Nation Sep 10 Teens facing off at U.S. Open final create 'fairy tale moment' for tennis fans Saturday's U.S. Open women’s singles championship match will be a fairy tale ending no matter who wins. The finalists are 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, and 18 -year-old Emma Raducanu, of Britain, both of whom were relatively unknown just a…
Nation Sep 10 Remembering 9/11 The events of 9/11 rocked the United States and caused reverberations in domestic and foreign policy for decades.
Episode Sep 09 September 9, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, the Taliban orders an end to all protests as they finally allow the departure of some 200 American citizens from Afghanistan. Then, we talk with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the difficult path ahead in navigating the…
World Sep 09 News Wrap: Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department sued Texas over its law banning most abortions. A federal judge in Florida struck down a Republican-backed law targeting violent protests. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are asking the…
Nation Sep 09 Scattered thunderstorms, lack of power complicate Louisiana recovery efforts Power is now restored to most of New Orleans, but several hundred thousand people in southeast Louisiana are still without amid a rising death toll. Local officials say 9 more people in New Orleans have died of excessive heat, bringing…
Nation Sep 09 Why the ATF is often leaderless and how it affects the agency's work Back in April, the president nominated David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). After retiring from the agency, Chipman advised gun control advocacy groups like Everytown and Giffords — a problem for Senate republicans…
Health Sep 09 Dr. Fauci on vaccine mandates, reopening schools, booster shots President Joe Biden's plan to get the country vaccinated would essentially require two-thirds of American workers to get vaccinated or face weekly testing. The Department of Labor will draft new rules requiring the same for all businesses with 100 workers…
Nation Sep 09 Flight 77 crashed just below Robert Hogue's Pentagon office. Here's his story PBS NewsHour's broadcast studio is just a few miles from the Pentagon here in Washington. On 9/11, that iconic structure designed to project American military might was struck clear out of the blue, just like the twin towers. 184 people…
Episode Sep 08 September 8, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, U.S. hospitals struggle with a surge of COVID cases driven by the unvaccinated and the highly contagious delta variant. Then, California's governor faces a recall reckoning that could have major political implications for the country. And,…
World Sep 08 News Wrap: Trial begins for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Islamic State In our news wrap Wednesday, a long-awaited trial opened in Paris on the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attack that killed 130 people. The World Health Organization asked that rich nations not give COVID-19 booster shots until next year. A new…