On this episode for Sunday, Aug. 14, calm is returning to Milwaukee after a night of violent protests following the shooting death of a black man police say was armed and fleeing. Also, floods are ravaging Louisiana and Mississippi. Later, see how one man’s campaign to rid the ocean of plastic is taking place in the North Sea. William Brangham anchors from New York. Continue reading →

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps captured his 23rd gold medal in Rio on Saturday. He has tallied 28 medals overall, the most of any athlete of any sport in history, in a career that has spanned four Olympic competitions, but Phelps has said the Rio Olympics will be his last. New York Times reporter Karen Crouse joins Williams Brangham from Rio. Continue reading →

Russia said Friday that the country would break diplomatic ties with Ukraine over what it says were recent attempts to sabotage infrastructure in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia two year ago. Last week, Ukraine put its army on combat alert after Russian troops reportedly amassed in Crimea. Washington Post reporter Andrew Roth joins William Brangham from Moscow. Continue reading →

About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year — enough to fill a football stadium. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a method that researchers are testing in the North Sea. The NewsHour Weekend’s Saskia de Melker has the story. Continue reading →

On this episode for Saturday, Aug. 13, rebel forces in Syria seized control of the city of Manbij from the Islamic State and the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Louisiana after heavy rains fell on portions of the state. Later, hear how high rents in the Silicon Valley are causing some residents to live in vehicles. NewsHour’s William Brangham anchors from New York. Continue reading →

A new analysis of federal court cases published last week by The New York Times shows that jury trials are becoming increasingly less common. In 1997, 3,200 out of 63,000 federal defendants were convicted in jury trials. But by 2015, even as the number of defendants grew to 81,000, jury convictions dropped to 1,650. Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times joins William Brangham from Maine. Continue reading →

While the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram gained global infamy in 2014 for kidnapping nearly 300 female students in Nigeria, the group has also abducted 10,000 boys in the last three years. Wall Street Journal reporter Drew Hinshaw, who wrote this week about what happens to these boys after their capture, joins William Brangham in New York. Continue reading →

Faced with some of the most expensive rental housing in the nation, some Bay Area residents are feeling priced out and are seeking low-cost alternatives. In Silicon Valley, a hub of computer and technology companies, some people are even turning to cars, vans and RVs for housing. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Joanne Elgart Jennings has the story. Continue reading →

In conversations with a dozen Black Muslim students across the country, I heard story after story of exclusion — and the search for allies within their own Muslim communities. Continue reading →

Friday on the NewsHour, the Pentagon reported a top ISIS leader in Afghanistan was killed by a drone attack in July. Also, deadly bombings rock Thailand, another bad week closes for Donald Trump, Middle East conflicts through individuals’ eyes, the analysis of David Brooks and E.J. Dionne Jr., Team USA makes history in Rio, Olympic refugees and a photojournalist risks her life to make an impact. Continue reading →