Apr 24 Watch Heavy April Showers Inundate Midwest States With Widespread Flooding Heavy April Showers Inundate Midwest States With Widespread Flooding… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Search for Sender of Ricin Letters Turns Up Odd Twists, Echoes of Anthrax Case Search for Sender of Ricin Letters Turns Up Odd Twists, Echoes of Anthrax Case… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch In Wake of Boston Bombings, a Fund to Help Victims and Their Families In Wake of Boston Bombings, a Fund to Help Victims and Their Families… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Mining Online History for What May Have Radicalized, Informed Tsarnaev Brothers Mining Online History for What May Have Radicalized, Informed Tsarnaev Brothers… Continue watching
Apr 24 ‘W-Visa’ Would Enable Lower-Skilled Foreigners to Legally Work in U.S. EmbedVideo(6297, 482, 304); Doris Meissner, director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, says a proposed W-Visa category would for the first time allow low-skilled foreigners to legally work in the U.S. The United States… Continue reading
Apr 24 Creating a Whole New Planet for Math and Science As part of an ongoing web series, NewsHour profiles STEM teachers who have found innovative ways to teach their students about math and science. EmbedVideo(6298, 482, 304); Video by Rebecca Jacobson and Cindy Huang. Jerriel Hall meets his 23… Continue reading
Apr 24 Who Is Alexei Navalny and Why Is He on Trial in Russia? By Larisa Epatko Russian lawyer and political activist Alexei Navalny faces 10 years in prison for embezzlement charges in a trial that resumed this week in Russia. Continue reading
Apr 24 Why Older Entrepreneurs Are Crucial, Even in Silicon Valley By Vivek Wadhwa Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg founded his social media website from his dorm room at Harvard University when he was only 19 years old. As Silicon Valley investors search for the next "Zuckerberg," they increasingly maintain a prejudice against older entrepreneurs. Continue reading
Apr 24 Americans Seriously Unprepared for Long-Term Care, Survey Finds By Jason Kane It's a classic case of denial. Roughly half of Americans above the age of 40 believe "almost everyone" is likely to require long-term care as they age. Just a quarter think they will need it for themselves. The truth:… Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch USAID Rethinks Who Gets Paid to Grow Food for Countries in Need American food aid is sent to places with dire need. And until now, the commodities have been bought from U.S. farmers and shipped overseas on U.S. vessels to be donated. Margaret Warner reports on a new budget proposal that would… Continue watching