hour later on another helicopter that "took no fire and landed later beside the damaged helicopter due to an impending sandstorm from the Iraqi desert." On ...

  • How Pope Francis’ upbringing shaped his role as reformer

    How Pope Francis’ upbringing shaped his role as reformer

    Dec 26, 2014 12:47 AM EDT

    ... of people out of the country. I don't think anybody who lived through that time afterwards, realizing what happened -- and they really only realized later -- ever really thinks they did enough. JEFFREY BROWN: Now, moving up to today, the book is called "The Great Reformer." What does that mean ...

  • 8 lessons we learned from our first jobs

    8 lessons we learned from our first jobs

    Aug 29, 2014 04:29 PM EDT

    ... hope they were generous for all that running back and forth.) “I thought I was making good money," wrote Sue W. of San Mateo, Calif., recalling her first job as a maid cleaning hotel rooms for $2.94 per hour with added perks. “If you worked a full day, you ...

  • Ferguson events draw Obama into national conversation on race

    Ferguson events draw Obama into national conversation on race

    Aug 14, 2014 09:59 PM EDT

    ... his statements and tried to make amends by hosting an awkward "beer summit" at the White House with the professor and police officer. Four years later, unburdened by re-election, Obama spoke out passionately about the 2013 acquittal of the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen gunned ...

  • News Wrap: Israel agrees to five-hour pause of Gaza strikes after UN appeal

    News Wrap: Israel agrees to five-hour pause of Gaza strikes after UN appeal

    Jul 17, 2014 12:22 AM EDT

    ... emptied out onto the previously deserted street and rushed to help. It was then we learned that a third shell had killed four children minutes later just down the beach. Two still grabs from CCTV appear to show the four boys playing football. And then the shell strikes. Israel's ...

  • News Wrap: Gov. Christie defends internal review exonerating him from bridge scandal

    News Wrap: Gov. Christie defends internal review exonerating him from bridge scandal

    Mar 29, 2014 12:32 AM EDT

    In our news wrap Friday, an internal review cleared New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the politically-motivated lane closings on the George Washington Bridge. But Democrats branded the report a whitewash. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Obama to discuss Ukraine. The president urged Putin to pull back troops from the border, according to...

  • News Wrap: Rescue teams use dogs, sonar to search for those left trapped in Washington mudslide