World Mar 28 Long-awaited battle to take back Mosul from ISIS will be toughest yet Since the Islamic State forces overran the city nearly two years ago, Mosul in Iraq has become a vital hub for ISIS’s operations in the region. Now the Iraqi army, supported by Kurdish and American forces, has launched a long-awaited…
Arts Mar 28 Remembering author Jim Harrison in his own words Jim Harrison, a prolific and influential writer of fiction and poetry, was known for his preoccupation with rural American life and his eclectic professional pursuits: he’d been everything from a Hollywood screenwriter to a food writer for Esquire Magazine. Harrison…
World Mar 28 How Balkan war criminals were hunted down and brought to justice Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is the latest perpetrator to be convicted of war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan wars. In "The Butcher's Trail," author Julian Borger examines how tough it was to hunt down those responsible for…
Nation Mar 28 Turning poop into power, not pollution Move over solar and wind power, there’s another renewable energy source: poop. Thanks to rapidly advancing “digester” technologies, it’s possible to extract and refine natural gas from the methane in human and animal waste, generating power rather than polluting greenhouse…
Politics Mar 28 Bernie Sanders’s three-state sweep doesn’t resolve delegate math problem Sen. Bernie Sanders made a sweep of three states in primary contests over the weekend. Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and NPR’s Tamara Keith join Gwen Ifill to discuss why Sanders has a “math problem” despite his wins,…
World Mar 28 Why a hardline extremist group targeted Lahore in Easter bombing A suicide bomber targeted Christians at an Easter celebration at a park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday, but most of the victims were Muslim. A breakaway Taliban faction claimed responsibility for the attack, prompting a crackdown by the government. Judy…
Nation Mar 28 News Wrap: Capitol Police wound man who pulled gun In our news wrap Monday, a man going through security at the U.S. Capitol visitors’ center Monday pulled a gun on police officers, who shot and wounded him before taking him into custody. Also, the governor of Georgia vetoed a…
Episode Mar 28 PBS NewsHour full episode March 28, 2016 Monday on the NewsHour, the Iraqi army launches an offensive to retake the vital city of Mosul from the Islamic State. Also: Pakistani authorities crack down after an Easter suicide attack on Christians in Lahore, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith…
Episode Mar 27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 27, 2016 Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: Bernie Sanders sweeps the weekend's Democratic caucuses in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. Also, are fighters from other countries who are joining ISIS causing rifts in the group? Later, the Cherokee Nation aims to eradicate hepatitis C…
Nation Mar 27 Tennessee discontinues controversial fetal assault law Tennessee representatives voted to discontinue a controversial law that explicitly allowed prosecutors to charge a mother with fetal assault for using drugs while pregnant. NewsHour's Megan Thompson reports.