Aug 05 Netflix offers one-year paid maternity and paternity leave By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Netflix announced Tuesday that it will be offering unlimited maternity and paternity leave for one year following a child’s birth or adoption. Continue reading
Aug 05 Suspected shooter at Tennessee theater reported dead By Corinne Segal A suspect is dead after police in Antioch, Tennessee, responded to reports of an active shooter at the Carmike 8 Cinema on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading
Aug 05 Half of blacks say police have treated them unfairly By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they or a family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the police, and their race is the reason. Continue reading
Aug 05 #ILookLikeAnEngineer challenges public perception of gender norms in tech By Colleen Shalby Sexist online reactions to an ad campaign featuring a female engineer prompted engineers to share their stories on Twitter with the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 54:24 PBS NewsHour full episode August 4, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, police grapple with a rise in murders across the country. Also: Protecting against drug resistant infections, Hungary struggles to cope with a flood of migrants, Dr. Ben Carson on his bid for the presidency, wildlife detectives… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 4:35 New documentary offers close-up view of violent cartels By PBS News Hour Cartel wars have been raging for years now in Mexico, with civilians getting caught in the crossfire. To document the struggle against these cartels, Matthew Heineman embedded with two vigilante groups. He joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss his new documentary,… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 5:55 CDC offers new call to arms on nightmare bacteria By PBS News Hour Drug-resistant bacteria infect at least 2 million people and kill 23,000 each year. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a call to slow the rate of hospital-acquired infections. Gwen Ifill talks to Dr. Michael Bell from… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 7:35 Wildlife detectives bust shellfish poachers in Washington state By PBS News Hour In Washington state, clams, oysters and mussels are being poached from the Puget Sound and sold for thousands of dollars. The most in-demand of these is the geoduck, which can sell for $150 a pound. Special correspondent Katie Campbell of… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 7:42 Ben Carson talks 'all lives matter,' immigration reform By PBS News Hour Dr. Benjamin Carson -- one of 10 Republican presidential candidates to make the cut for the first formal debate -- joins Gwen Ifill to discuss the campaign to defund Planned Parenthood, the root causes of gun violence, how he would… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 8:45 What caused the dramatic tipping point in deadly shootings? By PBS News Hour Why has there been a dramatic spike in homicides this year? Judy Woodruff speaks to Col. Sam Dotson, chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and Edward Flynn, chief of the Milwaukee Police Department, two cities that have seen… Continue watching