Sep 29 PBS wins 17 Emmys for News and Docs, NewsHour takes home 2 By News Desk On Monday night, PBS earned 17 News and Documentary Emmy Awards -- more than any other network. PBS NewsHour took home two of those awards. Continue reading
Sep 29 Report: U.S. failing to stop most people trying to join the Islamic State By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The House Homeland Security Committee says the U.S. is failing to stop most people trying to go overseas to join terrorist groups, including the Islamic State. Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch 0:54 Skygazers moonstruck over ‘super’ rare eclipse By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, stargazers around the world were treated to a total lunar eclipse that coincided with a rare supermoon. From the Eiffel Tower to Tijuana, see some of the incredible images captured during the… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 5:22 Where there’s water on Earth, there’s life. Is the same true on Mars? By PBS News Hour NASA has found evidence of liquid water on Mars. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the inevitable question: does this mean there could be some form of life on the red planet?… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 8:09 Striving for girls’ education in the birthplace of Voodoo By PBS News Hour Around the world, 59 million children are out of school and 250 million are not learning the basics. The WNET series "Time for School" travels to Benin, where nearly half of girls have had no formal schooling and often marry… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 8:35 Trump uses tax plan to push back on criticisms By PBS News Hour Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has released a plan to eliminate or cut taxes for millions of Americans. Judy Woodruff takes a look at the proposal with Tamara Keith of NPR and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, plus… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 4:41 U.S., Russia offer little give on Islamic State strategy By PBS News Hour President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out starkly different visions of Syria's future at the United Nations. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff from the United Nations to discuss the disagreement between the two leaders,… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 4:16 Obama and Putin duel over Islamic State, Ukraine in UN speeches By PBS News Hour U.S. and Russian tensions were in the spotlight at the United Nations General Assembly, where both President Obama and President Putin addressed the fight against the Islamic State. While Obama rejected support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Putin maintained that… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 6:15 News Wrap: Taliban fighters capture Afghan city By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, hundreds of Taliban fighters attacked and captured a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. The fall of Kunduz is the first time since 2001 that the militant group seized a major Afghan city. Also, security officials… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 54:04 PBS NewsHour full episode September 28, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, President Obama and President Putin offer different visions about how to fight the Islamic State in Syria. Also: Donald Trump unveils his tax plan, Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discusses his country’s turmoil, NASA finds streams of… Continue watching