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14 Mar 2011, 5:25 pm
Saudi Arabia sent at least 1,000 troops and dozens of military vehicles into Bahrain following a month of clashes between protesters and police that challenged the ruling monarchy's power. [read post]
24 May 2011, 5:36 pm
As the toll from the weekend tornado in Joplin, Mo., increased to 122 dead and 750 missing Tuesday, search-and-recovery crews continued to race to find survivors of the disaster that wiped out much of the city. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 5:41 pm
The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving a huge class-action gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 6:06 pm
Japan held a moment of silence marking one week since an earthquake and tsunami shattered the country's northeastern coast. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 5:27 pm
It's been nearly one year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and triggered a massive underwater oil spill. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 5:10 pm
A new report from the NAACP shows states are devoting increasingly larger portions of their budgets to prisons, while education gets smaller and smaller portions. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 5:09 pm
Reports state that radiation in groundwater around the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan reached 10,000 times the standard level. [read post]
27 May 2011, 5:12 pm
In other news Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Pakistan to do more to fight terror and said U.S. [read post]
16 May 2011, 5:22 pm
In New York, Judge Melissa Jackson denied IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn's request of $1 million bail Monday, calling him a flight risk. [read post]
13 May 2011, 5:30 pm
Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring out daily public television news broadcast. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 5:24 pm
As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, business correspondent Paul Solman reports on how "Sesame Street" friends Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster are teaching children smart ways to save and spend money -- and how many adults could use a refresher on the basics of saving for the future. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 5:37 pm
Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Eric Olson, senior associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center, about the White House meeting between President Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon and the continued toll of the drug-related violence in Mexico. [read post]
24 May 2011, 5:36 pm
Air strikes in Tripoli intensified Tuesday as NATO planes struck near Moammar Gadhafi's compound. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 5:37 pm
Ray Suarez reports on the North African nation of Morocco, where the country's king is attempting to stave off protests with a series of constitutional reforms. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 5:10 pm
Jeffrey Brown reports on the Iowa Writers' Workshop, the nation's oldest and most prestigious postgraduate writing program for elite writers and poets. [read post]
5 May 2011, 5:34 pm
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is featuring an exhibit of vintage medical posters that advertise cures for all kinds of ailments. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 5:45 pm
Details of the $38.5 billion budget deal that avoided a government shutdown were released on Tuesday. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 5:32 pm
In other news Thursday, first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest number in three years. [read post]
19 May 2011, 5:44 pm
In a speech about U.S. policy in light of recent Arab world uprisings, President Obama pledged economic support Thursday to Egypt and Tunisia as they work toward democracy. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 5:36 pm
The battle for Libya turned to a key eastern city as coalition warplanes bombed Moammar Gadhafi's forces, who attempted to wrestle the city from rebel control. [read post]
