Blog Profile / The Rundown News Blog
| URL : | http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/ | |
|---|---|---|
| Filed Under: | News | |
| Posts on Regator: | 4442 | |
| Posts / Week: | 37.3 | |
| Archived Since: | February 11, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Wheels Stopped for Kepler, but Still More to Study
This diagram of the Kepler spacecraft shows the location of two of the four reaction wheels that control the pointing accuracy of the vehicle. Reaction wheel 4 failed on May 11, 2013. Image by Ball Aerospace. NASA's Kepler planet-hunting...
In Preventing Sexual Assault, Military Must 'Go Beyond Training'
With sexual assaults in the military on the rise, Congress and Defense Department officials debate what should be done to prosecute perpetrators and prevent assaults from happening in the first place. Kwame Holman reports on efforts...
How Developed is Your 'Arrested Development' Knowledge?
Do you know the name of this infamous puppet? Test your knowledge of characters and situations in our "Arrested Development" quiz below. "Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice...
Does Technology Offer Anyone a Big Break in Entertainment Industry?
Changes in technology have opened up new opportunities in the entertainment industry, offering platforms for the most scrappy or eclectic of musicians, filmmakers and other creative artists. That's the argument of a new book, "The End of Big: How the...
How Growth of Elderly Population in U.S. Compares with Other Countries
Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with the...
What Can U.S. Do to Be Effective Abroad? Haass Says Look Within
Author Richard Haass describes how America is its own biggest threat. The United States' largest threat no longer comes from the outside -- the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany of yore -- but from within, says...
Boehner: House Will Produce Its Own Immigration Legislation
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has been saying for months it's up to the Senate to get the ball rolling on a major overhaul of the nation's immigration...
Gwen's Take: The Chasm Close to Home
I watched the president's address to the Morehouse class of 2013 this week with special interest. Part of the reason was personal: I had a great time delivering the commencement speech there two years ago. A sea of promising, educated...
Former Air Force Servicewoman Feels Disposed of, Betrayed
Former Airman 1st Class Jessica Hinves' career in the Air Force was cut short after suffering from PTSD stemming from an assault by a fellow airman. This is her story. See the full report of sexual...
Obama Defends Drone Strikes But Says No Cure-All
On the defensive over a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama refocused the debate Thursday with a speech laying out his administration's rationale for the use of unmanned drone strikes against terrorism targets abroad. WASHINGTON --...
Two Hours in Moore
An American flag stands amid the rubble of the May 20 tornado that tore through Moore, Okla. Photo by Rebecca Jacobson. I've driven through Oklahoma many times, usually once or twice a year as my family traveled from our...
Live Chat: Gwen Ifill Answers Your Questions at 12 p.m. EDT Thursday
Join correspondent Gwen Ifill for a live chat, hosted by PBS' Washington Week 12 p.m. EDT today. On the table: all things politics. Chat with Gwen Ifill of Washington Week and the PBS NewsHour...
China Gives and China Taketh Away
Screen grab of Chinese skyline. In the small town writ large of Washington, eight city blocks can separate a wide gulf of hopes and fears about future relations between the world's two major economic powers -- the United States...
Watch Live: Obama Addresses Drones, Gitmo
Watch a live stream in the player above of President Barack Obama's speech at the National Defense University, scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT Thursday. WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is set to at least partially lift...
Obama Looks to Shift Focus to Drone Strikes As Scandals Swirl
Undated image courtesy of the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. Photo: REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt Col Leslie Pratt On the defensive over a trio of controversies, President Barack Obama will attempt to refocus the debate Thursday...
Unclaimed Memories: Reuniting With a Photo After Tragedy
Not long after a tornado tore through Oklahoma on Monday, Facebook groups began to spring up with posts of tarnished photos discovered in scattered debris miles away. Unclaimed memories, laid out before strangers in the hopes of catching a recognizing glimpse.
'Oh Oklahoma,' Asking the Hard Questions After Memory Fades
I don't remember worrying about tornadoes as a little girl growing up in Oklahoma, but they were a real threat: In May 1950, the National Weather Service recorded an F-4 about an hour and a half south of Tulsa that...
More Than Meets the Eye in Virtual Immigration 'March'
Tens of thousands of immigration reform supporters marched in the on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2013. A two-day bipartisan campaign called "March for Innovation" encourages supporters to take a stand online. Photo by...
In Tornado Aftermath, What Residents of Moore Can Learn From Joplin
On May, 22, 2012, PBS NewsHour revisited Joplin, Mo., on the one-year anniversary of the tornado that killed 161 people. As homeowners, business leaders and city officials in Moore, Okla., begin to grapple with the damage...
Building a Monster Tornado
Homes, trees and cars damaged by Monday's tornado are seen by early morning light near Telephone Road and SW 4th Street in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman / NewsOK.com. On Tuesday, the...