World Nov 26 News Wrap: 3 Palestinian college students shot and injured in Vermont In our news wrap Sunday, a tanker with links to Israel was seized off the coast of Yemen, police say a gunman confronted and shot three young men of Palestinian descent enrolled in American colleges as they walked to dinner…
Episode Nov 25 November 25, 2023 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, a last-minute snag delays the release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for Palestinians in Israeli prisons. A look at how what we eat could be affecting our mental health. The complicated history of…
World Nov 25 News Wrap: Israel, Hamas continue exchange of prisoners and hostages after delay In our news wrap Saturday, 13 more Israeli hostages and four foreign nationals held by Hamas have been freed after frantic negotiations resolved a last-minute snag, Russia hit Ukraine with its most intense drone attack of the war so far,…
World Nov 19 News Wrap: Israel, Hamas nearing deal for partial hostage release, officials say In our news wrap Sunday, there are growing indications that Israel and Hamas are close to a deal for the release of some of the roughly 240 hostages being held in Gaza, and polls closed in Argentina in the country’s…
Episode Nov 18 November 18, 2023 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, new airstrikes kill dozens across Gaza and the West Bank, as the Israeli military’s search of Al Shifa Hospital forces hundreds to flee. As U.S. funding for Ukraine stalls, the war-torn country’s humanitarian crisis gets…
World Nov 18 News Wrap: SpaceX’s Starship rocket test launch ends with explosions In our news wrap Saturday, a pair of explosions destroyed the booster rocket and spacecraft of SpaceX’s biggest rocket during a test launch in Texas, and Comcast joined the list of advertisers stepping away from Elon Musk’s social media platform…
Episode Nov 12 November 12, 2023 – PBS News Weekend full episode Sunday on PBS News Weekend, calls for a cease-fire in Gaza grow louder as the humanitarian crisis widens. How a political battle in Washington is putting the future of a government program that helps fight HIV around the world at…
Nation Nov 12 News Wrap: White House calls Speaker Johnson’s funding plan ‘unserious’ In our news wrap Sunday, House Speaker Johnson is facing opposition from hard-line Republicans after announcing his plan to avert a government shutdown, the Pentagon says five Army Special Operations forces died in a helicopter crash over the Mediterranean, Russia…
Episode Nov 11 November 11, 2023 – PBS News Weekend full episode Saturday on PBS News Weekend, calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war intensify as fighting near Gaza hospitals grows. As the Supreme Court considers gun ownership for domestic abusers, we look at the role firearms play in domestic violence…
World Nov 11 News Wrap: Russian strike targeted Ukraine’s capital, local officials say In our news wrap Saturday, Ukraine says their air defenses intercepted a Russian missile strike that threatened Kyiv as residents scrambled for shelter, Pope Francis removed a bishop in Texas who was one of the American Catholic Church’s loudest critics…