Sep 10 Watch 3:27 Once a quiet field in Shanksville, transformed into somber memorial By PBS News Hour Friday marks the 14th anniversary of September 11, 2001, and with it, the crash of United Flight 93, one of four planes that were hijacked. A new memorial was dedicated outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to honor those on board who gave… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 7:25 News Wrap: Heavy rains, border police meet refugees in Macedonia By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, some refugees trying to cross from Greece into Macedonia were detained by authorities and made to sit in the mud during a downpour. Also, the White House announced that the U.S. will take in another… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 54:21 PBS NewsHour full episode September 10, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Russia steps up military support for President Assad in Syria. Also: A memorial is dedicated to the victims of flight 93, a new ancient species could change our understanding of human evolution, how the business of… Continue watching
Sep 10 They served their country. Now they can't live in it By P. J. Tobia Some 65,000 green card holders now serve in the U.S. armed forces. Some of the men who serve never became full citizens, instead remaining legal permanent residents or another designation that allows them to live in the U.S. legally. And… Continue reading
Sep 10 Freight railroads demand Congress give them more time to improve safety By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Freight railroads are warning they may halt certain toxic chemicals shipments and stop allowing passenger trains to use their tracks if Congress doesn't extend a looming deadline to start using certain safety technology. Continue reading
Sep 10 White House says U.S. plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The White House says President Barack Obama has told advisers he wants to let 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. in the coming budget year. Continue reading
Sep 10 Federal plan targets teacher equity in 16 states By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press Sixteen states won federal approval Thursday for plans to improve teacher equity that are required under the No Child Left Behind education law. Continue reading
Sep 10 Homeland Security taking to the sky in drug smuggling fight By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press ABOVE THE CARIBBEAN SEA — As soon as the aging P-3 surveillance plane rumbles off the island runway, a crew of three agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins hunting with high-tech radar for anything that looks out of… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 7:14 What the New Jersey bridge scandal has to do with an airline CEO By PBS News Hour The CEO of United Airlines resigned amid a government investigation into favors he may have done for the former head of the New York and New Jersey Port Authority. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Scott Mayerowitz of the Associated Press and… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 3:18 Republican presidential rivals unite to protest Iran deal By PBS News Hour Republican presidential rivals Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump joined lawmakers outside the Capitol to protest the Iran nuclear deal. Political director Lisa Desjardins reports that while the deal's legislative future seems secure, the rally shows it may live on… Continue watching