Sep 10 Disney backs theatrical releases for all remaining 2021 films By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The Walt Disney Co. on Friday announced that all of its remaining films this year will open exclusively in theaters. That includes the Marvel release "Eternals" (Nov. 5), Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel" (Oct. 15), and the animated release "Ron's… Continue reading
Sep 10 Biden's vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press President Joe Biden's sweeping new vaccine requirements have Republican governors threatening lawsuits. His unapologetic response: "Have at it."… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: Taliban allows more people to leave Afghanistan including 19 Americans By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the Taliban allowed more people to leave Kabul including 19 Americans who bordered a flight to Qatar, President Biden and China's President Xi Jinping held their first direct talk in seven months, 220,000 people remain… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 7:11 What Biden's vaccine mandates mean for millions of Americans in the workplace The vaccine mandate President Biden announced Thursday is the most aggressive step he's taken so far to get shots in the arms of the nearly 80 million eligible Americans who are not yet vaccinated. David Michaels, an epidemiologist who ran… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 11:18 How the attacks of 9/11 reshaped America's role in the world This week PBS NewsHour has been marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by exploring how they have impacted the U.S. at home and abroad. Judy Woodruff leads our latest conversation on the ways the 9/11 attacks shaped American… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 6:57 Smithsonian Institution pieces together 9/11 history through personal, poignant relics By William Brangham, Anne Azzi Davenport With memories of Sept. 11, 2001 fading for some, and images of that day unknown to a younger generation, the Smithsonian Institution is working at piecing together history object by object. William Brangham takes a behind-the-scenes look as part of… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 3:01 Educators reflect on the significance of teaching about 9/11 By PBS NewsHour For their first assignment of the school year, high school journalists from our network of Student Reporting Labs asked educators in their schools about the significance of teaching 9/11, what the events meant to them, and why it’s important to… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 5:28 Teens facing off at U.S. Open final create 'fairy tale moment' for tennis fans Saturday's U.S. Open women’s singles championship match will be a fairy tale ending no matter who wins. The finalists are 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, and 18 -year-old Emma Raducanu, of Britain, both of whom were relatively unknown just a… Continue watching
Sep 10 CDC finds unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of COVID By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press New U.S. studies show COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death. That's even against the extra-contagious delta variant. Continue reading
Sep 10 North Carolina governor vetoes bill limiting K-12 racial teaching By Bryan Anderson, Associated Press North Carolina's bill would have prevented educators from compelling students to personally adopt any of 13 beliefs, and it was the focus of heated debate in the legislature. Cooper said Friday that the measure would have inserted politics into education. Continue reading