JPMorgan and Wells Fargo earnings reports | New report concludes that Native Americans traveled to North America in at least three waves | Saudi Arabia sends women to Olympics for the first time | Movie Date: "Ice Age" and "Red Lights" | Follow Friday: Romney and Biden Address NAACP, Obamacare repeal vote, and tensions over the Texas Voting Rights Act | Walls Fargo to pay a $175 million settlement in a discrimination lawsuit | A look back at the week in politics with Todd Zwillich | Historic CIA kidnapping case is back in the limelight | Exploring "Why does the world exist?"
It has been a tumultuous year for big banks, and today is turning out to be no different. JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released their earnings reports today.
The migratory history of North America has been dominated by the idea of a single, massive wave of migrants traveling from Asia to North America. But a recent report casts doubts upon this theory and suggests that there were at least three migratory crossings that laid the foundations of the New World.
Saudi Arabia is sending two female athletes to the Olympics for the first time, becoming one of the last competing countries to do so. The step is a huge statement for female athletes globally, but some critics warn that it may be a deceiving one.
Kristen Meinzer reviews "Ice Age: Continental Drift," and "Beasts of the Southern Wild" for today's Movie Date.
Our Follow Friday team discusses the top stories of the past week, including Romney and Biden's speeches to the NAACP, the Obamacare repeal in the House, and building tensions over the Texas Voting Rights Act.
A court has ruled that Wells Fargo will pay $175 million as a result of a lawsuit based on discriminatory actions of the firm from 2004 to 2009. The Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division talks about the recent court ruling and what it could mean for the sinister trend of discrimination in the banking industry.
The campaign trail has heated up this week as campaign messages have been getting nastier and nastier. Todd Zwillich reports on recent discrepancies in Romney's Bain record, and discusses the fallout and implications from this week in politics.
In 2003, an Egyptian terrorist suspect was abducted and flown to Egypt, where he says he was tortured and interrogated by the CIA. Years later, several Americans were indicted in Italy and found guilty in absentia for kidnapping. Now one has the chance to have her conviction overturned.
The discovery of a what's being called a Higgs-like particle brought us one step closer to figuring out how the universe came into existence. But why did the universe come into existence in the first place?
Devastating Tornado in Oklahoma City, What James Rosen Case Says About Freedom of the Press, Syrian Conflict Deepens
Why We Stay When We Know We Should Leave
The IRS Scandal: The Criminal Investigation, Afghanistan and the Struggle to Walk Away, Does Medicare Part D Care About Safety?
Tornadoes Tear Through the Midwest
Oklahoma City Tornado: 200 M.P.H. Winds, EF-4 on Fujita Scale
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