Apr 16 Friday: Europe's Travel Delays Worsen; Same-sex Partners Get Hospital Rights A woman at Erfurt Airport in Germany reads about the volcano that is disrupting travel across Europe. (Photo by Jens-Ulrich Koch/AFP/Getty Images.) The wide-scale disruption of air travel across much of Europe only got worse on Friday as… Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch Icelandic Volcano Eruption Continues to Disrupt European Airspace An ash plume from an erupting glacial volcano in Iceland continues to cause problems for airports worldwide. Ray Suarez reports from London on the dangers the volcanic ash poses for air travel. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 'Krakatoa' Author on Iceland Volcano's Parallels With Eruptions Past For historical perspective on the Icelandic volcano eruption, Jeffrey Brown talks to Simon Winchester, author of "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883," about the massive 19th century eruption's impact on health, the economy and even art and… Continue watching
Apr 15 Thursday: Tax Day; Obama to Outline Space Plan; Benjamin Hooks Dies at 85 By Jason Breslow Felipe Castro advertises tax preparation services in Miami. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.) It's April 15, which means, of course, it's tax day. The Big Money marks the occasion with a look at the five worst parts of… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Icelandic Volcano Eruption Strands Air Passengers Across Europe A giant cloud of ash from a glacial volcano in Iceland grounded hundreds of flights across northern Europe. Kylie Morris of Independent Television News provides an update on when air traffic might resume. Continue watching
Apr 14 Quake Kills Hundreds in China; Bernanke to Testify on Economy A series of powerful earthquakes slammed western China early Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 in remote Qinghai Province. The largest quake to hit the mainly Tibetan region, which is mostly populated by farmers… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch News Wrap: Fed Warns Congress to Rein in National Debt In other news Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress and the President to begin reining in the deficit and a series of powerful earthquakes killed at least 400 people in western China. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch Investigators Probe Mine Disaster in West Virginia More than a week after an explosion killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia, officials continue to investigate the cause of the disaster and the emergency response. Gwen Ifill talks to reporter Ed O'Keefe of the Washington Post for the… Continue watching
Apr 10 West Virginia Mine Saga Ends; Missing Miners Found Dead More than 100 hours after an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine Monday afternoon, the final four missing West Virginia miners were found dead, officials announced early Saturday, extinguishing hopes of a miracle that they might have taken shelter. Continue reading