World Nov 24 Liberian boy dies after new Ebola cases emerge After a fresh round of Ebola cases were announced in Liberia last week, a 15-year-old boy has died of the disease, the first fatal case for the embattled country after it was twice declared Ebola-free this year, health officials said…
Nation Nov 23 Family of student arrested for homemade clock seeks $15M in damages, apologies The family of Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old student from Irving, Texas, who was arrested after his homemade clock was mistaken for a hoax bomb, is demanding $15 million in damages and written apologies from two of the city’s leaders.
Arts Nov 23 Spike Lee lists 3 movies everyone should see. No. 1 was banned in France PBS NewsHour asked filmmaker Spike Lee to recommend three films to see right now.
Arts Nov 19 Willie Nelson sings there's 'room for everyone' in America Willie Nelson has weighed in on the debate over Syrian refugees. In front of a crowd that included a smattering of lawmakers, the outlaw country musician sang that there’s “room for everyone” in America.
World Nov 16 Which states are saying no to resettlement of Syrian refugees? As authorities made sense of the aftermath from Friday’s Paris attacks and the death toll count began to stabilize, reports emerged over the weekend that a gunman involved with the coordinated bombings and shootings may have entered Europe, embedded in…
Nation Nov 09 Mizzou chancellor to resign from position at end of 2015 University of Missouri System president Tim Wolfe announced his resignation Monday amid criticism over his handling of racially charged incidents on the predominantly white campus in Columbia, Missouri.
Arts Nov 06 A day in the life of a 161-year old John Philip Sousa Sousa’s 100-year-old compositions include patriotic military marches that will also no doubt crop up in the long grind to the 2016 presidential election. And while they aren’t remembered by name, one man seeks to preserve the American composer’s legacy —…
Arts Nov 05 Twister finds its hot spot in the Toy Hall of Fame Twister — the hot spot! — joined the Super Soaker water gun and the puppet as the 2015 inductees to the National Toy Hall of Fame.
Science Nov 04 Take a video tour of the earth's violent geological history NOVA’s new series “Making North America” looks at how the continent morphed into what it is today. And on tonight’s program, Kirk Johnson, director Kirk Johnson, director of Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, discusses how so much of the…
Nation Nov 03 3 ways Americans are becoming less religious The Pew Research Center's follow-up study on religion in the U.S. found that Americans are becoming less religious, specifically young adults who are less likely to believe in God, pray daily or regularly attend religious services.