Nation Sep 28 UPDATE: Ferguson officer shot in arm while interrupting burglary A Ferguson, Mo., police officer was shot in the arm Saturday night, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar told reporters.
Nation Sep 26 NewsHour’s first female executive producer retires after 40 years in public media Linda Winslow will produce her final show from the control room before retiring. She talks to Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about some career highlights, her role as a mentor, the future of journalism and the anchors' now iconic "fist…
World Sep 26 UK, Belgium, Denmark join fight against Islamic State militants Despite concerns that Europe could be drawn into a larger conflict, the governments of the United Kingdom, Belgium and Denmark acted Friday to contribute to the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
Nation Sep 25 Billionaires’ influence on politics not just an American phenomenon Darrell West, the vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, has a new book that examines the increasing political activism of very rich donors. PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown sat down with West…
Politics Sep 25 Eric Holder to resign as U.S. attorney general U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will be stepping down from his position at the Justice Department. President Barack Obama made the announcement at a press conference at the White House on Thursday afternoon.
World Sep 24 Slain French hostage was ‘full of enthusiasm’ Herve Gourdel, a 55-year-old mountain guide, was abducted on Sunday as he was hiking the remote Djura Djura mountains of northern Algeria. He was killed by extremists in a video released Wednesday that YouTube quickly pulled off the Internet.
World Sep 21 Activists celebrate World Rhino Day across the globe Conservationists across the globe are marking World Rhino Day on Monday, a day focused on five species of rhino, including black, white and Sumatran rhinos.
Arts Sep 19 What’s your favorite Ken Burns film? As "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" wraps tonight on PBS, we were wondering, out of the 25 films Ken Burns has created, which would you recommend if you could only pick one?…
Education Sep 19 Should our sports heroes also be our role models? We asked students from around the country: should our sports heroes also be our heroes in real life?…
World Sep 16 Israeli military says mortar from Gaza hit Israel BREAKING: Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza hits southern Israel, first time since war's end.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 16, 2014 According to the Associated Press, the Israeli military says mortar fired from Gaza exploded…