Sep 23 Watch News Wrap: Syrian fighter jet shot down by Israel By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet. According to the Israeli defense minister, the plane entered the Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights. The crew escaped and landed in Syrian territory. Also, the CDC warned… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch U.S. and Arab partners begin air war against Islamic State in Syria – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 Sharks could help hospitals prevent dangerous germ transmission By Justin Scuiletti A new study in the journal Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control examined the effectiveness of a shark skin-like material in preventing the spread of disease-causing bacteria. Continue reading
Sep 23 Making sense of this week’s climate change news By Jenny Marder What’s with all these climate protests? This week’s protests were timed to today’s United Nation’s climate summit in New York. The street demonstration in Manhattan on Sunday was believed to be the single biggest climate protest -- ever. More than… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Obama: ‘The climate is changing faster than our efforts to address it.’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 CDC: Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million by January. How likely is that? By Jason Kane The CDC arrived at this "worst case" number through its new modeling tool that will allow governments and nonprofit groups to estimate the trajectory of the disease and predict the impact of prevention and treatment strategies. Continue reading
Sep 23 Obama: U.S. part of climate problem, but all nations need to work on it By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama said at the U.N. Climate Summit on Tuesday that the United States accepts responsibility for its part in climate change and will lead the way in doing something about it. Continue reading
Sep 23 American journalist kidnapped in Somalia freed after nearly 3 years By Margaret Myers Michael Moore, a German-American journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia in January of 2012, was released Tuesday, the German news organization Der Spiegel reported. Continue reading
Sep 23 Obama: Arab support in Syria airstrikes shows ‘this is not America’s fight alone’ By Julie Pace, Associated Press For President Barack Obama, the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria marked an unexpected foreign policy victory as he plunges the U.S. deeper into a military conflict in the Middle East that he has reluctantly… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Obama: Arab support in Syria airstrikes shows ‘this is not America’s fight alone’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching