Mar 12 More families file suit against Flint over lead poisoning By Michael D. Regan Multiple families in Flint, Michigan filed a lawsuit this week seeking financial recompense from the government and several private companies after they had discovered drinking water supplied by the city had been contaminated by lead. Continue reading
Mar 12 Secret Service surround Trump briefly after disturbance at Dayton rally By Associated Press Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was briefly surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents on stage at a campaign rally in Ohio on Saturday, after someone tried to rush the stage as he delivered a speech in which he blasted protesters… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 7:49 Detoxing after delivery: When babies are born withdrawing from opioids By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman The number of American babies born going through withdrawal from prescription painkillers and heroin used by their mothers during pregnancy, a condition called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, increased fivefold between 2000 and 2012. NewsHour's Alison Stewart explores the consequences of the… Continue watching
Mar 12 U.S. cracks down on products made by slave labor, but hurdles remain By P. J. Tobia Last month President Obama signed a bill banning the import of goods made by slave labor. But implementing it may be a challenge. On this week's Shortwave podcast, we talk about what comes next with Melysa Sperber of the Alliance… Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 8:04 Disparity in the life spans of the rich and poor is growing By PBS News Hour Research has long established that wealthy people tend to live longer than the poor, but despite advances in medicine, technology and education, the economic ladder has been widening dramatically. Dr. Lisa Berkman, the director of Harvard's Center for Population and… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 53:35 PBS NewsHour full episode March 11, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Dr. Ben Carson endorses Donald Trump after an unusually civil Republican debate. Also: The nation bids farewell to former first lady Nancy Reagan, Shields and Brooks talk the week in politics, an exclusive look at the… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Devastating southern floods continue; UN warns of crisis in South Sudan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, residents of the flood-stricken South faced overnight downpours that brought total rainfall to two feet in some places, uprooting trees and collapsing roads--with more rain expected this weekend. Also, the UN issued a warning that… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 8:37 Shields and Brooks on the surprisingly tranquil GOP debate By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan joins syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks to discuss the week in politics, including takeaways from a surprisingly tranquil GOP debate, what’s at stake for trailing candidates in Ohio and Florida, the chances… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 9:46 Nation says goodbye to iconic first lady in California ceremony By PBS News Hour Former first lady Nancy Reagan was laid to rest at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley Friday morning, in a carefully choreographed ceremony attended by friends, family and first ladies past and present. Judy Woodruff reports on the… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 5:01 News Wrap: Obama attributes Trump’s rise to obstructive GOP; leaks identify ISIS fighters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President Obama refused to accept blame for the rise of antiestablishment populists like Donald Trump in the 2016 election, saying that the fault lies with the GOP’s years of hardline opposition to his administration. Also:… Continue watching