Oct 20 Watch 6:30 How to make sense of the new mammogram guidelines By PBS News Hour The American Cancer Society has revised its mammogram guidelines, recommending that women with an average risk of cancer start screenings at age 45, not 40. Judy Woodruff examines the guidelines and the debate with Dr. Richard Wender of the American… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:35 At a school with a history of social protest, this teacher is leading an opposition to 'excessive testing' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 1:05 To kick off our fifth decade, watch how NewsHour has evolved By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour shares moment of the day, we celebrate the NewsHour’s 40th birthday with look at how we’ve evolved since that very first broadcast. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 5:48 What the return of high school football means to an oil boom town By PBS News Hour Like so many small towns on the Great Plains, Alexander, North Dakota, had been shrinking as more and more young people moved away. But for the first time in 28 years, Alexander has a football team, thanks largely to an… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: House GOP mull choice for speaker By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, House Republicans convened to discuss their choice for speaker, amid reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is edging closer to running. Also, former Gov. Jim Webb dropped his bid for the White House after… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 3:48 Encouraging girls to become scientists? It's not rocket science By PBS News Hour Women in the U.S. receive less than 20 percent of Bachelor's degrees in computer science, engineering and physics. Eileen Pollack, one of the first two women to receive an undergraduate degree in physics at Yale, offers a solution to getting… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:33 In 'M Train,' Patti Smith journeys to where art comes from By PBS News Hour Poet and performer Patti Smith crashed onto the rock scene 40 years ago, and made a splash in the literary world five years ago with an award-winning memoir, "Just Kids." Her newest book, "M Train," takes a trip through time… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 54:37 PBS NewsHour full episode October 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Canada’s Liberal Party makes a comeback. Also: How Slovenia and Greece are coping with the migrant crisis, a new study on treatment for schizophrenia, changing the guidelines for mammograms, how the oil boom brought football back… Continue watching
Oct 20 Is your job one of the best for work-life balance? By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Jobs and recruiting site Glassdoor ranked the top 25 jobs for work-life balance. Continue reading
Oct 20 How safe are bounce houses for kids, really? By Laura Santhanam Lily Creech never imagined that an inflatable bounce house could lead to so much suffering for her 11-year-old daughter. It was her company picnic in Miami. Barbecue smoke hung in the air. Kids were rough-housing on a bouncer with… Continue reading