• Music duo Pomplamoose take Do-It-Yourself to the next level

    Music duo Pomplamoose take Do-It-Yourself to the next level

    Dec 18, 2015 01:17 AM EDT

    ... group Pomplamooose. Their music is funded directly by fans through the site patreon.com, which was co- created by Jack Conte. Here, they explain the term "shotgun creators." JACK CONTE, POMPLAMOOSE: I think it's funny when people say should music be free? NATALY DAWN, POMPLAMOOSE: Music is free. JACK ...

  • What did GOP candidates get wrong in debate on national security?

    What did GOP candidates get wrong in debate on national security?

    Dec 17, 2015 02:01 AM EDT

    ... no longer have at our disposal. SEN. TED CRUZ, Republican Presidential Candidate: The old program covered 20 percent to 30 percent of phone numbers to search for terrorists. The new program covers nearly 100 percent. That gives us greater ability to stop acts of terrorism, and he knows that that ...

  • Live blog: GOP presidential candidates meet for 5th debate

    Live blog: GOP presidential candidates meet for 5th debate

    Dec 16, 2015 02:35 AM EDT

    ... p.m. Carly Fiorina says the country needs "someone who's made tough calls in tough times" as a commander-in-chief instead of first-term senators "who never made executive decisions in their life." The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard says talking tough is not the same as being ...

  • California to increase addiction treatment for Medicaid recipients

    California to increase addiction treatment for Medicaid recipients

    Dec 14, 2015 05:16 PM EDT

    ... sat outside a liquor store in Laguna Hills. For the first time, substance abuse disorders will be treated like a disease rather than a short-term illness, said Marlies Perez, chief of the substance use disorder compliance division for the state Department of Health Care Services. “Even though we know ...

  • News Wrap: Geneva on high alert over terror warnings

    News Wrap: Geneva on high alert over terror warnings

    Dec 11, 2015 12:00 AM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Geneva, Switzerland, went on high alert today over new warnings of possible terrorist attacks. Officials said a search was on for two to four suspects with possible links to the Islamic State group. It was unclear if the alert was tied to last month's attacks in ...

  • California shooting doesn't fit Washington's gun debate

    California shooting doesn't fit Washington's gun debate

    Dec 04, 2015 02:00 PM EDT

    ... legislatures" to find a way to make "it a little harder" for people to get guns. "And we're going to have to, I think, search ourselves as a society to make sure that we can take basic steps that would make it harder — not impossible, but harder — for individuals ...

  • Attacks move France to grant law enforcement more power

    Attacks move France to grant law enforcement more power

    Nov 21, 2015 12:17 AM EDT

    ... temporary. We will quit this state of emergency when the level of threat goes down. HARI SREENIVASAN: But, already, some are concerned about the long-term impacts of the new police powers. FLORIAN BORG, President, Union of Lawyers of France (through interpreter): Even if we're talking about a deep ...

  • Column: The 3 poisonous pillars of government economic policy

    Column: The 3 poisonous pillars of government economic policy

    Nov 16, 2015 08:34 PM EDT

    Increased government debt, stimulative Chinese government policy and loose money created by central banks do more harm than good, writes economist Terry Burnham.

  • Carson: Questions about my story's veracity are irrelevant

    Carson: Questions about my story's veracity are irrelevant

    Nov 08, 2015 06:04 PM EDT

    Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says questions about his veracity are irrelevant to the nation's search for the next president.

  • Greeks find tax hike on a traditional liquor hard to swallow

    Greeks find tax hike on a traditional liquor hard to swallow

    Oct 31, 2015 12:19 AM EDT

    Amid the financial crisis, there's one EU-imposed austerity measure that's causing particular angst among Greek citizens: a tax hike on one of the country's favorite traditional liquors. Greeks are worried that raising taxes on tsipouro, a powerful, clear type of brandy, will hurt the industry and farmers. Hari Sreenivasan reports.