Oct 13 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Pentagon says U.S., Russian jets had close encounter over Syria By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. and Russian jets reportedly flew within miles of each other over Syria on Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Washington for a lack of coordination the competing air campaigns. Also, the Taliban announced it… Continue watching
Oct 13 Iran missile test likely a UN violation By Associated Press The White House says there are "strong indications" that Iran violated U.N. Security Council resolutions when it test fired a new ballistic missile. Continue reading
Oct 13 Is #NoBraDay actually raising breast cancer awareness? By Colleen Shalby Of the more than 150,000 tweets mentioning #NoBraDay that have surfaced over the past day, roughly 10 percent make any mention of “breast cancer,” the reason for the hashtag altogether. Continue reading
Oct 13 Jailed journalist’s brother on whether U.S. should consider prisoner swap By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The brother of Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist detained in Iran and convicted in secret, described his brother's imprisonment as "cruel and inhumane" Tuesday and called on the U.S. government to take "any appropriate actions" to win his freedom. Continue reading
Oct 13 Supreme Court weighs decision about prisoners given life sentences as teenagers By Mark Sherman, Associated Press People serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers were looking to the Supreme Court Tuesday for signals about whether they will have a chance to seek their freedom. Continue reading
Oct 13 Industry group says U.S. faces critical shortage of air traffic controllers By Joan Lowy, Associated Press A chronic shortage of controllers has reached a crisis that will lead to widespread flight delays if left unchecked, officials for the union that represents air traffic controllers said Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 53:33 PBS NewsHour full episode October 12, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President Obama speaks out about the Hillary Clinton email controversy. Also: What’s next for Jason Rezaian after being found guilty in a Tehran court, Syrian refugees in Jordan struggle to survive, Angus Deaton wins the Nobel… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 7:57 How Sanders, O’Malley will try to stand out in the first debate By PBS News Hour President Obama weighed in on Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, while a former GOP staffer came out to say that the Benghazi Committee was politically motivated against Clinton. Will those issues start to fade? Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 7:47 Making it big in the NBA, Bismack Biyombo goes home to Congo to help By PBS News Hour Bismack Biyombo, a 22-year-old basketball center who recently signed with the Toronto Raptors, grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dreaming about playing in the NBA. Contributing editor Soledad O’Brien follows him on a trip back to his home… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 4:13 Is Iran leveraging Jason Rezaian for a prisoner swap? By PBS News Hour Jason Rezaian was convicted by an Iranian court, but little else is known about the ruling or the fate of the Washington Post journalist who has been held for over a year on espionage and other charges. Jeffrey Brown learns… Continue watching