Jun 23 Watch Seven Charged in al-Qaida Plot to Blow up the Sears Tower Seven men were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for planning to bomb a number of buildings including the Sears Tower in Chicago and a federal building in Miami. Two experts discuss the arrests and what is known about… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Supreme Court Holds Employers Liable for Workplace Retaliation The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that an employee could collect monetary awards from her employer for retaliating against her for sexual harassment complaints, broadening worker protection under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Bill to Raise Minimum Wage Fails in Senate In a 52-46 vote, the Senate rejected a Democrat-proposed bill to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour over two years, marking the ninth time since 1997 that legislation to raise the limit has been defeated. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Eight U.S. Troops Charged with Murder of Iraqi Civilian Seven U.S. Marines and one navy sailor were charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy Wednesday over the April death of a disabled Iraqi man in Hamandiya, while a fourth soldier also was charged with murder in the deaths of three… Continue watching
Jun 20 Watch Abramoff Associate Found Guilty of Felony Charges As part of the wider Jack Abramoff lobbying probe, former chief procurement officer David Safavian was found guilty of one count of obstructing justice and three counts of lying or concealing information from investigators. A reporter covering the trial explains… Continue watching
Jun 20 National Guard Troops Ordered to Patrol New Orleans By Admin, PBS News Hour Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Monday she would send National Guard troops to New Orleans following a weekend of violence that left six people dead. Continue reading
Jun 19 High Court Returns Wetlands Cases to Lower Court, Agrees to Hear Abortion Appeal By Admin, PBS News Hour The Supreme Court on Monday narrowly voided a lower court's decision blocking two developments on wetlands in Michigan, and agreed to consider a second appeal to reinstate a federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortions. Continue reading
Jun 15 Britain Agrees to Imprison Taylor if Ex-Liberian Leader Is Convicted By PBS News Hour Britain agreed to host former Liberian President Charles Taylor in one of its prisons if he is convicted of war crimes, a government official said Thursday, paving the way for the U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone to transfer Taylor to… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch The High Court Supports Police in No-Knock Search Case The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that evidence may be used in trials even if police officers failed to knock before entering a home. Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch CIA Leak Counsel Announced It Will Not Charge Karl Rove After a three year investigation and several appearances before the federal grand jury, White House adviser Karl Rove was told Tuesday that he would not face any criminal charges stemming from the leak of former covert CIA operative Valerie Plame's… Continue watching