Science May 11 L.A. to San Francisco by train in 30 minutes? A pipe dream indeed What if you could make a train trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco in half an hour? It may sound farfetched, but a group of MIT students are developing a new form of transportation to bring that dream to…
Nation May 11 Transgender soldiers gain ground as U.S. military transitions Last July, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ended the policy of discharging soldiers who change their gender identity, and began drafting a plan for transgender soldiers to serve openly. With a greater proportion of transgender people in the armed forces as…
Episode May 11 PBS NewsHour full episode May 11, 2016 Wednesday on the NewsHour, the GOP shows tentative signs of unity ahead of Donald Trump’s sitdown with House Speaker Paul Ryan. Also: Islamic extremism resurges in Afghanistan, a new form of transportation may be more than a pipe dream, transgender…
Arts May 11 A modern retelling of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is one of the most celebrated novels in the English language, but time may have diluted its impact for modern audiences. Author Curtis Sittenfeld set out to update the classic work to 21st century Cincinnati…
Science May 10 Why the Amazon milk frog is the world’s greatest gymnast In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a German research team from Kiel University used high speed cameras to capture the incredible gymnastic feats of the Amazon milk frog in slow motion. The NewsHour’s Julia Griffin explains how this…
Politics May 10 Cruz forces still question Donald Trump’s conservative cred Donald Trump still faces an uphill battle to bring Republican party leaders around to his side before the general election. Judy Woodruff talks to Sen. Ted Cruz’s former delegate operations director Ken Cuccinelli and Corey Stewart, the Trump campaign’s Virginia…
Politics May 10 Donald Trump looks to join forces with RNC on fundraising It was West Virginia and Nebraska’s turn to vote in party primaries Tuesday -- but the candidates were not there. Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump was in New York working to join forces with the Republican National Committee on fundraising.
Nation May 10 News Wrap: Oklahoma picks up the pieces after deadly tornadoes touch down It was West Virginia and Nebraska’s turn to vote in party primaries Tuesday -- but the candidates were not there. Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump was in New York working to join forces with the Republican National Committee on fundraising.
Education May 10 What happens when a nursing home and a day care center share a roof? What can a 5-year-old learn from a 95-year-old? At Seattle’s Providence Mount St. Vincent nursing home, that question is answered daily. You see, “The Mount” also houses a child care center of 125 tots. And the full cycle of life…