Dec 19 Watch Providing Appropriate Security at Embassies and Preventing Future Attacks Abroad Providing Appropriate Security at Embassies and Preventing Future Attacks Abroad… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence Examining the Efficacy and Limitations of Gun Control Laws to Stop Violence… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch President Obama Declares Gun Control Will Be a ‘Central Issue’ of Second Term President Obama Declares Gun Control Will Be a 'Central Issue' of Second Term… Continue watching
Dec 19 After Newtown Shootings, Questions About Mental Health Coverage President Barack Obama speaks at a vigil held Sunday night at Newtown High School for families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. In his speech at the memorial service for the Newtown victims,… Continue reading
Dec 19 Research Chimps to Retire to Louisiana Sanctuary By Fred de Sam Lazaro Chimps socialize and snack at Chimp Haven. Image by Cameron Hickey. The NIH announced plans on Tuesday to move more than 100 chimpanzees from the New Iberia Research Center into retirement at Chimp Haven, a 200-acre chimpanzee… Continue reading
Dec 19 Around the Nation By Tom LeGro Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation. Continue reading
Dec 19 Robert Bork, Supreme Court Nominee, Dies at 85 By Cassie Chew Judge Robert Bork testifies at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1987. Photo by CNP/Getty Images On Sept. 18, 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Robert Bork, testifies on the fourth day of his Supreme Court… Continue reading
Dec 19 Federal ‘Tax Breaks’ or ‘It’s My Money’? Image by Robin Jareaux/Getty Images. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news here on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Wednesday's query, a comment sent by a viewer from Kansas: Barbara… Continue reading
Dec 19 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro People take pictures of fireworks at the closing ceremony of the ninth annual Dubai Film Festival on Sunday. The Saudi movie "Wadjda," a tale of a girl's quest to own a bicycle in the kingdom where women are deprived of… Continue reading
Dec 19 South Korea Elects First Female President — Who Is She? South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye speaks at the New Frontier Party headquarters in Seoul. Photo by Jean Chung/Bloomberg via Getty Images. In the last several years, a lagging global economy has forced out ruling parties in several countries: France,… Continue reading