Oct 20 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: House GOP mull choice for speaker By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, House Republicans convened to discuss their choice for speaker, amid reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is edging closer to running. Also, former Gov. Jim Webb dropped his bid for the White House after… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 3:48 Encouraging girls to become scientists? It’s not rocket science By PBS News Hour Women in the U.S. receive less than 20 percent of Bachelor's degrees in computer science, engineering and physics. Eileen Pollack, one of the first two women to receive an undergraduate degree in physics at Yale, offers a solution to getting… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:33 In ‘M Train,’ Patti Smith journeys to where art comes from By PBS News Hour Poet and performer Patti Smith crashed onto the rock scene 40 years ago, and made a splash in the literary world five years ago with an award-winning memoir, "Just Kids." Her newest book, "M Train," takes a trip through time… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 54:37 PBS NewsHour full episode October 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Canada’s Liberal Party makes a comeback. Also: How Slovenia and Greece are coping with the migrant crisis, a new study on treatment for schizophrenia, changing the guidelines for mammograms, how the oil boom brought football back… Continue watching
Oct 20 Is your job one of the best for work-life balance? By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Jobs and recruiting site Glassdoor ranked the top 25 jobs for work-life balance. Continue reading
Oct 20 How safe are bounce houses for kids, really? By Laura Santhanam Lily Creech never imagined that an inflatable bounce house could lead to so much suffering for her 11-year-old daughter. It was her company picnic in Miami. Barbecue smoke hung in the air. Kids were rough-housing on a bouncer with… Continue reading
Oct 20 States likely to seek settlement in Volkswagen emissions investigation By Ronnie Greene, Associated Press WASHINGTON — An expanding investigation into Volkswagen's emissions-cheating scandal launched by state attorneys general could last years and will likely end in a negotiated settlement. Continue reading
Oct 20 14-year-old student arrested for homemade clock visits White House By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a bomb, capped a whirlwind month with a visit to the White House on Monday. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 6:40 Volkswagen owners left in limbo after emissions revelations By PBS News Hour Last month, some 500,000 U.S. owners of Volkswagen and Audi's so-called "clean diesel" cars learned they had been duped. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the company and more are likely as states, car dealers and consumers grapple with… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:09 Will he or won’t he? That’s the question for Biden and Ryan By PBS News Hour Will Joe Biden jump into the 2016 election? Will Rep. Paul Ryan enter the competition for House speaker? Gwen Ifill talks to Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and Tamara Keith of NPR about Ryan and Biden anticipation, Hillary… Continue watching