Nation May 29 Drug tests present major hurdle for employers As the unemployment rate drops across the country, employers are running into another problem – finding potential job candidates who will take and pass drug tests. Even though the country is amid an opioid epidemic, employers say marijuana has been…
Episode May 28 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 28, 2016 On this episode for Saturday, May 28, a war with the Islamic State appears to be escalating on two fronts and the number of migrants crossing from Libya to Europe is surging. Later, hear how South Dakota is trying to…
Health May 28 Alzheimer's could be caused by past infections, researchers say More than five million Americans live with Alzheimer’s, a degenerative brain disease, and it is also the fifth leading cause of death for people over 65 years old in the U.S. A new study suggests it may stem from the…
World May 27 In Hiroshima, President Obama renews call to abolish nuclear weapons President Obama on Friday visited Hiroshima, which was devastated when the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on it in 1945. Obama joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in paying solemn tribute to the tens of thousands who died in the…
World May 27 News Wrap: G-7 leaders rebuke Beijing on South China Sea dispute In our news wrap Friday, the G-7 summit in Japan ended with world leaders calling for peaceful resolutions to territorial disputes, a clear warning against China’s bid to expand its reach in the South China Sea by building man-made islands.
World May 27 A look at world's nuclear reality, 70 years after Hiroshima President Obama used his unprecedented visit to Hiroshima to call attention to the grave threat nuclear weapons still pose to the world. Judy Woodruff talks to former Assistant Secretary of State Stephen Rademaker and Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of…
Nation May 27 'Top Chef' Tom Colicchio on America's staggering waste of food The United States wastes roughly 70 billion pounds of food every year, an estimated quarter of all food produced in the country. Now, TV “Top Chef” Tom Colicchio aims to bring the issue to the highest levels of government with…
Nation May 27 Meet the 'courtroom dogs' who help child crime victims tell their stories Getting child crime victims to open up is never easy for investigators and asking them to tell their stories to a jury can be brutally traumatizing. To help these kids overcome their fears, some courtrooms across the country are employing…
World May 27 How a Hiroshima survivor helped remember 12 U.S. POWs killed by bomb Among the thousands killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the crew of the B-24 bomber “Lonesome Lady,” 12 American POWs who are oft-forgotten in the annals of history. But one man who never forgot was Shigeaki Mori, whose…