Feb 21 Watch 3:59 What you should know about the government’s new nutritional guidelines By PBS News Hour A government advisory committee made a series of recommendations this past week about what Americans should and shouldn't eat and drink, which will help shape the official guidelines being drawn by the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch In tackling the Islamic State, what are the Mosul mission’s chances for success? By PBS News Hour At a briefing this week, a U.S. official announced plans to take back Iraq’s second biggest city, Mosul, from Islamic State fighters who captured it last June. What are the chances that the operation will succeed? Douglas Ollivant, a military… Continue watching
Feb 21 Despite faltering economy, Russia will continue defense upgrade By Daniel Costa-Roberts In the face of a moribund economy and growing tensions with the west, Moscow will move ahead with a planned decade-long upgrade of the Russian military, raising 2015 defense spending to 3.3 trillion rubles ($50 billion), a 30 percent nominal… Continue reading
Feb 21 Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners with new law By Rebecca Lee Thailand is cracking down on commercial surrogacy, including enacting a measure that would ban foreign couples from seeking a surrogate in the country. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 8:25 Heat or hunger? Low-income families struggle to cope with winter weather By PBS News Hour As the brutal winter drags on for parts of the country, many low-income families are struggling to pay their energy bills. In North Carolina, local governments are increasingly partnering with private nonprofit organizations to try to find new ways to… Continue watching
Feb 21 U.S. and Britain consider new sanctions against Russia By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The U.S. and Britain on Saturday discussed new sanctions against Russia as Ukraine's week-old cease-fire unravels, though it was unclear if the allies were on the same page about increasing pressure on an economy that means far more to Europe. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 7:36 Praise for the printed page: Will Amazon leave French bookstores in peril? By PBS News Hour In France, even though the price of books was fixed years ago to prevent price differentiation, some worry the country's thousands of bookstores may now be in jeopardy as more customers flock to online retailers, such as Amazon. The online… Continue watching
Feb 15 FAA releases long-awaited proposed commercial drone rules By Triana Kalmanoff The Federal Aviation Administration released a list of long-awaited proposed rules governing the usage of small commercial drones on Sunday. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 25:18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 15, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday Feb. 15, Danish police kill the terrorist who went on a rampage in Copenhagen Saturday. We have a report from the scene. The White House intervenes to try and limit the economic damage caused by… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 2:05 More extreme winter weather wallops Northeast, Midwest By PBS News Hour By this morning, a foot of snow was already on the ground across much of Eastern Massachusetts, and 20 inches had already fallen in some coastal areas. Much of the Midwest also suffered through extreme cold last night and this… Continue watching