Nation Apr 09 News Wrap: 16-year-old suspect stabbed students, security officer at Pennsylvania school
Education Apr 08 How should colleges address conflicts between academics, athletics and money? Players and fans celebrated the March Madness victory by the University of Connecticut, but the game against the University of Kentucky also highlighted one of the major debates facing NCAA basketball. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from Patrick Harker, president of…
Episode Apr 08 Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Tuesday on the NewsHour, Kiev clamps down on the growing unrest in Eastern Ukraine, but the standoff with pro-Russian supporters continues. Also: President Obama pushes for equal pay, a look at the unprecedented Ebola outbreak in West Africa, long-term family…
Health Apr 08 Easing the burden of long-term medical demands for family caregivers For the 42 million Americans who take care of loved ones at home, the responsibilities of care -- once the purview of trained nurses -- have become increasingly complex. AARP has begun to advocate for greater caregiver support through public…
World Apr 08 Unprecedented Ebola outbreak crosses borders in West Africa More than 100 people have died so far in the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in years, which began in Guinea before spreading to Liberia. Now health officials are investigating possible cases in Mali and Ghana. Jeffrey Brown talks…
Politics Apr 08 Obama signs executive orders on pay transparency for federal contractors President Obama issued two executive orders aimed at income disparity based on gender on what the White House proclaimed Equal Pay Day. But Republicans charged the president and Democrats were playing politics rather than improving policy. Judy Woodruff gets two…
World Apr 08 De-escalating unrest in Eastern Ukraine is delicate challenge for Kiev Ukrainian security forces managed to regain power in Kharkiv, yet pro-Russian demonstrators have held onto control of government buildings in two other cities in the country’s east. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the swift pro-Russian…
World Apr 08 Kerry criticizes Eastern Ukraine protests as 'contrived pretext' for Russian force Ukrainian forces retook the regional government headquarters in one of three eastern cities, but in Donetsk and Luhansk, armed, pro-Russian supporters continued their standoff. Meanwhile, thousands of Russian forces have massed across the border as they did before the Crimea…