Sep 28 Watch 3:13 The identity crisis of losing a baby to miscarriage By PBS NewsHour It took just 10 minutes to flip a switch in Ariel Levy’s body and mind to make her into a mother. The journalist was on her final major overseas reporting trip, in rural Mongolia, when her pregnancy ended prematurely and… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 9:38 Remembering Hugh Hefner, American mogul of sex By PBS News Hour Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died Wednesday at 91. First published in 1953, the magazine made Hefner the face of sexual liberation in the 1960s and a subject of feminist critique. Jeffrey Brown looks back at Hefner’s legacy with Amanda Marcotte… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 7:31 Schiff: Russia turned Americans against each other on Twitter, Facebook By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 3:21 U.S. Virgin Islands need help rebuilding hospitals ‘from the ground up’ By PBS News Hour Along with Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria left the U.S. Virgin Islands in ruins. The islands are moving out of rescue and into recovery operations, but battered infrastructure and power grids will mean a full recovery is likely to be a… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 6:51 The logistical nightmare of getting backlogged aid into Puerto Rico By PBS News Hour Across Puerto Rico, many residents still desperately need food, fuel and water. Meanwhile, thousands of cargo containers filled with supplies sit on the docks, unable to get inland. John Yang reports on how the Trump administration is taking steps to… Continue watching
Sep 28 Wray installed as FBI director, replacing fired Comey By Associated Press The former high-ranking Justice Department official replaces James Comey, who was fired in May by President Donald Trump after fewer than four years on the job. Continue reading
Sep 28 Trump, Ryan clear the way for government aid to Puerto Rico By Catherine Lucey and Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Trump waived federal restrictions on foreign ships delivering cargo. And House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief account will get a $6.7 billion boost by the end of the week. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 10:01 Hurricane relief isn’t reaching remote areas of Puerto Rico By Travis Daub As Puerto Rico reels a week after Hurricane Maria, much of the aid that has reached the island has not made it beyond San Juan. President Trump defended his administration’s response while basic necessities remain scant John Yang speaks with… Continue watching
Sep 27 Trump administration defends new refugee cap of 45,000 in coming year By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Lowering the cap reflects President Donald Trump's opposition to accepting refugees and other immigrants into the U.S., an approach that has already driven down refugee admissions. Continue reading
Sep 27 Baltimore Ravens’ national anthem singer resigns, citing attacks on NFL player protests By Michael Boulter Joey Odoms, who took the job in 2014, announced his retirement in an Instagram post, saying, “The tone/actions of a large number of NFL fans in the midst of our country’s cultural crisis, have convinced me that I do not… Continue reading