World Jul 12 Family of slain journalist Marie Colvin sues Syria for her death The family of intrepid newswoman Marie Colvin, who died in a rocket attack on the besieged Syrian city of Homs in 2012, is suing the Assad regime for assassinating her. It’s not revenge they are seeking in court papers filed…
Arts Jul 12 Turning 315 billion pounds of plastic ocean pollution into sea-saving art At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, a massive exhibit made entirely of 315 pounds of plastic pollution fished from the Pacific is on display. Called "Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea," it features 17 sculptures, from jellyfish to shark. The…
Episode Jul 11 PBS NewsHour full episode July 11, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, President Barack Obama is set to fly to Dallas Tuesday to lead the nation in mourning for the five slain police officers. Also: two court bailiffs are shot dead in Michigan, a black police leader reveals…
Nation Jul 11 News Wrap: two bailiffs shot dead in Michigan courthouse, Trump addresses sniper killings In our news wrap Monday, there was another fatal shooting of police, this time in St. Joseph, Mich., where two court bailiffs were shot dead by a gunman who was also later killed. Meanwhile, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump…
Nation Jul 11 Police violence protests intensify as Dallas mourns officers President Barack Obama will be in Dallas Tuesday for an interfaith service to mourn the five police officers cut down in last week’s sniper ambush. The killings have done little to muffle growing national protests against police violence as rallies,…
World Jul 11 NATO reacts to Russia's aggressive moves in Eastern Europe Russia’s game-changing moves in the Ukraine and new aggressive posture against NATO were the focus of a NewsHour series last week looking at the fault lines between Moscow and the West. Over the weekend, President Barack Obama and other leaders…
Nation Jul 11 Help purge bad cops, black Dallas police leader urges Obama These are especially difficult times for black law enforcement officers who, painfully sometimes, see that the complaints that some of their fellow cops are racist are real. Hari Sreenivasan holds a frank discussion with Lieutenant Thomas Glover, the president of…
Nation Jul 11 Is Dallas a turning point in the race and policing debate? If any good is to come out of the tragedy in Dallas, it is the expanded national conversation on the need for police reforms. There signs of some progress, but all sides agree much more must be done. Judy Woodruff…
Politics Jul 11 The latest on the veepstakes, Sanders to endorse Clinton Trump-Gingrich? Clinton-Kaine? Clinton-Warren? Trump-Christie? The political soothsayers are looking closely at every appearance Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton make with potential running mates. Also in the news: Bernie Sanders on Tuesday is expected to finally endorse the former secretary of…
World Jul 10 EU subsidies in jeopardy for county that voted for Brexit Fishing, farming and tourism are three of the main industries in Cornwall, England - all of them seasonal and at the mercy of the temperamental English weather. That’s partly why the region has, for decades, been dependent on support, including…