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Declassified: U.S. Backs Down From Secrecy on Afghanistan Spending
Watchdogs say the decision will help efforts to fight corruption in training of Afghan security forces.
February 3, 2015
S.&P. to Pay $1.38 Billion for Once Rave Ratings of Toxic Mortgages
The ratings giant's agreement with the Justice Department settles allegations that it knowingly understated the risk behind many of the financial instruments that caused the financial crisis.
February 3, 2015
Questions Over Brain Disease Again Stymie NFL Concussion Settlement
A federal judge has declined for a second time to sign off on a proposed settlement between the league and thousands of former players.
February 2, 2015
Hitchcock and the Holocaust: "Memory of the Camps"
FRONTLINE first broadcast the director's "lost Holocaust film," which is at the heart of the new HBO documentary "Night Will Fall," in 1985.
February 2, 2015
CDC Urges Measles Vaccinations as Number of Cases Exceeds 100
Director Dr. Thomas Frieden blamed a lack of vaccinations for the resurgence of a disease that the CDC said was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
February 2, 2015
How Is American Money Being Spent on Afghan Security Forces? It's Classified
The military's decision to classify information that had previously been publicly available was described as "unprecedented" by the government watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction.
January 29, 2015
Concussions in the NFL: How Worried are You?
For football fans everywhere, the NFL’s concussion crisis has raised uncomfortable questions about what it means to love a sport that’s been shown to cause lasting harm to its players.
January 29, 2015
The U.S. Fight Against Al Qaeda in Yemen Just Got Harder
FRONTLINE asked four experts to weigh in on how Yemen's political crisis is affecting the U.S. counterterrorism campaign there.
January 28, 2015
Coming in February on FRONTLINE
Is modern medicine failing patients at the end of life -- and what can be done to turn the tide? On Feb. 10, FRONTLINE teams with surgeon and bestselling author Atul Gawande to explore "Being Mortal."
January 28, 2015
Obama Budget Would Double Federal Spending to Fight Superbugs
Drug-resistant bacteria infect an estimated 2 million Americans, claiming about 23,000 lives each year.
January 27, 2015
How Climate Change May Lead to Bigger Blizzards
With every winter storm, including the blizzard hitting the Northeast this week, climate change skeptics return to a familiar argument: If the world is getting warmer, why am I stuck out here, shoveling so much snow?
January 26, 2015