May 09 Watch 9:35 Can ‘neighborhoods of last resort’ be lifted out of poverty? By PBS News Hour Across America, more and more Americans are living in what's known as "concentrated poverty," which can perpetuate the cycle of poverty for generations. The City of Atlanta has long struggled to find solutions for its areas of concentrated poverty. But… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 6:51 How cheating on standardized tests can be a criminal act By PBS News Hour In Atlanta, 11 former public school teachers, principals and administrators were convicted of racketeering charges for cheating on standardized tests for financial rewards and bonuses. An investigation had found systematic cheating in more than 40 schools. Judy Woodruff learns more… Continue watching
Apr 01 11 former educators convicted of racketeering in Atlanta cheating scandal By Ariel Min Eleven former Atlanta educators were found guilty on Wednesday for their roles in a public schools cheating scandal to inflate students’ scores on standardized tests. The racketeering charges are a felony that could put them in prison for decades. Continue reading
Jan 24 Fighter jets escort two planes to Atlanta after social media threats By Carey Reed Two passenger planes were safely escorted by fighter jets to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International airport Saturday afternoon, following bomb threats posted online. Continue reading
Jan 18 FAA no longer letting agents skip checkpoints after inspector arrested By Andrew Mach The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration suspended a program on Saturday that allows its safety inspectors to skip security checkpoints while on the job, following the arrest of an FAA agent earlier in the week who was caught allegedly carrying a… Continue reading
Jan 15 NewsHour Shares: Who are the women in Gordon Parks’ photo from 1956? By Colleen Shalby Do you know who these women are? That’s what New York Times is asking readers in an effort to uncover the identity of the subjects in Gordan Parks’ photo. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch American doctor speaks out about his Ebola recovery By PBS News Hour The 33-year-old American doctor Kent Brantley was infected with the Ebola virus while working in a hospital in Liberia, but has reportedly made a full recovery. Standing alongside the medical team that treated him in Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, Brantley… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch World Health Organization calls for emergency meeting on Ebola outbreak By PBS News Hour Two Americans infected with the Ebola virus and being treated in Atlanta have received an experimental drug, Z-Mapp, that had not previously been tested on humans and is in extremely limited supply. The WHO announced the latest numbers in rising… Continue watching
Aug 05 Second American Ebola patient arrives in U.S. By Sam Lane The second American aid worker stricken with the Ebola virus has arrived in the United States. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch News Wrap: House GOP elect McCarthy as majority leader By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Republicans in the House voted in California Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be the next majority leader, filling a void left by Rep. Eric Cantor. Also, as many as 75 government scientists at a Centers for… Continue watching