Nation Mar 14 Watching PBS NewsHour Video Online: What’s Changed? You may have noticed some changes in recent weeks to the way videos are being posted on the PBS NewsHour website.We're in the midst of a transition with as we move to the PBS Video player, which houses online…
World Mar 14 Gadhafi Forces Launch Fresh Airstrikes, Fierce Fighting in Brega 2:15 p.m. ET | As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Paris with Group of Eight foreign ministers, France and Britain called again for increasing pressure on Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and a no-fly zone over the country. British Prime…
World Mar 13 Death Toll Climbs in Japan as Nuclear Threat Grows People evacuate by boat down a road flooded by tsunami waves in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on Saturday, a day after a massive quake and tsunami hit the region. Photo by Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images The death…
World Mar 12 Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Power Plant in Quake’s Aftermath Updated 4:15 p.m. ET | In a last-ditch effort to avert a nuclear meltdown, officials in Japan flooded a nuclear reactor with seawater on Saturday, the New York Times reported. Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yukio Edano, said Tokyo Electric…
Politics Mar 11 In News Conference, Obama Addresses Disaster in Japan, Oil Prices, Libya In a news conference Friday afternoon, President Obama called the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan a "catastrophic disaster," adding that images of the aftermath have been "heartbreaking." The president said he spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan early…
Politics Mar 02 Supreme Court Rules 8-1 in Favor of Westboro Funeral Protesters The Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that the First Amendment protects groups that organize anti-gay protests outside military funerals. The Snyder v. Phelps case is a classic battle of First Amendment rights vs. individual privacy, sparked by an emotionally-charged…
World Feb 24 Introducing the NewsHour’s Revamped World Page Our redesigned World page has more of the PBS NewsHour's in-depth analysis and on-the-ground reporting.
Politics Feb 21 Wisconsin Governor Rejects Talks; At Least 30 Reported Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Blast Wisconsin Governor Stands Behind Controversial Bill After six days of protests in Wisconsin over a bill that would curb collective bargaining rights and other benefits in an attempt to narrow the state's budget deficit, Republican Gov. Scott Walker stood…
World Feb 20 In Libya, Unrest Grows as Government Forces Fire on Mourners Protests in Libya against Moammar Gadhafi's 40-year regime are continuing, despite government forces on Sunday reportedly firing upon funeral processions of those who have died in anti-government demonstrations. According to media accounts, the security forces fired on residents attending…
World Feb 15 Live Chat | Teaching Egypt: Lessons in Democracy, Culture, Technology As PBS NewsHour continues to cover the latest events in Egypt and beyond, our site for students and teachers, PBS NewsHour Extra, partnered with Independent Television Service (ITVS) to pull together some unique perspectives on the situation…