Jan 15 Metal Detectors to Bear Spray, Students Search For Gun Violence Solutions By Thaisi Da Silva Universal background checks, armed officers in schools and changes to the country's mental health system are all ideas being floated as the nation searches for solutions to gun-related violence. In the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary… Continue reading
Jan 15 Straight Talk From California's Jerry Brown Spencer Michels interviews California Gov. Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown is riding high. The 74-year-old Democratic governor of California has achieved a kind of political miracle: He has balanced the state's budget for the first time in 15 years. Continue reading
Jan 15 The Wilderness After War: Living with PTSD EmbedVideo(5459, 482, 304); Photojournalist Lori Grinker profiled three former U.S. service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The video, which features Hart Viges, Mark Wilkerson and Jessica Goodell telling their stories in their own words, was… Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Fundraising Rules Change for 2013 Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies Fundraising Rules Change for 2013 Presidential Inauguration Ceremonies… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch How Eased Travel Restrictions for Cubans Affect Relationship With U.S. How Eased Travel Restrictions for Cubans Affect Relationship With U.S. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Internet Innovator and Activist Aaron Swartz, 26, Faced Legal Trouble Internet Innovator and Activist Aaron Swartz, 26, Faced Legal Trouble… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Northern Mali Faces Political, Economic Crisis as Islamists Gain More Control Northern Mali Faces Political, Economic Crisis as Islamists Gain More Control… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Obama Steers Second Term Agenda Towards Government Debt, Gun Violence Obama Steers Second Term Agenda Towards Government Debt, Gun Violence… Continue watching
Jan 14 Call for Nominations: Know a Creative Science or Math Teacher? NewsHour archive photo NewsHour is launching a new series highlighting science and math teachers, kindergarten through high school, across the country who are using innovative teaching methods in the classroom. Each month, we'll publish an original video feature of… Continue reading
Jan 14 Milky Way Awash in Planets Since the last Kepler catalog was released in February 2012, the number of candidates discovered in the Kepler data has increased by 20 percent and now totals 2,740 potential planets orbiting 2,036 stars. Image by NASA. In case… Continue reading