Amid global concerns over food prices, the Senate approved a $290 billion dollar farm bill Thursday with enough support to overcome a threatened presidential veto. A reporter outlines facets of the bill and its implications for U.S. food and agriculture policy on NewsHour.
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The California Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages in the state Thursday, striking down a ban on gay and lesbian nuptials as unconstitutional. Analysts examine reaction to the …
Add another risk factor to the litany of health problems associated with fossil fuel emissions: blood clots.
R&E correspondent Anne-Marie Slaughter analyzes the quandary that the U.N. is in in regards to the Myanmar cyclone, and how the situation may force the R2P doctrine into effect in …
Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards announced his support of Sen. Barack Obama’s White House bid Wednesday, a nod both Obama and rival Sen. Hillary Clinton had sought to attain. The endorsement came a day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in the West Virginia primary. See the full report on NewsHour.
After a year of research and months of delays, the Interior Department finally declared the polar bear a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
As the official death toll in China’s massive earthquake neared 15,000 Wednesday, military helicopters dropped food and medicine to survivors who remained cut off in remote mountain villages. In a NewsHour interview, Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., discussed the devastation in central China.
We humans love water. According to United Nations estimates, we currently take 54 percent of the planet’s available freshwater and our share will rise to 90 percent in 25 …
Senator Hillary Clinton coasted to a victory on Tuesday over Senator Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary, where the issue of race played an important role. According to exit …
Senator John McCain sought to distance himself from President Bush yesterday when he called for more action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and called for a mandatory cap-and-trade system to …
