May 19 The secret to New York City bagels isn’t (just) in the water By Nsikan Akpan A new video blog from the American Chemical Society explains the secret to great NYC bagels. Continue reading
May 18 Watch 7:40 Sen. Bernie Sanders on taxes, trade agreements and Islamic State By PBS News Hour Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is the second candidate to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. Judy Woodruff talks to the senator about rebuilding the middle class, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the U.S. role in the Middle East. Continue watching
May 18 Where does Mad Men rank among TV’s greatest shows? By Joshua Barajas We spoke to several television critics and asked why “Mad Men” attracts so many superlatives from its audience and where the TV series falls on their personal Top 5 TV lists--if at all. Continue reading
May 18 Obama limits military-style equipment for local police By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Nine months after police in riot gear dispelled racially charged protests, President Barack Obama is prohibiting the federal government from providing some military-style equipment to local departments and putting stricter controls on other weapons and gear distributed to law enforcement. Continue reading
May 17 What have we learned in the 35 years since Mount St. Helens erupted? By Carey Reed On the morning of May 18, 1980, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook the ground beneath Mount St. Helens and awakened the volcano located 96 miles south of Seattle, Washington, that had been dormant for more than 140 years. Continue reading
May 17 Watch 3:58 Is your boss tracking your location from your smartphone? By PBS News Hour If you own a smartphone, there's a chance you're being tracked by your boss, as more companies reportedly use GPS technology to monitor the whereabouts of their employees -- even when they're off the clock. That was the case for… Continue watching
May 16 Clintons earned more than $30 million in past 16 months By Ken Thomas, Stephen Braun, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton reported Friday that they earned more than $30 million combined in speaking fees and book royalties since January 2014, putting them firmly within the upper echelon of American earners as the former… Continue reading
May 16 Watch 5:17 Inside the U.S. raid that took out a key ISIS leader in Syria By PBS News Hour U.S. special forces killed a senior Islamic State commander during a raid overnight Friday in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said Saturday. Doug Ollivant, the former director for Iraq in the National Security Council, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C., to… Continue watching
May 15 Watch 5:05 This high school trains Baltimore’s students to be artists By PBS News Hour At the Baltimore School for the Arts, students are admitted solely on their artistic potential; notable alumni of the pre-professional high school includes Jada Pinkett Smith and designer Christian Siriano. We meet some of the educators and current students who… Continue watching
May 15 In 1850, Ignaz Semmelweis saved lives with three words: wash your hands By Dr. Howard Markel On this date in 1850, a prickly Hungarian obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis stepped up to the podium of the Vienna Medical Society’s lecture hall to give his fellow doctors advice, which could be summed up in three little words: wash… Continue reading