Aug 20 An Unflinching Look at Violence in Juarez Artist Alice Leora Briggs takes an unflinching look at the violence in the border town of Juarez, Mexico. Continue reading
Aug 20 Lockerbie Bomber Released from Scottish Prison By Dave Gustafson Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing, has been released from prison in Scotland and sent home to Libya on compassionate grounds. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Ailing Lockerbie Bomber Sent Home to Libya Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was serving a life sentence for the 1988 bombing of Pan-Am flight 103, was released by the Scottish government Thursday due to his ailing health and allowed to return to his native Libya. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Other News: Death Toll Climbs from Baghdad Attacks In other news, the death toll from Wednesday's bombings across Baghdad climbed to at least 101 people, and ten alleged leaders of Mexican frug cartels have been indicted in the U.S. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch IRS Deal Pierces Veil of Swiss Banking Secrecy A New York Times reporter assesses the impact of Swiss banking giant UBS agreeing to give the U.S. Internal Revenue Service names of some account holders. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch California Budget Woes Squeeze Overcrowded Prisons As California continues to struggle over budget gaps, Spencer Michels measures the likely effects of funding cuts on the state's overcrowded prisons. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Record-setting Cyber Theft Stirs Questions on Security The Justice Department indicted three men on Monday for stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers by hacking into the computer systems of five major companies. Cyber-securiity experts discuss the case with Ray Suarez. Continue watching
Aug 17 Truck Bomb Kills at Least 20 in Russian Province By Dave Gustafson An explosives-laden truck driven by a suicide bomber detonated at a police station Monday morning in Russia's North Caucasus, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials said. Continue reading
Aug 14 Courtroom Artist Is Witness to It All By Arts Desk On Thursday's NewsHour, we profiled courtroom sketch artist William Hennessy, whose work has offered people a glimpse where cameras are oftentimes banned. Here is a slideshow of some of his most memorable sketches from the past 27 years. Continue reading
Aug 13 Head of Save Darfur Coalition Rebuts al-Bashir Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir spoke with Time magazine's Sam Dealey in early August about the International Criminal Court's warrant for his arrest, the fighting in his country and relations with the United States. Continue reading