Nation Oct 24 News Wrap: NYC police call hatchet attack a 'terrorist act' In our news wrap Friday, a hatchet attack on four rookie police officers in New York is being labeled a “terrorist act.” The suspect, who was killed, was a recent convert to Islam but had no ties to international terrorism.
Episode Oct 23 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 23, 2014 Tonight on the program, we look at the deadly shooting in Canada, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged stronger law enforcement in the attacks' wake. Also: how robots and spacesuits could aid Ebola prevention, what Michael Brown's autopsy reveals…
World Oct 23 The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria Telling the stories of conflict in Syria and Iraq has become prohibitively dangerous for many news organizations; more than 70 journalists have been killed while covering the Syrian war. While a few international reporters remain in the country, much of…
Education Oct 23 Why did no one flag UNC's bogus classes? For more than 18 years, thousands of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took credit courses that never met as a class with a professor; a disproportionate number of the students in those classes were athletes.
Science Oct 23 Space-inspired safety gear, contamination-cleaning robots: How innovation could aid Ebola prevention
Episode Oct 22 PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 22, 2014 Tonight on the program, we take a look at a deadly shooting in Canada that left one soldier and a suspected gunman dead. Also: sitting governors at risk of losing elections, diseases that are more of a threat than Ebola,…