May 09 Watch 7:26 NC governor: We need clarity on bathroom law, but not from the executive branch By PBS News Hour The fight over North Carolina’s controversial bill to restrict restroom access by biological gender intensified Monday. The state’s governor and legislature filed suit against the federal government, rejecting the Justice Department’s assertion that the law violates transgender people’s civil rights. Continue watching
May 09 Watch 7:58 Watchdog group tracks what really happens to your 'recycled' e-waste By PBS News Hour The U.S. leads the world in e-waste, and while electronic recycling is increasingly popular, what happens after consumers drop off their computers, phones and other products is less clear. A watchdog group has found a lot of tossed junk, with… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 56:45 PBS NewsHour full episode May 9, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, North Carolina sues the federal government to protect the state’s controversial bathroom bill. Also: Amy Walter and Tamara Keith talk politics, how Saudi Arabia plans to diversify its economy, signs of reconciliation in a rebuilt Bosnian… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 5:59 Private schools kept decades of sexual abuse secret By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 09 Obama signs legislation designating bison as national mammal By Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The bison has become the official national mammal of the United States under legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama on Monday. Continue reading
May 09 Justice Department: North Carolina's LGBT law amounts to 'state-sponsored discrimination' By News Desk The U.S. government filed a lawsuit Monday over a controversial North Carolina law that prevented local governments from passing protections for LGBT individuals and required transgender people to use bathrooms that matched their gender at birth. Continue reading
May 09 Mosquito season brings no new urgency for money to fight Zika By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The White House and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack Obama's demands for money to combat Zika, but even the onset of mosquito season that probably will spread the virus has failed to create a sense… Continue reading
May 08 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, May 8, a Canadian wildfire that has displaced at least 80,000 people continues to grow and now covers 800 square miles. Later, in our signature segment, how the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton” is transforming the way… Continue watching
May 08 Trump: GOP unity would be beneficial, but isn't crucial By Jill Colvin, Associated Press With a growing number of prominent Republicans refusing to fall in line, Donald Trump is standing firm in his assertion that the Republican Party doesn't have to be unified because he will gain Democratic votes to win in the fall. Continue reading
May 08 Surviving the Holocaust as a 'hidden child' in Athens By Elisabeth Ponsot It was shortly before Passover in 1944 when 6-year-old Solomon Kofinas saw his father and sister for the last time. Continue reading