Nation Mar 20 News Wrap: Investigators search Texas FedEx after package bound for Austin explodes In our news wrap Tuesday, the investigation of apparent serial bombings in Texas shifted after a package with an Austin address exploded at a FedEx shipping center outside San Antonio. Also, a 17-year-old student shot and wounded two fellow students…
Nation Mar 20 Facebook faces scrutiny for how user data was used to influence elections British-based research firm Cambridge Analytica has been accused of harvesting data from more than 50 million Facebook users, and misleading the tech giant about it. New undercover video captured the CEO talking about their work for the Trump campaign. Meanwhile,…
Nation Mar 20 Investor says he tried to warn Facebook about 'bad actors' harming innocent people Roger McNamee, one of Facebook’s original investors and a mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, says he was concerned about the way “bad actors were taking the tools created for advertisers and using them to harm innocent people,” and alerted Zuckerberg and…
Politics Mar 20 These spending bill sticking points are making lawmakers scramble to avert another shutdown Congress is negotiating a $1.3 trillion government spending bill before a Friday deadline, but a local transportation in New York and New Jersey has become a major sticking point. Special correspondent David Cruz of NJTV reports, then Lisa Desjardins joins…
Politics Mar 20 Truth in advertising or free speech burden? California law on 'crisis pregnancy centers' tested at high court A Supreme Court case centering on abortion and free speech involves California's so-called crisis pregnancy centers -- clinics run by anti-abortion groups -- and whether state law can require those centers to more fully disclose what they are and what…
World Mar 20 These girls escaped Boko Haram. Now they're pleading for help to save their generation Two girls who were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014 thought they would never be able to escape their cruel captors. They were married to insurgents, faced brutal treatment and rape, and gave birth to their own children. Now Ya…
Nation Mar 20 Remembering NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser, a long-time correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, died Friday night at the age of 73. After working for CBS News during the Walter Cronkite era, she joined the NewsHour as a correspondent in 1986, covering natural disasters,…
Episode Mar 19 PBS NewsHour full episode March 19, 2018 Monday on the NewsHour, President Trump takes aim at special counsel Robert Mueller for the first time. Also: What the firing of Andrew McCabe means for the Russia probe, President Trump lays out a plan to combat the opioid crisis,…
Nation Mar 19 Police make appeal to Austin bomber after fourth explosion in a month Austin, Texas, is on edge after the fourth bombing there this month wounded two men late Sunday night. The latest bombing, triggered by a tripwire, differs from the previous three, which were package bombs. Judy Woodruff learns more from Syeda…
Politics Mar 19 News Wrap: Pa. Republicans lose legal battles in redistricting fight In our news wrap Monday, both the U.S. Supreme Court and a panel of federal judges refused to block a new Pennsylvania congressional map deemed more fair, and more favorable to Democrats. Also, the family business of Jared Kushner, the…