Nation Apr 11 How San Francisco plans to 'get to zero' new infections of HIV An ambitious new plan in San Francisco aims to completely end the transmission of HIV, which infects about 50,000 people every year nationwide. In a city where huge strides have already been made in battling the epidemic, public health officials,…
Nation Apr 11 Gridlocked by the power grid: Why Hawaii's solar energy industry is at a crossroads In some parts of Hawaii, where many homeowners have installed rooftop panels to capitalize on federal and state tax credits for using solar energy, the local utility company has slowed down approvals of new solar systems, saying that abundant users…
Episode Apr 10 PBS NewsHour full episode April 10, 2015 Friday on the NewsHour, Republican contenders address the annual NRA convention. Also: Training citizens to shoot video evidence of crime and abuse, David Brooks and Ruth Marcus on the week’s news, why retailers are pulling some dietary supplements from the…
Arts Apr 10 Big Ears Festival breaks barriers for open-minded music lovers Big Ears is a small, personal and eclectic music festival that aims to showcase how diverse genres can stretch and influence one another. This year, acts like the Kronos Quartet and Rhiannon Giddens and musicians from Wilco and The National…
Politics Apr 10 Brooks and Marcus on recording the police, Clinton's campaign launch New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including whether cops should wear body cameras in the wake of the video of a police shooting in South Carolina,…
Health Apr 10 Is the supplement industry doing enough for consumer safety? Some popular weight loss and workout supplements contain a chemical called BMPEA that includes an ingredient nearly identical to amphetamine, according to a new study. Dr. Pieter Cohen of Harvard Medical School and Daniel Fabricant of the Natural Products Association…
Politics Apr 10 Why the battle over guns is being fought at the state level At the NRA’s annual convention, potential Republican presidential candidates took to the stage to try and woo one of the party’s biggest constituencies: the gun lobby. To discuss the politics of guns and how the debate is playing out on…
Nation Apr 10 Teaching citizens how to shoot better video when they witness brutality Video that captures violent abuse by police or a government can send shockwaves through a society, but even if it goes viral, it may not stand up in a courtroom as evidence. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how one organization is…
World Apr 10 News Wrap: Leaders of U.S. and Cuba to meet for first time in decades In our news wrap Friday, President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro planned a historic encounter at the Summit of the Americas. Leaders of the two countries have not held any substantive, face-to-face discussions in decades. Also, federal authorities charged…
World Apr 09 Iran leaders insist on specific timing of sanction relief for nuclear deal Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei broke his silence on the nuclear framework agreement, saying that Iran would not agree to a deal unless all sanctions are lifted after signing -- a requirement that could put Iran at odds with…