Speeches of U.N. General Assembly 2014 focus on terrorism, Ebola fight

Heads of state from more than 120 countries met Sept. 24-30 at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City to discuss climate change, the needs of Syrian refugees and the unprecedented spread of the Ebola virus. You can view some of the highlights in this blog.

Shields and Brooks on the president's speech

's the... GWEN IFILL: But how different the challenge than it was last year? GWEN IFILL: When the president gave the speech last year, he was talking about a different enemy in the same place. MARK SHIELDS: That's exactly right. JUDY WOODRUFF: Right. GWEN IFILL: And now he ...

Full speech: Obama's plan to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria

What you need to know about the Islamic State group ahead of speech

Updated: Watch President Barack Obama's Sept. 10 speech on the Islamic State militant group. A year ago, President Barack Obama spoke to PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill about convincing the American people and Congress that airstrikes in Syria might be necessary to stop the regime from using chemical ...

Watch Kentucky's Fancy Farm picnic stump speeches

... Fancy Farm, Ky. PBS local station KET brings us a live look at today's main events at the 134th Fancy Farm gathering, including stump speeches by Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his challenger, Democrat Alison Grimes. KET's Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw will provide pre- and ...

Supreme Court enforces ban on straw purchase of guns, upholds challenge to political speech law

... GWEN IFILL: Two Supreme Court decisions today, one on purchasing firearms and the other involving political speech. Jeffrey Brown has that. JEFFREY BROWN: As it happens, both cases involve when the truth must be told. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the federal government can enforce ...

At West Point, Obama answers foreign policy criticism with speech on America’s role in the world

... are saying that is important. Ambassador Pickering, did you hear an explanation? THOMAS PICKERING: I didn't hear an explanation, but this wasn't the speech for the deep explanation of Syrian policy. It was the speech to provide the United States and the rest of the world with a ...

Former Justice Stevens: Campaign money isn't speech

... Democratic National Committee is not speech, Stevens argued in a rare appearance of a former justice in the Senate. "While money is used to finance speech, money is not speech. Speech is only one of the activities that are financed by campaign contributions and expenditures. Those financial activities should not ...

Dogs have special ability to react to human speech, study shows

A new study concludes that dogs' brains contain a vocal region that functions similarly to the region located in the temporal lobe of human brains. In addition, the researchers found that vocal emotional cues activated a similarly located non-primary auditory region of the brain in both humans and canines.

UN Secretary General criticizes discrimination in speech to IOC

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon addressed the International Olympic Committee in Sochi Thursday, emphasizing the importance of supporting the gay community in the face of discrimination. “Many professional athletes, gay and straight, are speaking out against prejudice,” said Ban. “We must all raise our voices against attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex...