Nation Nov 13 Honoring victims of the COVID-19 pandemic As COVID-19 continues to ravage American communities, we take a moment to honor just a few of the many who have lost their lives to the deadly virus.
Arts Nov 13 The value of writing our way through a tumultuous 2020 This has been a year of huge events and milestones, from the coronavirus pandemic to the election of the first woman vice president. How will 2020 be remembered and analyzed in the years to come? Biographer and historian Janice Nimura…
Episode Nov 12 November 12, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, coronavirus reaches staggering new heights in the U.S., with record levels of infections and hospitalizations. Plus: How the pandemic is reshaping American life, continued tensions over the presidential transition, vote counting in Georgia, disinformation and social…
Health Nov 12 The physical and emotional toll of coronavirus as it surges across states The U.S. has hit another record for new daily cases of COVID-19, with more than 144,000 reported on Wednesday. Hospitalizations have topped 65,000 for the first time, and 22 states are reporting more hospitalizations than at any time since the…
Nation Nov 12 Even with a vaccine, COVID-19 will last for years, expert says While Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health and other health experts are hopeful vaccines will make a real difference in managing COVID-19, some of the pandemic's challenges are likely to persist for a long time. Dr. Nicholas…
Politics Nov 12 More Republicans signal support for Biden to receive security briefings A growing number of Republicans say President-elect Biden should be able to receive a daily national security briefing. Biden has also announced longtime aide Ronald Klain will be his chief of staff. Meanwhile, President Trump’s reelection campaign continues its legal…
Politics Nov 12 What this Georgia Republican wants to see from state's recount In Georgia, President-elect Biden leads President Trump by more than 14,000 votes, but the state will conduct a hand recount of nearly 5 million ballots. Trump and Georgia Republicans continue to ask for investigations into “voting irregularities,” but the Republican…
Nation Nov 12 News Wrap: October federal government deficit reaches record $284 billion In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Treasury reports the federal government ran up a record $284 billion budget deficit for the month of October. That shortfall is more than double what it was last year. Also, a helicopter carrying…
Nation Nov 12 Social media platforms face ongoing struggle to combat disinformation President Trump has repeatedly made misleading and false statements about mail-in ballots, the vote-counting process and more. Some of his supporters and members of the conservative media have, too. Social platforms like Twitter and Facebook have tried to limit the…
Arts Nov 12 An Oregon family's Brief But Spectacular take on surviving a wildfire Wildfires scorched millions of acres across the Western United States this past summer, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Jocksana Corona and her family were among them, after flames reached their Talent, Oregon, neighborhood. They have…