Sep 23 Watch 54:31 PBS NewsHour full episode September 23, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, as Pope Francis draws thousands of supporters in Washington, the House chaplain discusses the pontiff’s visit to Capitol Hill. Also: Europe’s leaders call an emergency meeting over the refugee crisis, Congress faces another possible government shutdown,… Continue watching
Sep 23 After controversy, pharmaceutical company will lower price of AIDS drug By Michelle Harven After outrage from the public and even presidential candidates, Turing Pharmaceuticals has announced it will reduce the price of the drug whose cost had previously increased by more than 5,000 percent practically overnight. Continue reading
Sep 23 GOP pragmatists unhappy with tea party efforts to shut down government By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Rank-and-file Republican lawmakers are increasingly protesting the tactics of tea party colleagues who demand that legislation to keep the government open also take away federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Continue reading
Sep 23 Column: Here’s the church; here’s the steeple. Open the doors — where’s all the people? By Wendy Thomas Russell Sometimes it seems as though America is hemorrhaging religion. According to the 2014 General Social Survey, 7.5 million adults — about 3 percent of all adults in this country — severed religious ties between 2012 and 2014. Think of… Continue reading
Sep 23 Beloved baseball legend Yogi Berra dies at 90 By Gretchen Frazee Hall of Fame New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra died Tuesday at the age of 90. During the World War II veteran’s 19-year career, he became a 15-time All-Star, three-time American League MVP winner and 10-time World Series champion. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 9:25 Pope Francis: Climate change ‘can no longer be left to a future generation’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 People love public libraries, but they aren’t using them By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger Most people say public libraries provide communities with essential resources for literacy and education, but the number of people who actually take advantage of library services may be slipping. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 9:45 Sex abuse scandals haunt American Catholics By PBS News Hour Thirty years ago, American church officials were warned of the coming consequences of the sexual molestation of children by priests and clerics. Over the decades, revelations of abuse and subsequent cover-ups have erupted across the country. As Pope Francis arrives… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 8:06 Navy secretary: Gender should not bar women from Marine combat roles By PBS News Hour The U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy are expected to allow women to serve in all combat roles starting next year. But the Marine Corps commandant has asked that Marines be excluded from the new rule. Secretary of the Navy… Continue watching