Dec 19 Celebrate 12 days of NewsHour with 12 unique gifts By Nora Daly To show our appreciation for our audience, PBS NewsHour will be unveiling 12 gifts over the next 12 days. Check back here each day, from Dec. 8-19, for a new gift that you can easily download or print out right… Continue reading
Dec 18 12 Days of NewsHour: Download the 2014 Shields and Brooks Guide to Holiday Civility By Nora Daly Recognizing that Thanksgiving has passed, and that many of the social and political issues facing the nation have changed, we are offering an updated version of "The Mark Shields and David Brooks’ Guide to Holiday Civility."… Continue reading
Dec 17 GIF: Christmas tree to blazing inferno in less than a minute By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A dried-out, eight-foot Christmas tree can light, blaze and burn to ash in less than a minute. By setting Christmas trees ablaze in the safety of a lab, scientists and engineers are learning how to keep you safe from the… Continue reading
Dec 09 12 Days of NewsHour: Cross stitch our logo By Nora Daly Snowed-in? Curl up by the fire and fight-off cabin fever while creating your very own NewsHour logo cross-stitch. The pattern we’ve provided was created by former NewsHour staffer Justin Myers. See his finished product below, and share a picture of… Continue reading
Dec 08 12 days of NewsHour: The first* 4K fireplace video on YouTube By Travis Daub Despite its realism, our 4K video doesn't actually generate heat, so it won't dry your mittens. Continue reading
Nov 28 Official Christmas tree arrives at White House By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The White House Christmas tree has arrived. A horse-drawn wagon hauled it up the driveway to the North Portico on Friday morning. Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch News Wrap: Christmas Day car bombings target Christians in Baghdad News Wrap: Christmas Day car bombings target Christians in Baghdad… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Scrooge alert: Your holiday spending may result in an economic loss Scrooge alert: Your holiday spending may result in an economic loss… Continue watching
Dec 23 The Economics of Wasteful Spending: The Deadweight Loss of Christmas Buying Christmas gifts is an economic waste if you don't know exactly what the recipient wants. Photo courtesy of Rod Lamkey/Getty Images. If you haven't yet finished buying Christmas gifts for your nieces and nephews and the neighbor across the… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Shields and Brooks on the health care law legacy, gifts for politicians Shields and Brooks on the health care law legacy, gifts for politicians… Continue watching