Mar 10 Watch How does a modern jetliner vanish without a trace? By PBS News Hour There are still many more questions than answers in the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Judy Woodruff asks former NTSB investigator Alan Diehl and former NTSB board member John Goglia to speculate on different known factors and possible… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch ‘We are racing for life’: Chinese foreign ministry asks for help searching for Malaysian jet By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch News Wrap: Senate approves bill that bars good military service record as defense against sexual assault By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 10 Snowden at SXSW: Encryption is ‘defense against the dark arts in the digital realm’ By Ellen Rolfes Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden spoke at the 2014 South by Southwest Interactive Festival Monday about what the tech community can do to address digital privacy and security concerns. Continue reading
Mar 10 There’s always money in the banana merger By Talia Mindich The 144-year-old U.S. fruit supplier Chiquita Brands International Inc. agreed Monday to merge with Irish tropical-fruit firm Fyffes to create the world’s largest banana company. Continue reading
Mar 10 Rescue kitten moves into Winston Churchill’s old home By Lorna Baldwin Winston Churchill’s old estate has a new resident: an orange and white colored rescue cat named Jock VI. The cat is an unusual legacy of Churchill. The late British leader requested that there always be an orange cat with white… Continue reading
Mar 10 Amnesty International: Syrian government ‘using starvation as weapon of war’ By Sarah Sheffer Residents of the Yarmouk refugee camp just south of Damascus are starving, and many are resorting to eating cats and dogs and foraging for weeds, as the Syrian civil war enters its fourth year, a new Amnesty International report… Continue reading
Mar 10 Edward Snowden speaks to SXSW at noon EDT By Associated Press Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden will speak remotely by video stream at noon EDT to an audience at Austin, Texas’ South By Southwest Festival Monday. Stream by Texas Tribune… Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch Bin Laden’s son-in-law stands trial in federal court By PBS News Hour The trial for Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, opened on Friday in New York, making him the most senior al-Qaida operative to be tried in federal court. Abu Ghaith is charged with conspiring to kill Americans and providing… Continue watching
Mar 09 Stolen passports used to board missing jet were in Interpol database By Kayla Ruble Interpol has confirmed that at least two passports used by passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight were registered in its Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database, the international police agency said on Sunday. Continue reading