Nation Aug 04 News Wrap: As COVID cases rise, concern over global vaccines and potential boosters grows In our news wrap Wednesday, as the world nears 200 million COVID cases, the World Health Organization calls for delaying booster shots until more countries get the vaccine, and the White House argues the U.S. has enough vaccine to do…
Nation Aug 04 How the infrastructure bill delivers on clean water -- and how it falls short As many as 22 million people get drinking water from systems with lead pipes, and twice as many rely on systems that violate safe water standards. A large part of the Senate infrastructure bill aims to solve those issues. NewsHour…
Economy Aug 04 Why keeping delta variant in check is so important to our economy As the economy tries to regain ground lost during the pandemic, and the delta variant threatens its progress, the nation’s top economists are watching a number of measures of recovery -- from housing costs and ownership rates, to jobs, interest…
Nation Aug 04 ACLU: Biden administration making excuses for not changing this Trump-era asylum policy President Joe Biden’s administration has taken a very different stance from his predecessor on many immigration issues. But it also has also just extended a Trump-era rule that allows some asylum-seekers to be expelled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amna Nawaz…
Nation Aug 04 This advocate says justice system is our failure to imagine anything besides punishment Jorge Antonio Renaud says that the United States is enamored with the idea that certain individuals are just “crime prone.” At 20, he was arrested and put in jail, where he survived a traumatic attack. Feeling lost led him to…
Episode Aug 03 August 3, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Tuesday on the NewsHour, New York's attorney general finds Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women as he denies the claims, Biden administration starts a new push to help those facing eviction by targeting the most at risk of losing…
Nation Aug 03 Biden calls on Cuomo to resign after sexual harassment findings New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexually harassing multiple women, sparking a cascade of calls for his resignation, including from President Biden. Cuomo denied the claims. New York State Public Radio's Karen…
Nation Aug 03 Former Cuomo aide: 'he embraced me a little bit too tight, too long' Karen Hinton was questioned by the New York Attorney General's investigators as part of their probe after she came forward earlier this year accusing Gov. Cuomo of touching her inappropriately in 2000. She served as an aide to him when…
Nation Aug 03 Millions of renters are facing evictions. Will the government step in to help? The debate over how to deal with a potential wave of evictions is growing in Washington, D.C. and across the country with more than 6 million people behind on their rent. Not all of those people are going to face…
World Aug 03 News Wrap: COVID-19 vaccination mandates spread in the U.S. as the delta variant surges In our news wrap Tuesday, mandates for COVID-19 vaccinations spread to more of the U.S. as the delta variant surges, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected any new restrictions, New York became the nation's first big city to require proof…