Sep 30 Secret Service tried to discredit U.S. lawmaker, investigation reveals By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Scores of U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old, unsuccessful job application of a congressman who was investigating scandals inside the agency, a new government report said Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 30 Vatican confirms meeting between Kim Davis and Pope Francis By Colleen Shalby The Vatican confirmed Wednesday morning that Pope Francis met with Kim Davis -- the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses -- at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Sep 30 Suicide among young American Indians nearly double national rate By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger Among people ages 18 to 24 nationwide, the suicide rate is 12.8 deaths per 100,000, and is the second leading cause of death for people between 15- and 24-years-old, according to new data from the CDC. Within the American Indian… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:47 Can Russia make a difference in Syria’s war? By PBS News Hour How will Russian intervention affect the Syrian war, and what are President Vladimir Putin's true motivations in sending in military aid? Judy Woodruff gets two views from Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Nikolas Gvosdev… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 4:32 How Volkswagen got caught cheating By PBS News Hour How did Volkswagen get caught rigging the emissions software of its diesel vehicles? William Brangham talks with John German of the International Council on Clean Transportation, one of the engineers who helped catch the automaker. Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 4:16 Leaders see Islamic State fight as long slog By PBS News Hour Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner, reporting from the UN, talks with Judy Woodruff about what came out of an anti-Islamic State meeting among world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly and a meeting between President Obama and Russian… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 7:08 Is profit or innovation driving the rising costs of drugs? By PBS News Hour Turing Pharmaceuticals sparked outcry when it raised the price of a single pill from $13 to $750. Judy Woodruff discusses the rising costs of prescriptions drugs with Dr. Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Thomas Stossel… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 7:25 Anna Deavere Smith tackles school-to-prison pipeline on stage By PBS News Hour For Anna Deavere Smith, actress and path-breaking performance artist, Baltimore is home. After the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the city became a sadly appropriate setting for Smith to tackle her latest project: a one-woman show about the "school… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch MacArthur ‘genius’ Lin-Manuel Miranda on falling in love for a living By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Lin-Manuel Miranda is one of 24 new recipients of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships, also known as “genius grants.” The composer/playwright/performer explains what it’s like to fall in… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 3:11 At UN, coalition finds little consensus on how to fight extremism By PBS News Hour President Obama led a meeting of more than 60 nations at the United Nations on ways to combat violent extremism and dismantle the Islamic State, but consensus on how to proceed eluded the coalition. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner… Continue watching