Politics Jan 31 How are the candidates likely to fare at the Iowa caucuses? Candidates made their final appeals to likely caucus voters in Iowa on Sunday, imploring their supporters to make it to the polls on Monday. NewsHour's Judy Woodruff joins Alison Stewart from Des Moines, Iowa, to discuss how the individual candidates…
Education Jan 31 Vast digitizing project will put Harvard’s colonial archives online Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The letters, journals, documents and drawings tell the story not…
Episode Jan 30 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 30, 2016 Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Presidential candidates buckle down in the final weekend of campaigning in Iowa before Monday's caucuses, concern is growing over the Zika virus as new cases are reported, and in our signature segment, West Point cadets are…
Health Jan 30 Scientists open ‘black box’ of schizophrenia by discovering potential genetic cause Medical researchers have discovered a gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia, a mental illness that afflicts more than two million Americans, sometimes causing delusions and hallucinations. Associate Professor of Genetics at Harvard University Steven McCarroll joins Alison Stewart to…
World Jan 30 Recruiting college students to fight extremists online The federal government has launched an initiative to counter violent extremism among potential homegrown terrorists. Part of the effort enlists college students to develop an online campaign and social media strategy against ISIS propaganda. NewsHour's Christopher Booker reports.
Politics Jan 30 Battle for Iowa: Candidates close in on first voters of 2016 race This weekend marks the homestretch before the Iowa caucuses, where potential presidential candidates collectively spent more time campaigning than any other state. NewsHour's Judy Woodruff joins Alison Stewart from Des Moines, Iowa, to discuss.
Nation Jan 30 Spike in earthquakes rattles Oklahoma oil & gas industry Over the past six years, earthquakes in Oklahoma have skyrocketed – from less than a handful of 3.0 quakes before 2009 to well over 900 last year. The likely culprit: salty wastewater that bubbles up during oil and gas drilling.
Episode Jan 29 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 29, 2016 Friday on the NewsHour, days before the Iowa caucus, Democratic candidates fight for Iowa women voters. Also: Sen. Ted Cruz plays defense in the latest GOP debate, Brooks and Dionne talk the week in politics, Barbie gets a makeover, prescription…
Politics Jan 29 Brooks and Dionne on GOP debate brawls, the importance of Iowa New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week’s news, including the last Republican debate before Iowa and whether it hurt or helped Donald Trump to sit it out, the…
Economy Jan 29 News Wrap: U.S. economy slowed at end of 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, new data from the government shows that American consumers spent less, businesses invested less and companies exported less at the end of last year. Overall, growth was about the same as in 2014. Also, the State…