Aug 14 Gallery: 100 years of the Panama Canal in 10 photos By Larisa Epatko Friday marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal, the 48-mile passage linking the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It helped move American troops to the Pacific theater during World War II and has facilitated trade between… Continue reading
Aug 14 About 4,500 civilians atop Iraq's Sinjar mountain By Robert Burns and Julie Pace, The Associated Press Two U.S. officials say that roughly 4,500 people remain atop northern Iraq's Sinjar Mountain, and nearly half are herders who lived there before the siege and have no interest in being evacuated. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | August 13, 2014 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Edward Snowden revealed more information about a top secret U.S. government program in a new interview. Also: More than 300,000 people in the U.S. could lose their health insurance, looking at the uncertain future of Afghanistan,… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Veteran diplomat talks hurdles in enacting stable political leadership in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour James Dobbins has just ended his second stint as the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He joins chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner for a conversation about the consequences of the deadlocked election in Afghanistan, the looming drawdown of… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Political limbo in Afghanistan raises stakes for U.S. security deal By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch Snowden and supporters fear Americans will lose interest from 'NSA fatigue' By PBS News Hour NSA leaker Edward Snowden discloses in an extensive profile in Wired magazine that the U.S. government ran a top secret cyber-war program, which he claims could accidentally start a war. Gwen Ifill gets an update on Snowden and his latest… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch News Wrap: White House considering Yazidi rescue measures By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama moved closer toward rescue steps for thousands of Yazidi refugees who are trapped on a mountain in Northern Iraq by fighters of the Islamic State group. The deputy national security advisor suggested a… Continue watching
Aug 13 Obama talks to Israel's Netanyahu as cease-fire expires By Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama consulted by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday as a 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza Strip neared expiration. The AP also reports from Jerusalem that rocket fire into Israel came as Palestinian… Continue reading
Aug 13 Egypt fires back at report on protest violence By Larisa Epatko A year ago, Egyptian security forces bulldozed the main protest camp in Cairo, after the demonstrators had been rallying for weeks against the removal of President Mohammed Morsi. The Egyptian government this week disputed a Human Rights Watch report that… Continue reading
Aug 13 Cultivating the land to turn over a new leaf By Larisa Epatko Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project -- a farm-based education program for ex-offenders and at-risk youth -- says she isn’t teaching gardening so much as teaching people how to work. Continue reading