Jan 18 Watch 1:29 When MLK Jr. lamented 'we have not learned the simple art of living together' By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Nobel Prize Foundation released the full audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Peace Prize acceptance speech. Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 8:53 The invisible catastrophe sickening families in California By PBS News Hour Porter Ranch seems like a picturesque Southern California town, but an environmental disaster has been unfolding there for several months. Natural gas has been spewing from an underground storage facility, causing health issues for residents and forcing temporary relocations for… Continue watching
Jan 18 Michigan Gov. says Clinton politicizing Flint's water crisis By Associated Press FLINT, Mich.-- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder responded Monday to criticism from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the Democratic debates for his handling of Flint's water emergency, saying Clinton is making it a political issue. Continue reading
Jan 18 Gas prices fall below $1 in one Michigan town By Kamaria Roberts Plunging oil prices and a local bidding war drove gas prices to less than $1 in one central Michigan town Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 18 California natural gas leak just one of thousands across country By Elisabeth Ponsot Experts estimate there are thousands of methane leaks across the U.S., compounding the nation’s greenhouse gas inventory and foisting political pressure onto federal regulators to deal with the global warming contributor. Continue reading
Jan 18 Listen to MLK's 1964 Nobel Prize lecture By Erik Andersen For the first time since it was delivered 51 years ago, it is now possible to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in its entirety. Continue reading
Jan 17 U.S.-Iran ties warming after nuclear deal By Michael D. Regan and Bradley Klapper, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The lifting of sanctions and the exchange of prisoners this weekend show American relations with Iran are improving. President Obama on Sunday attributed the developments to effective diplomacy, even as his critics said the moves would adversely influence U.S. security. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama defends the Iran deal, as American prisoners are released and many U.S. sanctions are lifted, and later, how 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey are struggling to live outside traditional refugee camps. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 1:53 New titanosaur discovery exhibits state-of-the-art paleontology By PBS News Hour Starting this weekend, visitors to New York's American Museum of Natural History can get close up view of what scientists believe may be the biggest creature to have ever walked the earth. The discovery represents huge gains for modern paleontology. Continue watching
Jan 17 GOP establishment concedes hotly contested primary states By Michael D. Regan Republican establishment leaders are now conceding the first two primaries of the presidential race in Iowa and New Hampshire set for February, as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz take control. Continue reading