Arts Dec 23 New film tackles dangers of concussions in the NFL Dr. Bennet Omalu was working in a Pittsburg coroner's office when he was asked to examine the body of a local football hero. What he discovered would bring new attention to the hazards of head injuries. A new film, "Concussion,"…
World Dec 23 How do we reconcile today's divergent voices of Islam? With the rise of the Islamic State group, there have been questions about just who speaks for Islam and what the message should be. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner talks with Manal Omar of the United States Institute of…
World Dec 23 Europe grapples with a desperate year for migrants More than 1 million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, driven by violent conflict in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. The onslaught of people making the desperate journey shows little signs of abating, as Europe struggles with the…
World Dec 23 What a Ramadi victory means for the fight against ISIS The Iraqi military has been preparing for months to recapture Ramadi from the Islamic State group. As tanks and other vehicles rolled through the streets, state television reported the army chief has said his forces will finish taking back the…
World Dec 23 News Wrap: Survivor rescued from Shenzhen mudslide In our news wrap Wednesday, there was a miraculous rescue in Shenzhen, China, where a devastating mudslide buried part of an industrial park three days ago. Also, forecasters issued tornado warnings from Louisiana to Illinois just two days before Christmas.
Episode Dec 22 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 22, 2015 Tuesday on the NewsHour, SpaceX makes history by being the first to land a reusable rocket vertically after launching into orbit. Also: A grand jury chooses not to indict anyone in the Sandra Bland case, a year-in-review for U.S. foreign…
Arts Dec 22 Lera Lynn makes her music dark with a Texas twang In our series My Music, singer-songwriter Lera Lynn talks about gaining fans from the HBO show "True Detective" and channeling her Texas roots.
World Dec 22 At the end of 2015, is U.S. national security better off? From a national security perspective, is the U.S. better off than it was a year ago? Judy Woodruff gets reflections on the year in foreign affairs from former State Department officials Wendy Sherman and Richard Haass.
Health Dec 22 What's in that synthetic drug? An unknown grab-bag of toxic chemicals The synthetic drug Spice is known as "fake pot," but its effects are completely different from marijuana. The hard-to-detect substances are often made in foreign facilities with an ever-changing cocktail of chemicals, meaning you can never be sure of what…
World Dec 22 How war and peace shaped the world in 2015 2015 was not immune from conflict or bloodshed; there was the Syrian war, the fight against the Islamic State, terrorism on the African continent, the attack on Paris, combat in Eastern Ukraine. But there were major diplomatic agreements reached as…