Dec 14 Watch How Tragic Events Unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut How Tragic Events Unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut… Continue watching
Dec 14 Can Anything Constructive Come From This Tragedy? Today's shootings in Connecticut have given rise to many discussions online about violence, guns and school safety. President Obama did not discuss gun control during his statement today, but he did promise "meaningful action." NBC's David Gregory… Continue reading
Dec 14 How Do You Explain the Newtown Shooting to Kids? A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Conn., Friday. Photo by Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters As we learn more about Friday's shooting that left at least 28 dead, including 20 children, at an elementary… Continue reading
Dec 14 Social Media Response to Shooting A shooting Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has left at least 27 dead including 20 children, according to the Associated Press. We collected tweets, photos and updates as events unfolded Friday. Continue reading
Dec 14 Meteor Shower Told in Tweets Israelis in a hot water spring on the shore of the Dead Sea near the Israeli Kibbutz of Ein Gedi watch the sky for Geminid meteor streaks above the Judean desert on December 14, 2012. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty… Continue reading
Dec 14 Obama Dodges Fight on Rice, but There’s No Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff House Speaker John Boehner walks past reporters at the Capitol after meeting with President Obama at the White House on Thursday. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. President Obama avoided one fight Thursday, accepting the decision by U.S. Ambassador… Continue reading
Dec 14 How Will the Fiscal Cliff Impact Education Funding? Education and politics in the U.S. are far from strangers, and the current ruckus in Washington over the so-called "fiscal cliff" is making no exceptions. With tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect in January if… Continue reading
Dec 14 Gwen’s Take: If Women Ruled the World Maine Republican Susan Collins and 18 other members of the United States Senate gathered for a kind of celebratory interview the other day. Their inquisitor was ABC's Diane Sawyer, who invited the sitting and incoming members of the vaunted… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise… Continue watching