Sep 27 Pope Francis visit to prison highlights national criminal justice issues By Lauren Feeney Ahead of the Pope's visit, Bill Keller of The Marshall Project spoke with NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan about criminal justice reform across the country. Continue reading
Sep 27 Photos: Pope Francis wraps up first-ever U.S. visit in Philadelphia By Rialda Zukic Pope Francis concluded his first-ever visit to the U.S. on Sunday in Philadelphia. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 4:14 How data is helping asthmatics breathe easier By PBS News Hour Since 2012, an innovative project in Louisville, Kentucky, has been collecting data on hundreds of the city's asthmatics by attaching GPS trackers to their inhalers to help residents better manage their asthma, monitor air pollution and shape future public health… Continue watching
Sep 27 Pope Francis meets with victims of abuse, promises accountability By Associated Press Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those responsible for the scandal in the church, delivering a powerful warning to American bishops accused of… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 25:12 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode September 26, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, September 26th, 2015, Pope Francis visits Philadelphia and urges Catholics to take a greater role in the church, and in our signature segment, meet the new generation of men hoping to enter the priesthood. Also,… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 3:58 To fight climate change, California air regulators restore fuel-emission cuts By PBS News Hour California's Air Resources Board on Friday approved updates to a key climate change rule that requires oil producers to cut carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel fuels by at least 10 percent by 2020. California is the only the second… Continue watching
Sep 26 Rubio to ramp up campaign with more visits to early voting states By Associated Press After a summer largely spent raising money for his Republican campaign for president, Marco Rubio says he's about to start spending a whole lot more time in Iowa and the other early voting states. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 9:02 Meet the new priests of the Catholic church By PBS News Hour Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. comes at a time when U.S. Catholic church attendance has plummeted, yet since Francis' elevation to the papacy in 2013, there has been an uptick in the number of men becoming priests. Pope Francis… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 7:26 Unique mentorship between conductor and pianist sparks musical fireworks By PBS News Hour Pianist Yuja Wang has evolved from prodigy to international superstar, with some help from one of her mentors, music director of the San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas. In collaboration with KQED, Jeffrey Brown talks with the 28-year-old Chinese virtuoso… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 3:15 Pope Francis calls for peace and dignity for the poor at UN By PBS News Hour Pope Francis addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations in his native Spanish, calling for a unified global response to environmental destruction, social and economic injustice and violent conflict in the Middle East. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the pope’s… Continue watching