World Apr 26 News Wrap: DOJ announces probe into Louisville police, citing Breonna Taylor case In our news wrap Monday, a year after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor during a raid of her home, the U.S. Justice Department is launching a full-scale review of police tactics in Louisville, Kentucky. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court…
World Apr 26 COVID crisis: Why India's health system is on the 'brink of collapsing' India continues to break daily COVID-19 infection records, reporting more than 350,000 new cases and more than 2,800 deaths. While the Biden administration pledged to share vaccines with India and other countries, they will not arrive in India for some…
Politics Apr 26 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's upcoming joint address to Congress, GOP response NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including President Joe Biden’s approval rating, his upcoming joint address to Congress, and the expected Republican response.
Nation Apr 26 A Brief But Spectacular take on creating opportunities for others Linda Maduwura was raised in Zimbabwe and came to the U.S. in 2006, where she studied to become an accountant. She now has her own practice that creates new opportunities for her fellow Zimbabweans back home, especially young African women.
Episode Apr 25 April 25, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, April 25, India sets another global record in COVID-19 cases as New Delhi extends the city’s lockdown by another week to arrest the surge. President Biden’s presidency approaches its first 100 days, the messy truth…
Health Apr 25 Chemicals in plastic, electronics are lowering fertility in men and women Several chemicals found in everyday use products including plastic and electronics are lowering fertility in men, women and even some non-human species. Shanna Swan, a leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist who has authored the book “Count Down” on the subject,…
Episode Apr 24 April 24, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Saturday, April 24, COVID-19 cases in India skyrocket as a devastating second wave overwhelms hospitals, President Biden breaks with predecessors as the first U.S. president to name the 1915 killings of over 1.5 million Armenians a…
World Apr 24 For victims of the Armenian genocide, Biden designation a 'momentous occasion' President Biden recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, in a test of America’s somewhat strained relationship with Turkey. For more on the significance of Biden's statement, Alex Hinton, Director of Rutgers University’s Center…
World Apr 24 Overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortage: India's COVID-19 tally breaks records India’s health system is collapsing amid a tsunami of COVID-19 cases—the highest in the world. As patients struggle to find hospital beds, doctors are sounding the alarm on dwindling medical supplies, including oxygen, on Twitter. Meanwhile, the Modi govt., which…
Episode Apr 23 April 23, 2021 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the latest on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and U.S. inoculations. Then, the many obstacles to the Biden administration's major push for a transition to electric vehicles. A potential lifeline of federal…