Health Aug 18 After one quarantine center is attacked in Liberia, another large Ebola medical facility opens
World Aug 18 News Wrap: Refugee convoy attacked in eastern Ukraine In our news wrap Monday, the Ukrainian military reported that dozens of civilians were killed when a convoy of refugees came under rocket fire near the rebel-held city of Luhansk. Government officials and the separatists have blamed each other for…
Nation Aug 18 Missouri National Guard arrives in Ferguson to quell unrest The Missouri National Guard arrived in Ferguson on the orders of Gov. Jay Nixon a night after police again used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a crowd that was reportedly throwing Molotov cocktails and shooting at police.
Episode Aug 17 PBS NewsHour Weekend | Full Episode | Sunday, August 17, 2014 On this edition, a new overnight curfew fails to halt the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, following the killing of an unarmed African-American teen by a police officer. Later, NewsHour's Chief Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins us from northern Iraq, where…
World Aug 17 Kurdish forces retake key dam from Islamic State in ‘strategic victory’ In what may be considered a strategic victory, Kurdish forces recaptured the area around the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, with the help of repeated air strikes to the area on Sunday. PBS NewsHour Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari…
Nation Aug 17 Viewers respond to millennial-friendly museum tours Viewers respond to a story from Saturday, August 16 about a company that tries to attract millennials to museums by making the museum experience more fun and by linking high works of art to pop culture.
World Aug 17 Inside the growing global market of organ trafficking Nearly 4,000 people die every year in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant. And while it's illegal almost everywhere, there is a thriving global market of organ trafficking. Kevin Sack of The New York Times, who’s been investigating…