World Jul 05 Islamic State militant leader makes apparent rare appearance in Iraq A 21-minute video said to show Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State group, was reportedly filmed on Friday in Mosul. The identity of al-Baghdadi could not be independently confirmed by news organizations. Saad Maan of the Iraqi…
World Jul 05 Tensions escalate between Israelis and Palestinians following teen deaths For more on the escalating tensions inflaming the Isareli-Palestinian conflict, Josef Federman of the Associated Press joins John Larson via Skype from Jerusalem.
Arts Jul 05 Documenting gay rights activists at dawn of the movement KQED presents a report on photographer Anthony Friedkin and his efforts to document gay life more than 40 years ago. Friedkin's photographs were ahead of their time and most galleries wouldn’t show them -- until now. The culmination of Friedkin’s…
World Jul 04 Israeli, Palestinian authorities appeal for calm as deaths of teens fans fire of vigilantism
World Jul 04 British newspaper editor sentenced for phone hacking scandal A British court sentenced the former editor of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid to 18 months in jail for his role in a phone hacking scandal. The practice of reporters hacking into the cellphones of private individuals in…
Episode Jul 04 Friday, July 4, 2014 Friday on the NewsHour, tensions escalated between Israelis and Palestinians at the funeral of a slain youth. Also: An angry dissent at the Supreme Court, the deadly ebola virus spreads in west Africa, a British journalist faces prison for his…
Politics Jul 04 Marcus and Gerson on agreement and division at the Supreme Court, immigration protests Washington Post columnists Ruth Marcus and Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the Supreme Court’s recent decisions on contraception, how the Obama administration is trying to quell an influx of unaccompanied migrant children trying to…