Dec 30 Watch 53:41 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 30, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Bill Cosby is charged with sexual assault, stemming from a 2004 allegation. Also: Espionage amid Israel’s lobbying of Congress over the Iran deal, lawmakers make compromises to finish out 2015, the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2015… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 6:45 Cosby's own words helped prosecutors build sexual assault case By PBS News Hour Comedian Bill Cosby has been charged with sexual assault in connection to allegations that he drugged and fondled Andrea Constand in 2004. That comes after dozens of accusations made by other women. William Brangham learns more from Maryclaire Dale of… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 5:26 News Wrap: Deadly flooding overwhelms in Missouri, Illinois By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries have overwhelmed towns across parts of Missouri and Illinois. At least 20 people have been killed in the region and flood waters are expected to hit record levels. Continue watching
Dec 30 WATCH: Aretha Franklin brings Obama to tears with rousing performance of 'Natural Woman' By Joshua Barajas Among the performances Tuesday night at the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., there was one that brought President Barack Obama to tears. Continue reading
Dec 30 Death toll rises to 20 as severe floods threaten Midwest By Joshua Barajas Widespread flooding in the South and Midwest has killed at least 20 people, while the winter storm continues to swell waterways along the Mississippi River to heights nearing the records of the disastrous flood of 1993. Continue reading
Dec 30 Bill Cosby charged with sexual assault stemming from 2004 allegation By News Desk Pennsylvania authorities have charged actor Bill Cosby with a felony stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at his home in 2004. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 8:06 How Puerto Rico is coping with the worst drought in decades By PBS News Hour The tropical island of Puerto Rico has been scrambling for a precious resource: clean, fresh water. Puerto Ricans have faced the worst drought in more than 20 years and the most stringent water rationing ever imposed. Special correspondent Chris Bury… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: Chicago cop pleads not guilty in Laquan McDonald shooting case By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Chicago policeman Jason Van Dyke pleaded not guilty of first-degree murder for killing of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Also, protesters gathered in Cleveland a day after a grand jury refused to indict two police officers… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 12:23 No charges in Cleveland's Tamir Rice case, as latest shooting stokes anger for Chicago police By PBS News Hour There will be no charges filed in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland. That decision follows yet another weekend of tension over police shootings in Chicago, where two black residents were killed Saturday by officers, amid a… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 6:10 What's stirring up this winter's extreme storms? By PBS News Hour Violent weather has battered the South and Midwest in recent days, bringing the death toll from up to 45. On Saturday, at least nine tornadoes swept through the Dallas area, blasting neighborhoods with winds of about 200 miles an hour. Continue watching