Dec 13 Watch News Wrap: Winter Weather Wallops Midwest, Killing at Least 14 In other news Tuesday, heavy snow blanketed the upper Midwest, claiming at least 14 lives, snarling air travel and tearing a hole in the roof of the Metrodome, home to the Minnesota Vikings. Also, Swedish police say a suicide bomber… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch News Wrap: Suicide Bombings Kill 50 in Pakistan; WikiLeaks Bank Account Closed In other news Monday, two suicide bombers attacked a meeting of anti-Taliban officials and tribesmen in northwest Pakistan, killing 50 and wounding more than 100. This was the third attack this year on a tribal militia meeting. Continue watching
Dec 02 Miles O'Brien: Exploring the Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi On Thursday's NewsHour, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Indonesia on the science and the superstition surrounding the recent eruption of the deadly Mount Merapi volcano. For an inside look, Hari Sreenivasan caught up with O'Brien in Indonesia for… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch Science, Mysticism Meld in Predicting Mount Merapi's Deadly Eruptions Since October, more than 300 people have been killed by volatile volcano Mount Merapi's eruptions. Miles O'Brien reports from the village of Yogyakarta on the science and superstition surrounding the most-active volcano in Indonesia. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch News Wrap: Offshore Drilling Plan Reversed by Obama Adminstration In other news Wednesday, the Interior Department said it is reversing the plan laid out last March to drill for oil off the East Coast and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration unveiled the plan before the… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch Cholera Numbers Grow as Haitians Prepare for Presidential Vote Amid ongoing reconstruction after the deadly earthquake earlier this year and an ongoing cholera epidemic, Haitians head to the polls to vote on a new leader. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Port-au-Prince on the country's presidential election this weekend and… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch News Wrap: Pilots Excused From TSA Patdowns, Body Scans In other news Friday, airline pilots will be able to bypass full-body scans and pat-downs that are being implemented at airports across the country. In New Zealand, 29 miners are trapped after an explosion at a coal mine in a… Continue watching
Nov 09 Former President Bush Uses New Book, Media Tour to Defend His Legacy Former President George W. Bush's memoir "Decision Points." Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. Tuesday marks the official release of former President George W. Bush's memoir, "Decision Points," in which he reflects on the most significant decisions he made… Continue reading
Nov 09 Indonesians Evacuate From Mount Merapi's Path DetectFlashDecision_Blog ('news01s452bqfc4', 'VtJxZneaqPg', '29'); The volcano erupting on Indonesia's Mount Merapi has continued to claim lives as hot ash and gas spew over surrounding areas in one of the worst eruptions in a century. The last time we… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch News Wrap: Pelosi Seeks Democratic Minority Leader Mantle In other news Friday, outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced she wants to be Democratic minority leader in the new Congress. In Pakistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside of a mosque. Continue watching