A study claims to have new evidence that proves tighter gun control laws can reduce gun violence. After the repeal of a 2007 Missouri law -- a law that required potential gun buyers to be vetted and licensed by a…
An organized sniper attack on an electrical substation near San Jose, Calif., last April raises unsettling questions about the vulnerability of our nation’s power grid. Judy Woodruff talks to Jon Wellinghoff, former chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and…
In our news wrap Thursday, Federal prosecutors announced that they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of bombing the 2013 Boston Marathon, where three were killed and more than 260 were wounded. Also, New York Mayor Bill…
President Obama said in a magazine interview with The New Yorker that he didn't think marijuana is "more dangerous than alcohol." But his support for marijuana legalization comes with several caveats.
If any one place symbolizes the continuing frustration facing the Mexican government dealing with drug gangs, it is Michoacan, a western state of 4.3 million, which might have suffered as many as 1,000 homicides in the past year.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. will agreed to pay over $2 billion in a settlement over criminal charges surrounding the Bernie Madoff case. Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay over $2 billion for failing…
The NSA and the Supreme Court, NYPD program monitors teems, future of the postal system.
NewsHour Weekend takes a look at an NYPD program called the Juvenile Robbery Intervention Program. Its aim is to mentor and monitor teens who have been arrested for a robbery. The report's focus is on two New York City neighborhoods.
Photo by Esquisite_Photography More people are using heroin than at anytime since the 1970s, and these new users are likely to be young white adults living in suburbs, Bloomberg reports. And today's heroin is more potent…
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