Aug 03 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Troops Cut Water, Electricity Supply in Hama In other news Wednesday, a crackdown against anti-government protesters escalated in Syria. Overnight, the city of Hama was heavily shelled, tanks moved into the main square and electricity and water supplies were cut off. Also, Tropical Storm Emily churned through… Continue watching
Aug 02 Syrian Troops Advance on Restive City of Hama By News Desk Members of a human rights group demonstrate outside the Syrian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by AFP/Getty. Syrian troops advanced further into the city of Hama on Tuesday, a day after government forces killed 24 people throughout the country on… Continue reading
Aug 01 New Widget Tracks Record-Breaking High Temperatures EMBED THIS: » View All High Temperature Records On July 22, thermometers in Newark, N.J., peaked at a staggering 108 degrees,… Continue reading
Jul 28 NewsHour Connect: Heat Wave Imperils Midwest Agriculture By Justin Scuiletti // Temperatures have been rising in the Midwest this summer -- and with them, food prices may also be heading upward. As heat waves have been blanketing much of the nation in temperatures over 100 degrees, agriculture has been… Continue reading
Jul 28 Historic Flooding, Landslides Kill at Least 49 in South Korea By News Desk South Korean soldiers remove tons of mud after a flood caused by heavy rains hit the area around an apartment complex in Seoul on Thursday. Photo by Park Ji-Hwan/AFP/Getty Images. Unrelenting rain pounding Seoul, South Korea, and the southern part… Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Somalis Flee to Kenya in Search of Food, Water, Aid On Kenya-Somalia Border, a Desperate Scene for Famine Victims… Continue watching
Jul 22 Pentagon Set to End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Eastern U.S. Faces Excessive Heat Pentagon leaders on Friday are set to formally end the 18-year-long ban that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. They are expected to notify President Obama, who will then send a letter to Congress. The… Continue reading
Jul 21 Dangerous Heat Wave Envelops Much of U.S., Somalia Facing Famine Crisis A dangerous "heat dome" blanketing the Midwest to the East Coast is being blamed for as many as 22 deaths Thursday, as 141 million people remained under a heat advisory with relief several days away in many places. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Much of U.S. Broils Under Extraordinarily Massive 'Heat Dome' Nearly 200 million Americans spent Wednesday under some form of warning about the relentless, stifling combination of extreme heat and humidity, which formed a so-called "heat dome" over a vast region. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jul 20 Cameron Defends Coulson Hiring, FBI: Pakistan Illegally Lobbied Over Kashmir British Prime Minister David Cameron, under fire for his hiring of former News of the World employee Andy Coulson as his spokesman, defended himself before Parliament Wednesday, saying, "I regret, and I am extremely sorry, about the furor… Continue reading