Nation Sep 29 PBS wins 17 Emmys for News and Docs, NewsHour takes home 2 On Monday night, PBS earned 17 News and Documentary Emmy Awards -- more than any other network. PBS NewsHour took home two of those awards.
World Sep 24 Hundreds die in stampede during annual hajj pilgrimage At least 717 people were killed and more than 800 wounded Thursday in a stampede near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, during the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Nation Sep 21 WATCH: America After Charleston hosted by Gwen Ifill Join Gwen Ifill for a one-hour town hall meeting that explores the many issues propelled into public discourse after a white gunman shot and killed nine African-American parishioners in Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015.
Nation Sep 21 WATCH LIVE: America After Charleston hosted by Gwen Ifill Join Gwen Ifill for a one-hour town hall meeting that explores the many issues propelled into public discourse after a white gunman shot and killed nine African-American parishioners in Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in June 2015.
Economy Sep 17 Fed Chair Janet Yellen on not raising rates In a much anticipated announcement Thursday, the Federal Reserve said it would leave interest rates unchanged. Watch Fed Chair Janet Yellen's press conference on the announcement, scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, on pbs.org/newshour.
World Sep 16 Magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes Chile; tsunami alerts issued across Pacific A powerful magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck central Chile, just north of the capital city of Santiago, Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings for the entire country.
Nation Sep 16 What’s caught your eye on the web? Share it with us In our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that catch our eye on the web. What about you? Tell us what you think is worth sharing, and we might feature it on air, or online.
Nation Sep 11 Video: 9/11 ceremony from New York The annual reading of the names of the victims of 9/11 will take place Friday in Downtown Manhattan. There will be moments of silence in observance of the times the planes struck the towers, the Pentagon, the times when each…
Science Sep 10 Cave divers uncover new humanlike species in South Africa Paleontologists have discovered an ancient human relative in South Africa thanks to a tricky cave diving excavation that recovered close to 1,550 fossils buried 100 feet underground.
Nation Sep 07 Watch: Crimean tiger cubs adorably frolic in public park On Saturday, more than a dozen rare white lion and Siberian tiger cubs were set free to frolic with young visitors at a safari park in Crimea's Belogorsk town, part of a local campaign to raise awareness about protection of…