Aug 20 Watch New Orleans Still Being Rebuilt Two Years After Katrina Two years ago, Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding devastated New Orleans and its surrounding area. The New Orleans Times-Picayune's Chris Rose discusses the healing state of New Orleans on the second anniversary. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Three Rescue Workers Die at Utah Mine A rescue effort for six trapped miners at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah took a tragic turn Thursday when three workers were killed. A reporter who has been covering the story provides an update. Continue watching
Aug 17 Utah Mine Rescue Suspended After Three Die in Collapse By PBS News Hour Officials suspended efforts to rescue six trapped coal miners in Huntington, Utah Friday after a second collapse killed three and injured six people trying to find the miners. Continue reading
Aug 16 Rescuers Search for Victims of Peru Earthquake By PBS News Hour Rescuers in Peru scrambled Thursday to reach victims of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake and powerful aftershocks that officials said killed at least 450 people and injured hundreds more. Continue reading
Jul 18 Nuclear Leak from Japan Quake Bigger Than Estimated By PBS News Hour Officials from the world's largest nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki, Japan, announced Wednesday the amount of nuclear waste leakage from Monday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake is 50 percent larger than earlier estimates. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Wildfires Rage Across Parts of Western U.S. Recent droughts and temperature spikes have sparked fires in California, Utah and other western states. An expert discusses the dangerous weather conditions. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch Oregon Global Warming Skeptic Finds Controversy Oregon state climatologist George Taylor does not believe that global warming is due to human activity. Now, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski wants him to stop using the state climatologist title. NewsHour correspondent Lee Hochberg reports from Oregon and Washington on… Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Expert Talks About Travel Industry's Challenges Recent changes in scheduling and delays from several major airlines have made getting out of town more difficult than normal. Airline journalist David Field talks about about what to expect from travel companies this summer. Continue watching
May 10 Racial Divide Persists in New Orleans' Katrina Recovery By Admin, PBS News Hour More than a year after Hurricane Katrina inundated the city, New Orleans residents remain economically and psychologically affected by the storm, according to a survey released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Continue reading
May 08 Watch Kansas Governor Outlines Tornado Recovery Efforts Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, said this week that the tornado recovery effort in her state has been limited by National Guard resources being diverted to the Iraq war. She discusses this issue and the White House's response. Continue watching