Aug 31 Obama to take wilderness trip with Bear Grylls By Associated Press Survival expert Bear Grylls has bagged his biggest celebrity yet for a walk in the wilderness — President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Jun 29 NBC fires Donald Trump over ‘derogatory statements’ about immigrants By Joshua Barajas NBCUniversal announced Thursday that the network was cutting ties with Donald Trump over the Republican presidential candidate’s recent statements about Mexican immigrants. Continue reading
Feb 07 Brian Williams will take brief leave of absence from ‘Nightly News’ By Daniel Costa-Roberts Brian Williams said Saturday he will take a leave of absence from his anchor role at “NBC Nightly News.”… Continue reading
Feb 04 NBC’s Brian Williams apologizes for false Iraq war story By Joshua Barajas Brian Williams recanted on Wednesday a 12-year-old story that he was aboard a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire during the Iraq War invasion in 2003. Continue reading
Dec 10 Former CIA head Hayden denies lying to Congress about interrogations By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the CIA during President George W. Bush’s second term said Wednesday “I didn’t lie and I didn’t mislead Congress” about the brutal nature of the administration’s interrogations of terrorism-era detainees. Continue reading
Oct 16 First nurse to contract Ebola in Dallas being flown to Maryland By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The revelation that a second Dallas nurse who is ill with Ebola was cleared to fly the day before her diagnosis raised new alarms as leaders of the nation's public health system prepared to defend their efforts to… Continue reading
Oct 03 NBC News freelance journalist tests positive for Ebola By Joshua Barajas An American freelance cameraman working in Liberia for NBC News has contracted the Ebola virus and is being flown to the U.S. for treatment, the news network announced Thursday night. Continue reading
Aug 14 Chuck Todd to replace David Gregory on ‘Meet the Press’ By Associated Press In tweets posted Thursday afternoon, Gregory said he is leaving the network as he arrived at it, "humbled and grateful."… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch A World Without Wikipedia: For SOPA, Websites Threaten a Midnight Blackout Beginning midnight Wednesday, some major Internet companies could go dark for 24 hours as part of an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. Ray Suarez discusses the planned blackout with Ben Huh, the CEO of a… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Editor: Sandusky ‘Probably Did Himself More Harm Than Good’ in Costas Interview In a startling move Monday, Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State defensive coordinator accused of sexually abusing children, defended himself in a telephone interview with Bob Costas on NBC. Margret Warner discusses the scandal's continuing fallout with David Newhouse, editor… Continue watching