May 15 Media organizations launch lawsuit over Missouri lethal injection secrecy By Justin Scuiletti The Associated Press, The Guardian U.S., The Kansas City Star, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Springfield News-Leader filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections Thursday, claiming that the state’s secrecy in procuring lethal injection drugs prevents public… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch Pope Francis to hold double canonization at the Vatican By PBS News Hour On April 27, Pope Francis will hold an unprecedented ceremony at the Vatican: a double canonization of two former popes. What’s the significance of this event? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Rachel Zoll, the religion writer for the Associated Press, about… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 7:28 Why was USAID involved in creating a Twitter-style platform in Cuba? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 26 Supreme Court unanimously rules against military protester By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against a man who was caught protesting military activities despite having been barred because of previous activities near the main gate at a California Air Force base. The justices on Wednesday threw… Continue reading
Feb 10 Passenger and cargo planes’ wrong landings more common than previously thought By Associated Press U.S. commercial air carriers have landed or started to land at the wrong airports at least 150 times since the early 1990s, according to a search by The Associated Press of government safety databases and media reports. And the problem… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up Disappearance of CIA contractor Levinson in Iran caused agency shake-up… Continue watching
May 16 Watch White House Works to Calm Storm of Scandal President Barack Obama used a rainy, Rose Garden news conference to get in front of a series of political storms, tackling questions on the IRS scandal, the AP subpoenas and Benghazi. Judy Woodruff talks to White House communications director Jennifer… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Was Seizure of AP’s Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom? Was Seizure of AP's Phone Records Justified or Harmful to Press Freedom?… Continue watching
May 14 Watch Justice Department Seized AP Phone Records to Track Government Leaks The Justice Department secretly subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press journalists during two months in 2012. The AP was notified that records had been secretly seized for more than 20 of its phone lines, possibly to track government leaks of… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Military Suicides Outnumbered Combat Deaths in Afghanistan in 2012 In other news Monday, the Associated Press reported U.S. military suicides hit a record in 2012, with 349 deaths. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the rash of military suicides an epidemic. Also, government officials in Beijing admitted for the first… Continue watching