World Apr 23 News Wrap: Rival Palestinian groups reach new reconciliation deal In our news wrap Wednesday, rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah have reached a deal to form an interim unity government in five weeks, and hold national elections six months later. The American and Israeli governments criticized the move. Also,…
World Apr 23 Will violent rivalry tip South Sudan toward famine? The slaughter of hundreds of civilians is just the latest act of reprisal violence in South Sudan that began as a rivalry between two politicians of different ethnic groups. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at the root of the…
Episode Apr 22 Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Tuesday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court upheld a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and considered the copyright fight in the Aereo case. Also: The debate on reviving extinct species, Vice President Biden issues a warning to Russia on…
Economy Apr 22 How much does it really cost to live in a city like Seattle? In Seattle, there is a growing push to raise the minimum wage 62 percent to $15 an hour, which the University of Washington has calculated as the minimum cost of living for an adult with one child. But would the…
Science Apr 22 Potential to revive extinct animals raises ethical questions Researchers are working to bring back extinct animals like the woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon, operating under the belief that reviving such species could restore vanishing habitats. But many biologists suggest these efforts should focus on endangered, rather than extinct,…
World Apr 22 News Wrap: Hundreds of South Sudanese civilians murdered in ethnic slaughter In our news wrap Tuesday, hundreds of people in South Sudan have been killed in what the United Nations is calling ethnic slaughter. Rebels from the ethnic Nuer group seized the city of Bentiu last week and murdered people who…
World Apr 22 Biden urges Russia to live up to Geneva agreement on Ukraine In a show of solidarity with Ukraine’s embattled interim government, Vice President Biden issued a warning to Russia to follow the agreement struck in Geneva to diffuse tensions. Meanwhile, pro-Russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine continued to defy the accord, and…
Nation Apr 22 Justices consider future of TV and copyright in Aereo case The Supreme Court heard a request by television broadcasters to shut down Aereo, a TV streaming tech startup that has potential to alter the business model of traditional broadcasting. For more on the case, Jeffrey Brown talks to former Acting…