Oct 03 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 3, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, October 3, 2015, a United States airstrike against the Taliban in Afghanistan accidentally hits a hospital, killing and wounding dozens. In our signature segment, transforming how America's teachers are trained. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New… Continue watching
Oct 03 Fiorina makes claims on Planned Parenthood a campaign centerpiece By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has spent the last two weeks repeating an erroneous description of videos secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists. That seems bound to continue as she makes her opposition to Planned Parenthood a centerpiece of her 2016… Continue reading
Oct 03 Obama rejects Russian strategy in Syria By Associated Press President Barack Obama is rejecting Russia's military campaign in Syria, saying it fails to distinguish between terrorist groups and moderate rebel forces with a legitimate interest in a negotiated end to the civil war. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 10:20 Inside the battle over North Carolina’s voter ID laws By PBS News Hour After the Supreme Court's decision to overturn a key part of the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina's Republican-led state legislature passed a new voter ID law and reversed many of the voting procedures civil rights leaders spent years trying to… Continue watching
Oct 03 GOP hopefuls reiterate opposition to stiffer gun laws By Associated Press Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush and other Republicans declared their opposition to stiffer gun laws Friday in the aftermath of the Oregon college mass shooting. Continue reading
Oct 03 Air crews searching for El Faro ship spot objects in water, recover life ring By Elisabeth Ponsot Search teams have spotted multiple objects in the water where crews are searching for the El Faro, the American cargo ship that went missing after encountering heavy weather from Hurricane Joaquin. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 7:24 How a Boston program is transforming the way we train teachers By PBS News Hour The Boston Teacher Residency, an AmeriCorps service program that recruits future teachers and places them in schools for practical experience is being heralded as a model for training teachers. And other cities have begun to take notice. NewsHour's Christopher Booker… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 3:51 ‘They don’t allow you to fail’: In custom classrooms, at-risk students thrive By PBS News Hour At a New York City high school, a technique called blended learning replaces a portion of traditional face-to-face instruction with online learning. The computerized curriculum has been shown to help at-risk students learn at the own pace. NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Oct 03 GOP divided over House speaker race By Erica Werner, Associated Press House Republican turmoil is boiling over as leadership elections approach, with dissatisfied lawmakers casting about for new choices and a surprise longshot challenger emerging in the speaker's race. Continue reading
Oct 03 American Graduate Day 2015 celebrates efforts to build student success By Adelyn Baxter Tune in Saturday as PBS celebrates individuals and organizations working to help students reach the goal of high school graduation. Continue reading