At the U.N. Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the killing of 16 Afghan civilians near Kandahar, calling the alleged attack by a U.S. soldier "inexplicable." Gwen Ifill and analysts explore the additional strain on already tense U.S.-Afghan relations.
In a rare glimpse inside Syria's opposition, GlobalPost reporters spoke with rebel fighters, including some defectors from President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. The laws vary from state to state, but the general premise is the same: If a student wants to stay on the road, he or she must stay in school.
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Judy Woodruff explores how young people are handling the economic downturn.
Paul Solman frequently answers questions about the economy from the NewsHour audience. Tuesday's query: How does the $15.49 trillion deficit in this country affect individuals? Does it mean that the Treasury is printing money that isn't worth the paper it's printed on?
Most of the prized minerals needed to make high-tech products such as hybrid car batteries and cell phones come from China. But limits China is placing on those materials are making it harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete, President Obama said Tuesday.
With constant controversy swirling around the health reform law and the many attempts to repeal it, it's easy to forget that implementation marches on. In fact, a number of notable changes will take effect for consumers this year.
It may be tempting to simply think of Mississippi and Alabama as two states in the Deep South, but that misses a lot of the subtle -- and not-so-subtle -- differences now being magnified by this GOP presidential field.
The Republican presidential candidates are duking it out Tuesday in the South, which is also the direction President Obama's poll numbers are headed with gas prices on the rise.
Just two weeks before the Supreme Court begins considering whether to strike down the federal health reform law, the Obama administration issued new guidelines for the establishment of state-based health insurance exchanges, a key pillar of the law.
On Sunday, an American Army staff sergeant allegedly left his base in southern Afghanistan, went into homes in a nearby village, and shot and killed at least 16 people. We've compiled some reaction and resources.
As part of the American Graduate program, KQED will host a Teacher Town Hall in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday to discuss possible solutions to the country's high-school dropout crisis. The forum will be streamed live online.
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Pine butterflies in Oregon's Malheur National Forest experience a population outbreak for two to three years every three decades. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Oregon Field Guide series explores the "snowstorm like" surge that has taken down needles of 250,000 acres of trees.
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With many Alaskan inmates serving time far from home, a new program in Fairbanks provides families of prisoners with virtual visits to a Colorado prison where many Alaskans are serving time.
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March 12, 2012
Unusual plants are thriving, flowers are blooming early and the map of what plants can be grown where has been updated for the first time in more than 20 years in a winter that has been unusually mild for most of the U.S. Although people are enjoying the early bursts of color and warm temperatures, scientists warn that a consistent warming trend could be problematic for plants.
