Oct 13 Watch Why this entrepreneur is treating Trump like a schoolyard bully By PBS News Hour LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is the rare high-tech billionaire who is defying Donald Trump publicly. He's even bankrolled a snarky parlor game that mocks the Republican presidential candidate mercilessly. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks with Hoffman about why he’s stepping… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 13, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump pushes back against a flurry of sexual assault allegations. Also: Millions of displaced Nigerians face the threat of starvation, what ISIS is doing in light of major losses in Iraq and Syria, one business… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch My family attracts looks from strangers, and not just because my kids are adorable By PBS News Hour While many families may look like the archetype of mom and dad and kids, every family has something that makes them different, says author Rumaan Alam. The makeup of his family -- a brown man and a white man with… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch Why the Trump allegations are consuming campaign coverage By PBS News Hour Donald Trump says a new story by The New York Times about two women claiming the Republican presidential candidate sexually assaulted them is a lie. Judy Woodruff gets reaction to the latest developments in the presidential campaign from Carolyn Ryan… Continue watching
Oct 13 Half of all U.S. women say they want to have a child, survey reveals By Laura Santhanam Between 2013 and 2015, half of nearly 6,000 women age 15 to 44 said they plan to have children, according to the National Survey of Family Growth, considered the gold standard for surveys about family planning in the United States. Continue reading
Oct 13 Flesh-eating screwworms return to U.S. By Courtney Norris As if Zika virus and Hurricane Matthew aren’t enough, Florida residents are now facing the country’s first local infestation of flesh-eating screwworms in 30 years. Continue reading
Oct 13 DOJ will collect data on police use of force and civilian deaths in custody By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The FBI plans to begin a pilot program early next year to gather use-of-force data. The earliest participants would be the largest law enforcement agencies, as well as major federal agencies such as the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and… Continue reading
Oct 13 Hackers hijacked these law enforcement computers for ransom By Jenni Bergal, Stateline Cyber-age extortionists — who use so-called ransomware software to hijack computer systems and hold them hostage until their victims pay a ransom — increasingly are preying on local governments, hospitals and even police departments, and forcing officials to decide whether… Continue reading
Oct 13 Here's a list of President Obama's favorite sci-fi movies By Associated Press Obama shared his must-watch list of movies and TV shows to "expand your mind to new horizons" in the November issue of Wired magazine. Continue reading
Oct 13 American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wins Nobel Prize in literature By Larisa Epatko He’s gotten a presidential honor and performed for a pope. Now musician Bob Dylan has won the Nobel Prize in literature. Continue reading