World Aug 17 What motivated these teenage girls to become Islamic State brides? In London, three seemingly normal and high-achieving teenage girls recently left their homes to join the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, leaving their families to grapple for answers. Their story is the subject of a new multimedia report by…
Episode Aug 17 PBS NewsHour full episode August 17, 2015 Monday on the NewsHour, more than a dozen presidential candidates meet at the Iowa State Fair. Also: A toxic spill at a gold mine in Colorado affects life downstream, what the growing cost of medicines means for corporate health care…
Aug 17 Remembering an ordinary superhero in the lives of sick kids In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, we mark the passing of an everyday hero. Maryland businessman Lenny Robinson used his love of Batman to bring joy to sick children.
Nation Aug 17 Toxic spill causes hardship for the Navajo farmers and ranchers downstream It's been nearly two weeks since an EPA accident at a defunct Colorado mine fouled rivers in multiple states, and among the hardest hit residents are the Navajos. Special correspondent Kathleen McCleery reports from New Mexico.
Politics Aug 17 Are Iowa voters having a summer romance with Sanders and Trump? This year at the Iowa Fair, there was the usual celebration of corn, butter and pork, and then there were the tell-tale signs of an election year: the governors and senators, the legacy candidates, the outliers and the upstarts. Gwen…
Health Aug 17 How the growing cost of drugs might affect your employer's health plan More than half of large U.S. employers will more tightly manage their employees' use of prescription drugs next year, according to a new survey. The increased expenses from costly drugs threaten to push some employer health care plans over a…
Education Aug 17 Why poor students drop out even when financial aid covers the cost Among the many students heading off to college this fall, those from wealthier backgrounds are far more likely to graduate after four years. Hari Sreenivasan takes a look at why that occurs, and what one university is doing to combat…
Politics Aug 17 Why the electability equation isn't yet on voters' minds Are the summer surges enjoyed by Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders a sign of real political momentum, or just a passing fancy for voters? Judy Woodruff talks with Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of…
World Aug 17 News Wrap: Deadly bombing rocks popular Thai shrine In our news wrap Monday, a bombing in Bangkok has killed dozens and injured more than 100. Also, a cyber-attack on the IRS was far worse than originally believed: more than 330,000 taxpayer accounts may have been accessed in a…