Feb 10 Watch From Virginia to Connecticut, a New Blast of Winter Weather Government offices in Washington remained closed for a third straight day on Wednesday as the second major snowstorm in less than a week pounded the East Coast. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Feb 09 Tuesday's Headlines: Iran Starts Enrichment; Toyota Recalls Its Prius Iran began producing higher-grade enriched uranium on Tuesday, its state television reported. Iran's top nuclear official was quoted as saying Iran "had started the 20 percent enrichment ... in Natanz" for use in a Tehran research reactor. The United States… Continue reading
Feb 08 Iran Announces Plans to Increase Uranium Enrichment By Larisa Epatko Iran told the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency Monday that it would begin enriching its stockpile of uranium to 20 percent purity for a medical reactor, renewing calls from U.S., Russian and French officials for a tougher approach and unified… Continue reading
Feb 08 Opposition Candidate Appears to Eke Out Win in Ukraine By Larisa Epatko With almost all of the votes tallied, opposition candidate Viktor Yanukovych claimed a victory over Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko by a slim margin in Sunday's presidential runoff in Ukraine, although Tymoshenko refused to concede defeat by Monday evening local time. Continue reading
Feb 08 Monday's Headlines: Obama to Host Bipartisan Health Care Reform Talks President Barack Obama has invited Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House to discuss health care legislation later this month. The half-day meeting would take place Feb. 25 and be televised live. "I want to come back [after the… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch In Haiti, Recovery Hinges on Fixing Government Nearly a month after the earthquake in Haiti, the government in Port-au-Prince remains tattered. Ray Suarez takes a closer look at the state of Haiti's government and what it means for rebuilding efforts. Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Aid Groups in Haiti Launch Massive Vaccination Effort With conditions on the ground ripe for a disease outbreak, aid groups in Haiti have launched a campaign to vaccinate more than 100,000 people against measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Emma Murphy of ITN reports. Continue watching
Feb 05 Friday on the NewsHour: 'A Rift in the Land' By Tom LeGro Michele Voltaire Marcelin, an artist, poet, spoken word performer and teacher, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Since the earthquake struck that country last month, she has been struggling to make sense of the destruction. Continue reading
Feb 05 Dispatch from Haiti: Baby Jenny's Journey By Larisa Epatko Kathie Klarreich, a freelance writer who also worked as a fixer/producer for the NewsHour in Haiti, sent us the story of one child's rescue from the earthquake rubble, her transfer to the United States for medical treatment, and her family's… Continue reading
Feb 04 'Suffering Everywhere:' Ray Suarez Reflects on Reporting in Haiti By Hari Sreenivasan After returning from Port-au-Prince, senior correspondent Ray Suarez dropped by The Rundown to describe what it was like covering Haiti's earthquake recovery efforts, saying the terribleness of the situation was difficult to capture in words or pictures. Continue reading