Health Dec 17 Tinnitus discovery may lead to new treatment NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the science behind tinnitus and the search for a cure. Fifty million Americans experience chronic ringing in the ears, a condition known as tinnitus. But new research from the University of Michigan…
Nation Dec 17 Winners announced for PBS NewsHour Extra’s #MyZeitgeist competition NewsHour Extra, the NewsHour's educational resource site, challenged students to create a their own summary of 2013's most powerful and memorable events, inspired by Google's annual Zeitgeist year-in-review. We dubbed our contest the #MyZeitgeist competition. Using…
World Dec 16 Two Guantanamo detainees released to Saudi Arabia The Defense Department announced Monday that it released two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the government of Saudi Arabia -- part of its ongoing effort to process detainees and eventually close the U.S. facility in Cuba.
Health Dec 16 Heavy marijuana use may cause poor memory and abnormal brain structure, study says Daily marijuana use has a measurable effect on the brain, a new study finds. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT via Getty Images. Teenagers who smoked marijuana daily for three years performed poorly on memory tasks and showed…
Economy Dec 15 Calculating a living wage across the United States Workers chant outside a McDonald's restaurant in Harlem in April, 2013. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images In "Life in the cash economy for 'underbanked' Americans" and "One NYC family's struggle to survive on a fast food salary," PBS…
World Dec 14 Watch Mandela’s memorial service South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela died Dec. 5. Updated Dec. 16 | Nelson Mandela was buried in his hometown of Qunu in southeastern South Africa on Sunday in a ceremony that was a mixture of tribal traditions…
Science Dec 14 The wide and varied world of drones Probably the first thing that a drone aficionado will tell you is to not call them drones - call them UAS -- for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. After Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' announcement that he hopes to begin home delivery by…
Nation Dec 14 One year after Newtown, have your views on gun control, mental health changed? Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images It was one year ago today when reports came in of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. By the end of that day, 20 children and seven adults --including the shooter's…
Nation Dec 13 Colorado high school shooting suspect found dead EmbedVideo(8252); Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper addressed the media after a school shooting in suburban Denver Friday. CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said Friday that a school shooting suspect died from…
Nation Dec 13 Coming soon to NewsHour, an interview with ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov Stay tuned for @JeffreyBrown's interview w/ Baryshnikov #insidenewshour pic.twitter.com/Fnfj1RjRi8 — NewsHour (@NewsHour) December 13, 2013 Stay tuned for PBS NewsHour Correspondent Jeffrey Brown's upcoming interview with legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The NewsHour interviewed…