• How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

    How a social network is bringing people together in increasingly divisive times

    May 07, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... And I think we can do better by reinventing kind of what's the container, what's the business container that we're putting this in? Does it have to make billions and billions of dollars or can it serve the public as well? Judy Woodruff: Back in Burlington, there ...

  • How scandals could change the business of football

    How scandals could change the business of football

    Sep 18, 2014 12:32 AM EDT

    ... the governor of Minnesota says he's embarrassed by the Vikings' treatment of Adrian Peterson. What you should really be embarrassed about a half-a-billion dollars of taxpayers' money that the governor of Minnesota gave to the Wilf brothers to build the stadium in which they will keep all ...

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    Climate Change Causes Insurers to Rethink Price of Risk After Hurricane Sandy

    Nov 21, 2012 11:43 PM EDT

    ... Re, a European firm known as a climate change leader. Is climate change in this model you're showing us? ANDY CASTALDI: The way we build our models is that they're based on historical data. We typically focus on the last 100 years because the data was better. If ...

  • Photo essay: What's growing in West Virginia's urban ruins?

    Photo essay: What's growing in West Virginia's urban ruins?

    Oct 28, 2014 03:57 PM EDT

    ... And if some of that agriculture returns, it could bring some of Wheeling's spark back. Already, there's more fresh food and young people in the area. If the teaching farm takes off, there will be more growth. More business. More life. Bill Hogan, 85, believed the sales pitch ...

  • ‘This is a moral failure.’ A Missouri community says leftover radioactive waste is making them sick

    ‘This is a moral failure.’ A Missouri community says leftover radioactive waste is making them sick

    Dec 20, 2024 09:49 PM EDT

    For years, local advocates have pushed for better acknowledgement and support in dealing with the decades of fallout from the 1940s U.S. government effort to build the first atomic bomb , known as the Manhattan Project. They’ve helped host town halls and traveled frequently to Washington, D.C.. The ...

  • AP fact check: Trump's tax 'miracle,' immigration claims

    AP fact check: Trump's tax 'miracle,' immigration claims

    Jul 02, 2018 02:10 PM EDT

    ... STRONG BUT FAIR" bill even though Democrats wouldn't allow it to pass the Senate. "Passage will show that we want strong borders & security while the Dems want open borders = crime. Win!" he wrote in all caps on Wednesday. His back and forth statements came in the aftermath of highly ...

  • Who really benefits from GOP's tax overhaul is battle point as House passes its bill

    Who really benefits from GOP's tax overhaul is battle point as House passes its bill

    Nov 16, 2017 11:45 PM EDT

    ... status quo in this town are so strong, yet 227 men and women of this Congress broke through that today. That is powerful. Lisa Desjardins: The House voted 227 to 205 to pass its version of the bill, just minutes after President Trump stopped by for a closed-door pep ...

  • GOP incumbent walks line in PA on supporting Trump

    GOP incumbent walks line in PA on supporting Trump

    Oct 23, 2016 07:51 PM EDT

    Even if Hillary Clinton wins the White House, she could face difficulties on Capitol Hill, if Republicans continue to control the House of Representatives and Senate. One of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents is Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield went to the Keystone State to look at Toomey's challenge.

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    Melinda Gates on the Importance of Evaluations in Shaping Effective Teachers

    Jun 04, 2012 10:29 PM EDT

    Melinda Gates on the Importance of Evaluations in Shaping Effective Teachers

  • News Wrap: Federal trial postponed again for Dylann Roof

    News Wrap: Federal trial postponed again for Dylann Roof

    Dec 01, 2015 11:14 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal trial for the man accused of killing nine black church members in Charleston, South Carolina, has been postponed for a third time. Also, the Israeli military says troops shot and killed two more Palestinians in attempted stabbings in the West Bank.