May 22 Watch 2:03 Take an elevator ride back in time By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, The New York Times shows a World Trade Center elevator that takes you on an animated, time-lapse ride of Manhattan skyline has changed since 1500. Continue watching
May 22 Watch 2:45 Stephen Colbert, Tim Cook, George W. Bush crack jokes for Class of 2015 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 22 Watch 7:18 Giving homeless transgender youth a safe haven from the streets By PBS News Hour Homelessness is a reality for many young transgender Americans. In Washington, a row house has been turned into a safe haven for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth who have nowhere else to go. Hari Sreenivasan talks to the group… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 13:33 Shields and Gerson on GOP's Patriot Act rift, Islamic State's victories By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, new doubts about the Obama administration’s strategy for fighting the Islamic State, the political divide on key provisions of the Patriot Act… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 6:35 Number of seniors threatened by hunger has doubled since 2001, and it's going to get worse By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 22 Watch 4:19 News Wrap: State Department releases Clinton emails on Benghazi By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the State Department released nearly 300 emails from then-Secretary Hillary Clinton on the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. One was heavily redacted at the FBI’s request. Also, at least 40… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 7:30 The Patriot Act's strange divide By PBS News Hour On June 1, the NSA will lose legal authority to collect bulk phone records, as key provisions of the Patriot Act expire. The House has passed a new bill replacing bulk collection with more targeted searches. But some senators, including… Continue watching
May 22 Watch 4:46 Will Ireland be the first country to adopt gay marriage through a popular vote? By PBS News Hour The Irish went to the polls to Friday to vote on a referendum to legalize gay marriage, marking a key change in the country’s attitudes. Homosexuality in the Catholic country was only decriminalized in the early 1990s, and many still… Continue watching
May 22 Asking for help at 80 -- America's new faces of hunger By Ariel Min The warm sands and tony neighborhoods in Naples, Florida, give it the name “Paradise Coast.” But for seniors struggling to keep food on the table, it’s far from a paradise. Continue reading
May 22 Photos: Capturing the slick from California's oil spill By Ariel Min, Joshua Barajas For most of the week, hundreds of clean-up workers have collected globs of black goo and scrubbed rocks coated with the sticky substance to restore a California beach that was contaminated with oil. Continue reading