Nov 02 Watch Beyond Oregon: Should terminally ill patients be allowed to choose death? By PBS News Hour While assisted suicide is legal in only three states, the story of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer moved to Oregon so she could legally end her own life, has brought the issue back into… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch What's behind the latest surge on Wall Street? By PBS News Hour Stock prices continue going up, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closed at record highs on Friday. To explore what's pushing the numbers higher, Roben Farzad, host of the radio show, "Full Disclosure," joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Nov 01 Report: 60,000 veterans got triple benefits last year -- legally By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Nearly 60,000 veterans were triple dippers last year, drawing a total of $3.5 billion in military retirement pay plus veterans and Social Security disability benefits at the same time, congressional auditors report. It's all legal. Continue reading
Nov 01 Federal court ruling allows NYC to implement stop-and-frisk reforms By Carey Reed The New York City Police Department is free to begin implementing reforms to its stop-and-frisk policy, following a federal court ruling Friday. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 2:19 Louisiana charity offers aid for influx of child immigrants in legal limbo By PBS News Hour Only months ago, tens of thousands of children crossed into the United States from Central America, creating what President Obama called a humanitarian crisis. A few thousand ended up in Louisiana, where a Catholic organization has come to their aid,… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch What's in a name? Political family ties may nudge wins in battleground states By PBS News Hour How much does a having a popular family name matter in politics? At least three dozen members of Congress have had family members who've held office before them. And as numerous incumbents see their political futures in jeopardy, NewsHour's Jeff… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch CIA and Senate battle over a report on interrogation tactics By PBS News Hour In 2009, the Senate Intelligence Committee launched an investigation of the CIA's interrogation tactics. Though the committee finalized its report in 2009, the CIA has disputed some of the conclusions and insisted on more redactions to protect agency secrets. Judy… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Washington watching political turmoil for ally Burkina Faso - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch Go inside a U.S. hospital preparing for more Ebola cases By PBS News Hour In a special ward of Mount Sinai in Manhattan, doctors, nurses and security are prepping at top speed for a dreaded scenario: someone with Ebola walking through their doors. The NewsHour’s Megan Thompson reports from one of eight hospitals in… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch News Wrap: Space tourism rocket crashes, killing co-pilot By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a test flight for a Virgin Galactic commercial space rocket crashed, killing the co-pilot and badly injuring the pilot. It was the second commercial rocket disaster this week. Also, a seven-week manhunt ended for an… Continue watching