Mar 07 CIA chief announces sweeping agency overhaul By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the spy agency's limited insights into a series of major global developments. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 8:50 How did the Charlie Hebdo attacks affect rising Islamophobia in France? By PBS News Hour By some estimates, the French city of Marseille is now 30 to 40 percent Muslim -- once of the highest concentrations of Muslims anywhere in France. But even in Marseille, tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims have been rising for years. Continue watching
Mar 07 Obama: Ferguson police discrimination ‘oppressive and abusive’ By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Racial discrimination from police in Ferguson, Missouri, was "oppressive and abusive," President Barack Obama said Friday as he called for criminal justice reform as part of the modern struggle for civil rights. Continue reading
Mar 05 As lava flow threatens their town, Hawaii students create DIY air purifier By Saskia de Melker For the hundreds of residents of Pahoa, located downslope from the Kilauea volcano, the last eight months have been a time of fear and uncertainty. But for students at the at the Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences, the lava… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 22:41 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 1, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 1, Congress gears up to continue the debate over funding homeland security. Later, how the arrest of three men in New York and Florida this week reveals the difficulties of fighting ISIS at home. Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch 4:12 How the U.S. tracks Islamic State threats at home By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 01 Last month was one of the coldest ever recorded in some U.S. cities By Triana Kalmanoff This past February was one of the coldest months ever recorded in a number of cities across the United States. Cities in the Northeast and Midwest in particular were hit with record-breaking cold temperatures. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 4:03 New cancer treatments target disease-causing mutations By PBS News Hour Some cutting-edge research is giving new hope to cancer patients. Researchers are zeroing in on the causes of specific cancers and are finding dramatically different ways to fight the disease. To explain the latest findings, Dr. David Hyman from the… Continue watching
Mar 01 Upstate New York towns consider secession after state bans fracking By Carey Reed An initially playful remark by an upstate New York town official about seceding to Pennsylvania after New York State banned hydraulic fracturing in December has spurred community interest into the possibility. Continue reading
Mar 01 Colorado retailers sold 19 tons of pot in 2014, state report says By Daniel Costa-Roberts Colorado retailers sold more than 19 tons of bud and 2.9 million units of pot-infused edibles in 2014. Continue reading