Nov 16 Napoleon’s famed two-cornered hat sold at auction for $2.4 million By Andrew Mach Napoleon Bonaparte's trademark bicorn hat sold at auction near Paris on Sunday for roughly $2.4 million. Continue reading
Nov 16 U.S. confirms execution of American aid worker by Islamic State By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The White House on Sunday confirmed the death of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, a former soldier who tried to help wounded Syrians caught in a brutal civil war but ended up dying at the hands of Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Nov 16 U.S., Japan pledge billions in fight against climate change By Rialda Zukic President Barack Obama confirmed Saturday at the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, that the U.S. would pledge up to $3 billion to help poor countries on climate issues, according to news reports. Continue reading
Nov 16 ISIS claims to have executed American aid worker By Julie Pace, Associated Press The White House says the U.S. intelligence community is working to determine the authenticity of a video that purports to show that Islamic State militants have beheaded American aid worker Peter Kassig. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Family history comes to life: Dress designs lost in Holocaust uncovered By PBS News Hour When the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939, tens of thousands of Jews applied for visas to anywhere. Among them, Paul Strnad and his wife Hedy, a dress designer. Ultimately, neither would get a visa to leave Czechoslovakia. Now, in an… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch In ‘Rosewater,’ remembering humor and humanity after torture By PBS News Hour In 2009, journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in solitary confinement in a Tehran prison after being charged with being a spy. He turned his real ordeal into a memoir, which has now been dramatized as "Rosewater," a new… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch How should the U.S. deal with decaying nuclear arms infrastructure? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 14 ‘Systematic problems’ with management of U.S. nuclear forces, Hagel says By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the military’s failure to maintain its focus on the nation’s nuclear forces led them to be mismanaged and to “slowly back down the hill.” He vowed to invest in and bolster the force,… Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 13, 2014 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, we examine the U.S. strategy to combat the Islamic State. Also: Complications for the space probe that landed on a comet, newly elected members of Congress navigate life on the Hill, Amazon compromises on ebook pricing,… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch Mt. Everest disaster raises questions of compensation for Sherpas By PBS News Hour In April, an avalanche on Mt. Everest killed 16 Nepalese guides in the worst accident in the mountain's history. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Chip Brown of National Geographic on how the deadly disaster has affected the Sherpa community and the… Continue watching