May 24 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash and wife killed in taxi crash By Carey Reed John Forbes Nash Jr., the Nobel laureate and Princeton mathematician, whose life story was the inspiration for the book and movie "A Beautiful Mind," was killed in an car accident along with his wife in New Jersey Saturday morning, New… Continue reading
May 24 Oil-leaking pipeline had no automatic shut-off valve in California spill By Carey Reed Rough waters and high winds were complicating efforts to clean up a recent oil spill off the coast of California, state officials said Saturday. Continue reading
May 24 Navy veteran skydives with soldiers in support of the military's burn victims By Carey Reed Ryan "Birdman" Parrott, a 32-year-old Navy veteran, has skydived with soldiers from every U.S. war since World War II to raise awareness for his foundation Sons of the Flag, which benefits the military's burn victims. On Monday, he'll be leading… Continue reading
May 23 Watch 25:16 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 23, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, May 23, 2015, the dramatic verdict in the case against the Cleveland officer accused of killing two unarmed suspects, the Senate fails to extend a controversial domestic surveillance program after a late-night vote, and in… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 3:13 Protests simmer, but Cleveland 'very calm' after cop's acquittal By PBS News Hour Protesters marched in Cleveland Saturday after police officer Michael Brelo was found not guilty on all counts in the shooting of deaths of two black, unarmed suspects. Mark Naymik from The Plain Dealer joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype. Continue watching
May 23 Watch 3:38 California farmers offer 'water compromise' to help fight historic drought By PBS News Hour A group of farmers in California are making an unprecedented offer to help the state fight a record-breaking drought. They've agreed to give up a quarter of their water this season. Dale Kasler from the Sacramento Bee joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
May 23 Cleveland officer found not guilty in shooting deaths of unarmed suspects By Carey Reed Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter on Saturday in the 2012 shooting deaths of an unarmed man and woman. Continue reading
May 23 Sliver of Clinton emails hint at lingering political trouble By Jack Gillum, Lisa Lerer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email account about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that was later classified "secret" at the request of the FBI, underscoring lingering questions about how… Continue reading
May 23 Watch 8:59 Highlighted by hazards, new rules aim to tackle the safety of oil trains By PBS News Hour In North Dakota, nearly a million barrels of crude oil are extracted from the ground each day, and instead of pipelines, most of it is transported by rail. Now, prompted by a series of catastrophic accidents, the Department of Transportation… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 9:07 Inside the legal crusade against Colorado's marijuana laws By PBS News Hour Late last year, Nebraska and Oklahoma filed a federal lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to declare Colorado's marijuana law unconstitutional, due to an influx of pot illegally entering those states. Now, as the Supreme Court decides whether to take up… Continue watching