Mar 28 Watch How do you want to die? A mission to make death part of popular conversation By PBS News Hour A growing national movement to normalize end-of-life discussions among family and friends has gained traction in recent months. As Medicare considers whether to cover such conversations with physicians, The Conversation Project, a Boston-based non-profit, is highlighting the importance of talking… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 25:18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 22, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 22, 2015, a new Islamic State threat against American military personnel and their families draws attention, the fallout from an order for the Pentagon to release potentially inflammatory photographs documenting the abuse of detainees… Continue watching
Mar 22 Could heads or tails be your best March Madness bracket gamble? By Carey Reed Dr. Dae Hee Kwak, a professor at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, decided to try flipping a coin in 2011 to see if chance could outperform the experts on picks for the men's NCAA Basketball Tournament. Continue reading
Mar 22 Study finds growing use of antibiotics in livestock across globe By Rebecca Lee In 2010, farmers across the globe used more than 63, 000 tons of antibiotics annually, the study estimated. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:25 What do gains made by France’s far right party mean for the country? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, voting in local elections took place throughout France, and while Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP pulled ahead, the country's far right National Front Party led by Marine Le Pen made major gains by garnering a large number of… Continue watching
Mar 22 CIA director: Iranian general ‘complicating’ US efforts in Iraq By Associated Press The leader of Iran's elite Quds Force is contributing to instability in Iraq and complicating the U.S. mission against terrorism with his command of some of the Iraqi forces battling Islamic State militants, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency… Continue reading
Mar 22 ISIS publishes online hit list of US service members By Daniel Costa-Roberts An online group that calls itself the Islamic State's "Hacking Division" has published profiles of 100 U.S. service members, including their names, photos and purported home addresses, encouraging its "brothers residing in America" to kill those named on the list. Continue reading
Mar 22 ‘Wild West’ tax prep industry draws scrutiny of regulators By Hope Yen, Associated Press Cash-strapped Americans anxious for tax refunds are increasingly turning to payment advances, prepaid cards or other costly services when getting tax preparation help, according to new federal data raising concerns among regulators about whether consumers are fully informed about the… Continue reading
Mar 22 Estimated 16 million gained insurance since health law took effect By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The polemic around "Obamacare" hasn't cooled much in five years, and the permanence of the president's achievement remains in question as the nation awaits the outcome of a Supreme Court case that could jeopardize insurance for nearly 8 million people. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:00 Will the U.S. release photos of detainee treatment in Iraq and Afghanistan? By PBS News Hour Continue watching