Dec 27 In anticipation of possible second run, all eyes on Clinton’s economic plan By Ken Thomas, Associated Press If Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks the White House again, her message on the economy could be an important barometer as she courts fellow Democrats. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 3:11 ‘It’s wrong’: Shock, frustration surround shootings of NYPD officers By PBS News Hour As the investigation into the two New York Police Department officers who were fatally shot over the weekend unfolds, shock and frustration prevail. The incident tops off months of nationwide demonstrations against police and a public fallout between New York… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 25:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 21, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 21, authorities investigate the murder of two New York City police officers and its possible link to recent protests against police, the National Labor Relations Board files a formal complaint against McDonald's and it… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 2:44 NYPD officer killings expose rift between police and mayor By PBS News Hour Pervaiz Shallwani, a criminal justice reporter for the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan for the latest information about the murder of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn Saturday, Dec. 20. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 1:54 Viewers respond to report on controversy over Georgia mosque By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments in response to a NewsHour Weekend report on controversy surrounding the opening of a mosque in a town in Georgia. Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 3:17 McDonald’s charged with abusing workers over wage protests By PBS News Hour A lawyer from the National Labor Relations Board filed formal complaints against McDonald's and some of its franchises on Friday. To unpack this story further, Steven Greenhouse, a former correspondent for the New York Times, who has covered labor issues,… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 8:34 Whistleblowers win with False Claims Act, but does it actually deter fraud? By PBS News Hour Last year alone, the federal government and its whistleblowers -- people incentivized by the False Claims Act to expose fraud in companies that work with the government -- recovered nearly $6 billion in lawsuits that exposed wrongdoing. But some question… Continue watching
Dec 21 New York City mourns NYPD officers slain in Brooklyn ambush By Carey Reed Flags flew at half staff around the city of New York on Sunday, as residents mourned the killings of two New York Police Department officers in what was characterized by Police Commissioner Bill Bratton as an assassination. Continue reading
Dec 21 Top payouts to federal false claims whistleblowers in fiscal year 2014 By Saskia de Melker In the last fiscal year, the federal government recovered a record $5.69 billion under the False Claims Act. And as recoveries have increased, so have the awards for those whistleblowers who play a crucial role in exposing cases of fraud. Continue reading
Dec 21 US mulls putting North Korea back on terrorism sponsors list By Josh Lederman, Associated Press HONOLULU -- The United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back onto its list of state sponsors of terrorism, President Barack Obama said as the U.S. decides how to respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that… Continue reading