Jul 03 Watch 53:21 Thursday, July 3, 2014 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, good jobs news from June with a strong hiring report and a dip in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent. Also: increased airport security and screening, the backlash against Common Core education standards, consumerism in rural… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch A reporter and his son embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Veteran war correspondent and ABC News producer Mike Boettcher and his son Carlos spent time over the course of two years with various Army and Marine Corps units as they went out on patrol and fought the Taliban. In addition… Continue watching
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Jul 03 Watch News Wrap: Gen. Dempsey plays down prospects for major U.S. action in Iraq By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 03 Uneasy alliance in Bangladesh reveals complex social issues By Fred de Sam Lazaro A partnership with multinational corporations in Bangladesh reveals the complex social issues that underlie poverty and compromises anti-poverty activists must make to achieve growth and self-sustainability. Continue reading
Jul 03 In an attempt to lure tourists, North Korea to reopen some domestic flights By Ariel Min The isolated country is planning on reopening domestic flights for the first time in years to western visitors, local officials and business travelers in a bid to boost international tourism, The Guardian says. Continue reading
Jul 03 Former Blackwater guard testifies against friends By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Blackwater security guard Matthew Murphy and now-indicted ex-colleague Paul Slough were friends, having survived the war in Iraq together, creating a bond that under different circumstances might have lasted a lifetime. Continue reading
Jul 03 Dempsey: Iraqi forces can defend Baghdad By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says Iraqi security forces are capable of defending Baghdad but are unable to act unilaterally to launch an offensive to seize back territory occupied by a Sunni insurgent group. Continue reading
Jul 03 Sunni militants seize towns and key oil field in Syria By News Desk Sunni militants under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took over more towns in Syria near the border with Iraq on Thursday, working to expand their claim on the area after declaring a new Muslim state, or caliphate. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 53:10 Wednesday, July 2, 2014 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, the militia leader accused of involvement in the 2012 Benghazi attack appeared in court for the second time. Also: Iraqi Kurds contemplate independence, heroics and heartbreaks for the U.S. at the World Cup, the Civil Rights… Continue watching