Supreme Court Says "Gifts" Still Count as Insider Trading
In an 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a "gift" of confidential information to a family member or friend violates laws aimed at curbing insider trading.
December 7, 2016
Why Trump's Commerce Nominee Says Regulation Wouldn't Have Stopped the Housing Crisis
As Wilbur Ross told FRONTLINE in a 2011 interview, lack of regulation wasn't to blame for the financial crisis, but rather "an abject failure of supervision."
December 1, 2016
Scientists Debunk Myth That 'Patient Zero' Brought AIDS to America
For more than 30 years, Gaétan Dugas was blamed for bringing the AIDS epidemic to the United States. But this week, scientists finally cleared the name of the man who, in the history of the AIDS epidemic, came to be known as "Patient Zero."
October 28, 2016
Millions Each Year Are Given the Wrong Antibiotics, Study Finds
Millions of Americans are receiving the wrong kind of antibiotics, causing new concern among infectious disease experts about the rise of potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria.
October 24, 2016
Chuck Hagel: U.S. "Credibility" Was Hurt By Policy in Syria
The Obama administration's early policy in Syria damaged U.S. "credibility everywhere in the world," says former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
October 11, 2016
Who's Who in the Fight Against ISIS?
While the U.S. has maintained a narrow focus on degrading and ultimately defeating ISIS, competing agendas among a group of eight key players involved in the fight have served to complicate that effort.
October 11, 2016