Mar 29 Watch 25:15 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 29, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 29th, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry cancels an event in the U.S. to try wrap up the Iran nuclear deal, the future of television is examined in our signature segment as more young… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 3:07 Inside the new federal pay day loan rules By PBS News Hour This week, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took new steps to protect the working poor from people critics describe as predatory lenders, those who make what are known as pay day loans. Chico Harlan of the Washington Post joins… Continue watching
Mar 29 Two bodies recovered from rubble of East Village fire By Daniel Costa-Roberts Rescue workers recovered two bodies from the wreckage of a fire in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood Sunday afternoon. Continue reading
Mar 29 As HIV epidemic rages in Indiana, lessons to be learned from Vancouver By William Brangham Indiana Governor Mike Pence this week declared a public health emergency because of 79 H.I.V. cases among injection drug-users in the southern part of the state. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 1:42 Drive-by jargon: Decoding Silicon Valley's puzzling tech billboards By PBS News Hour Billboards with language aimed at the tech industry are plentiful along a 49-mile stretch of freeway between San Francisco and San Jose. KQED San Francisco's Scott Shafer reports. Continue watching
Mar 29 What's your media diet? See how you compare to the NewsHour team By Elisabeth Ponsot Is it ethical to use a friend's Netflix password? Is cable still worth the cost? Read what NewsHour staff had to say about their media diet and share your thoughts. Continue reading
Mar 29 NSA considered scrapping phone program before Snowden leaks By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The National Security Agency considered abandoning its secret program to collect and store American calling records in the months before leaker Edward Snowden revealed the practice, current and former intelligence officials say, because some officials believed the costs outweighed the… Continue reading
Mar 29 JetBlue pilot who had midair meltdown sues airline for more than $14M By Triana Kalmanoff Former JetBlue Airways Corp pilot, whose mid-flight meltdown forced an emergency landing of a plane he was co-piloting, sued the airline for more than $14 million on Friday, claiming the airline permitted him to fly despite signs of mental health… Continue reading
Mar 29 WHO: Long-cleared Roundup ingredient 'probably' causes cancer By Megan Thompson The World Health Organization announced findings that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp line of pesticides, is “probably carcinogenic to humans.”… Continue reading
Mar 29 Are millennials missing out by scrapping cable TV subscriptions? By Hannah Yi Over the past five years, 3.8 million American homes have opted to cancel their cable subscription or not sign up at all. Continue reading