World Dec 17 News Wrap: USAID chief announces resignation In our news wrap Wednesday, USAID administrator Rajiv Shah announced he’s stepping down hours before the diplomatic deal with Cuba was announced. Shah had overseen the agency’s involvement in secret programs in Cuba. Also, Pakistan mourned and buried victims of…
Episode Dec 16 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 16, 2014 Tonight on the program, we look at the aftermath of a massacre of schoolchildren by the Taliban in Pakistan. Also: Jeb Bush announces he is looking into a 2016 presidential bid, Oakland looking into racial biases and law enforcement, how…
Health Dec 16 Getting ‘to zero’ in the fight against Ebola This year’s Ebola outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 6,800 people, according to the World Health Organization. “If you leave a single case untreated and then if you let that transmission continue, it could explode again,” Dr. Jim…