Oct 23 Islamic State group earning $1 million per day in black market oil, U.S. says By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Islamic State militants are raking in money at a remarkable rate, earning about $1 million a day from black market oil sales alone, a Treasury Department official said Thursday. David Cohen, who leads the department’s effort to undermine… Continue reading
Oct 23 20 years later, commemorating a war averted By Michael D. Mosettig Across Europe and scattered parts of the old British Empire, 2014 has been a centenary year in books and commemorations that ask yet again how great nations sleepwalked into the catastrophe of World War I. More happily this week, in… Continue reading
Oct 23 Only one gunman in Ottawa attack, Canadian police confirm By News Desk A gunman shot a Canadian soldier standing at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, according to witnesses and police. More shots were fired inside the parliament building. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch State Department faces criticism in uphill social media war against Islamic State group By PBS News Hour Three teenage girls from Denver were detained in Germany last weekend by American authorities under suspicion of joining the Islamic State. The militant group lures recruits worldwide with a sophisticated social media operation. Margaret Warner reports on how the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Ebola sounds scary, but these diseases are the real health threat By PBS News Hour Ebola remains at the forefront of public safety concerns, but there are a number of illnesses that pose a far greater health risk. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Dr. William Schaffner, the chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch New 21-day Ebola monitoring period for visitors from West Africa By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: Former security guards convicted of shooting Iraqis in 2011 By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Wednesday, four former security guards were convicted of shooting 30 Iraqi citizens in 2007. An American detained in North Korea for six months returned to the U.S. today. In Washington, the Secret Service has come under… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Rare shooting in Ottawa prompts questions about shooter By PBS News Hour The shooting in Ottawa has prompted questions about the suspected shooter, his motives and possible connections to past attacks or multiple shooters. Gwen Ifill speaks with Campbell Clark of The Globe and Mail, for a report from Canada’s capital. Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch What we know about the shooting in Ottawa By PBS News Hour A rare mass shooting in Canada’s capital left one soldier and the suspected gunman dead along with three wounded. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Oct 22 Vatican Library digitizes ancient manuscripts, makes them available for free By Justin Scuiletti One of the oldest libraries on the planet is digitizing its archive of ancient manuscripts -- and they're all available to view free of charge. Continue reading