May 17 Watch 8:35 Six months in, new Episcopal church leader reflects on church challenges By PBS News Hour Last November, the Most Reverend Michael Curry became presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, one of the oldest Christian denominations in the U.S. Curry’s ascension comes at a time of crisis and change, and the church, like most mainline Protestant… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 2:54 ISIS bomb attacks in Baghdad a new challenge for Iraq's military By PBS News Hour Islamic State fighters unleashed a new wave of bombings Tuesday in Baghdad, attacks that have turned the Iraqi capital into a killing field. The casualties -- at least 200 civilians dead in the last week alone -- have put a… Continue watching
May 17 GMO foods pose greater risk to agriculture than human health, experts say By Dominique Bonessi Following a review of almost 900 studies, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reported today that genetically modified organisms -- GMOs -- pose no more of a health risk than traditionally bred crops. Continue reading
May 17 Segregation of black, Hispanic students on the rise, report finds By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Six decades after the Supreme Court outlawed separating students by race, stubborn disparities persist in how the country educates its poor and minority children. Continue reading
May 17 HIV rates soar among men who have sex with men in Southern states, D.C. By Helen Branswell, STAT Rates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men are highest in six Southern states and the District of Columbia, according to a new analysis, conducted by researchers at Emory University. Continue reading
May 17 GOP blocks provision to require women to register for draft By Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Buckling under conservative pressure, the Republican-led House Rules Committee pulled a legislative sleight of hand and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required women between the ages of 18 and 25 to… Continue reading
May 17 Is America finally ready for smart guns? By Sarah Breitenbach, Stateline Gun safety advocates have pushed for commercially available smart, personalized guns that could only be fired by a specific person through radio frequency chips, fingerprint scans or other technology, for more than three decades. Now, there are signs that a… Continue reading
May 17 Supreme Court, down by one, finds it can be hard to decide By Mark Sherman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The eight Supreme Court justices say they'll take care of business until a new ninth justice joins them. Their actions say otherwise. Continue reading
May 17 Report: How Black America has changed in 40 years By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press WASHINGTON — African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession, and much better than they did when its first "State of Black America" report came out 40… Continue reading
May 16 Watch 53:55 PBS NewsHour full episode May 16, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump hits back at David Cameron as Democrats prepare for future primaries. Also: The Supreme Court punts on Obamacare’s contraception mandate, the schism within the Democratic party, Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, Bosnian… Continue watching