Sep 08 The Silent, Deadly Epidemic of Non-Communicable Disease CT scanners can be used to detect cancerous tumors. Photo by Flickr user Topsy Quret. In 10 days, the United Nations will convene a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases. The world's global health news has been so dominated… Continue reading
Sep 08 9/11's Profound Effects on Air Travel Passengers at Los Angeles International Airport pass through security in 2010. File photo by David McNew/Getty Images When Denver International Airport opened in 1995, the city was particularly proud of the main terminal building. They spent a lot of… Continue reading
Sep 08 Gadhafi Troops Fire Rockets from Stronghold, Lee Floods the Northeast By News Desk Libyan rebels. File photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images. Moammar Gadhafi, already effectively driven from power by Libyan rebels, denied claims that he is in neighboring Niger in a phone call to a television station in Syria, attributing rumors to… Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch After 9/11, Suspicions Fall on Some Shoppers After 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security created the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative to help spot potential terrorists, while the Mall of America launched its own security program. NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting report how such efforts… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Witness: Texas Wildfire 'Just Like Driving Into a Volcano' In Texas, Bastrop County's emergency coordinator said that a huge wildfire southeast of Austin is now 30 percent contained. Ray Suarez speaks with Kate Galbraith of the Texas Tribune about efforts to combat scores of fires, which have destroyed more… Continue watching
Sep 07 Attention Mall Shoppers: Are You Engaging in Suspicious Activity? All week on the NewsHour, we're exploring different stories about the world a decade after the 9/11 attacks. On Wednesday's broadcast, you'll see a report from NPR's Daniel Zwerdling and the Center for Investigative Reporting about efforts… Continue reading
Sep 07 'Aftermath': Photos of Ground Zero by Joel Meyerowitz By Tom LeGro In first days after 9/11, one photographer was allowed into Ground Zero in New York. Joel Meyerowitz spent months amassing roughly 8,000 images of the destruction and the heroic efforts at the site of the World Trade Center. Continue reading
Sep 07 In a Post-9/11 World, China Moving Forward It may feel unseemly to ask if any nation benefited from 9/11, but it is becoming increasingly clear that China has emerged far stronger since the attacks on the United States a decade ago. In the months right after 9/11,… Continue reading
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Sep 07 Watch Brennan: Another Attack Not 'Inevitable' Brennan: Another Attack Not 'Inevitable'… Continue watching