May 03 Watch Weekly Political Analysis of Shields and Brooks Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and David Brooks of The Weekly Standard discuss the situation in the Middle East, the farm bill and Democratic politics. Continue watching
Apr 29 High Court Narrows Scope of Disabilities Act By Admin A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that the needs of disabled workers do not normally outweigh an employer's seniority policies. Continue reading
Apr 26 18 Dead in German School Shooting By PBS News Hour A 19-year-old expelled high school student killed 17 people and himself in a shooting rampage at a German high school Friday. Continue reading
Apr 23 Police Testify Militant Confessed to Role in Pearl Abduction Two Karachi police officers on Tuesday told a Pakistani court they heard British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh admit to coordinating the kidnapping of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Continue reading
Apr 22 Pearl Trial Begins in Pakistan Four suspects on trial for the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl pleaded not guilty Monday in a Pakistani court. Continue reading
Apr 19 Andersen, Government Settlement Talks Collapse Negotiations to settle criminal charges of obstruction of justice against accounting firm Arthur Andersen unexpectedly collapsed Thursday, possibly paving the way for a trial next month. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch Company in Crisis Negotiations to settle criminal charges of obstruction of justice against accounting firm Arthur Andersen unexpectedly collapsed this week. Ray Suarez discusses the details with New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald. Continue watching
Apr 18 The Medgar Evers Assassination By PBS News Hour Perhaps the most significant martyr in the struggle for civil rights prior to Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination, Medgar Evers galvanized the civil rights movement in his life and also in his death. Continue reading
Apr 18 The Freedom Summer Killings By PBS News Hour James Earl Chaney lived in Mississippi his entire life. Michael Schwerner spent six months in the state and Andrew Goodman had been there only a day. Continue reading
Apr 18 The Birmingham Church Bombing By PBS News Hour The 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which killed four young girls, shocked the city of Birmingham and the world. Continue reading