Dec 18 Why Diagnosing Adam Lanza Is a Problem Authorities are wrestling to understand what drove Adam Lanza to commit the unthinkable massacre of 20 children and their guardians. While details of his mental state are still unclear, many have said that Lanza may have suffered from a mental… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch Honoring the Sandy Hook Shooting Victims In a special honor roll, we remember the 27 victims -- 20 children and seven adults -- of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Kids Need Sense of Normalcy, Reassurance They Are Not Alone in Time of Crisis Kids Need Sense of Normalcy, Reassurance They Are Not Alone in Time of Crisis… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Makeshift Memorials, Flags at Half-Staff Mark State of Mourning in Newtown Makeshift Memorials, Flags at Half-Staff Mark State of Mourning in Newtown… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Funerals Begin for Shooting Victims of Sandy Hook, New Details on Shooter Lanza Funerals Begin for Shooting Victims of Sandy Hook, New Details on Shooter Lanza… Continue watching
Dec 17 Meet Tim Scott: South Carolina’s Next Senator U.S. Rep. Tim Scott speaks Monday to reporters at the South Carolina Statehouse after being introduced by Governor Nikki Haley to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat. Photo by Tim Dominick/The State/MCT via Getty Images When Rep. Tim Scott… Continue reading
Dec 17 In India, Modi Is a Popular, Polarizing Figure in Politics By News Desk // Narendra Modi, chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, is running for a fourth term in elections that wrap up this week. Results are expected Thursday. He's hailed for his efforts to revive the economy in western India… Continue reading
Dec 17 A Dramatic End for the Twin Moon Spacecraft This artist's concept shows one of the GRAIL satellites inserting itself into orbit. Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech. The twin GRAIL robots, the washing-machine sized satellites that have been zipping around the moon for nearly a year, will end their… Continue reading
Dec 17 Food for 9 Billion: Four Steps Toward a Climate-Friendly Diet In the next installment of the "Food for 9 Billion" series airing Monday on American Public Media's "Marketplace", Jon Miller of Homelands Productions visits Baltimore to explore how food producers are dealing with climate change and… Continue reading
Dec 17 Council on Foreign Relations: What Should U.S. Policy Be in Syria? Rebel fighters take part in a demonstration against the Syrian regime in Aleppo on Dec. 7. Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images Syria's Vice president Farouk al-Sharaa told a Lebanese-based newspaper in an interview published Monday that "We are… Continue reading