Education Jun 20 Schools are watching students' social media, raising questions about free speech As universities have started paying close attention to the internet presence of prospective students, high schools have also begun cracking down, sometimes hiring outside companies to police social media posts for bullying or abusive language. But monitoring raises other problems,…
World Jun 19 News Wrap: Student jailed by North Korea dies after returning to U.S. In the our news wrap Monday, Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was imprisoned by North Korea for over a year, has died days after being returned to the U.S. in a coma. Also, the Supreme Court will hear…
World Jun 19 Fallout from U.S. strike on a Syrian jet further complicates messy battlefield An American aircraft shot down a Syrian air force fighter jet Sunday, prompting Russia to say it now considers all U.S. aircraft in the region a threat, and suspending its military hotline for coordination of air missions. John Yang reports…
Politics Jun 19 Trump lawyer: No information that the president is under investigation President Trump has not been informed that he is under investigation for obstruction of justice by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to Jay Sekulow, a member of his legal team. Sekulow joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the president’s reaction to…
World Jun 19 How human traffickers trap women into domestic servitude More than three million women are forced into servitude as domestic workers every year, often lured to other countries in the Persian Gulf or Middle East under false pretenses. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ways some advocates…
Politics Jun 19 Georgia's record-breaking special election will test Trump approval A special election in Georgia has become the most expensive U.S. House race in history. In a district that's been consistently Republican for decades, Democrats are pinning their hopes and money on a young candidate, Jon Ossoff, who's going up…
Episode Jun 19 PBS NewsHour full episode June 19, 2017 Monday on the NewsHour, tensions rise in the Middle East after the U.S. shoots down a Syrian jet. Also: President Trump's lawyer on reports about an obstruction of justice investigation, empowering victims of human trafficking, a preview of Georgia's special…
Arts Jun 19 The clinic that brings your broken toaster back to life In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Fixit Clinics teach people how to repair electronic items instead of throwing them out.
Politics Jun 19 What's at stake for both sides of the Georgia race What are the factors playing into the competitive and expensive race for a House seat in Georgia? Judy Woodruff talks to Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR about the special election face-off, a look…
Episode Jun 18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 18, 2017 On this edition for Sunday, June 18, American sailors who went missing after a collision on a U.S. warship are confirmed dead, and a closer look at President Trump's latest financial disclosure. Later, Hawaii has one of the highest homelessness…