Oct 02 Big scary spiders hiding in banana cargo ships are usually harmless, researcher finds By Travis Daub Is the giant, hairy spider on your bunch of bananas cause for alarm? Most likely not. Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 1, 2014 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Secret Service chief Julia Pierson resigns after a recent White House security breach. Also, the director of the CDC on containing Ebola in the U.S., Chicago’s push to get more low-income students enrolled in college, Paul… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Previous terms cut short by convictions, iconic former mayor of Providence runs again By PBS News Hour Providence’s Buddy Cianci was once America’s longest-serving mayor who brought new life to a city in decline. But Cianci’s legacy was tarnished -- and two different administrations cut short -- by felony convictions in 1987 and 2002. This year, the… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Paul Ryan discusses 'Way Forward' on economic opportunity, future of the GOP By PBS News Hour Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012, says he won’t decide about a possible presidential run until 2015. Judy Woodruff sits down with Ryan to discuss both the personal matters -- the death of his father… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Cutting higher ed costs for Chicago's disadvantaged students By PBS News Hour In Chicago, two initiatives were launched to improve access to higher education for lower-income students. To explore the strategies that community colleges and the University of Chicago are planning to use to attract these students, Jeffrey Brown speaks with Robert… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Officials try to reassure public of Ebola containment while tracking possible exposures - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch News Wrap: Hong Kong protesters boo Chinese flag on National Day By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong booed the Chinese flag during a celebration of China’s National Day, and a chief organizer suggested the movement may storm government buildings. Also, twin suicide bombings exploded in Syria near… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch What went wrong at the Secret Service? By PBS News Hour Secret Service director Julia Pierson resigned Wednesday in the wake of revelations about security lapses in protecting the president and the White House. Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post joins Hari Sreenivasan for an update. Continue watching
Oct 01 Liberian Dallas residents worry about Ebola in their neighborhood By Stella M. Chávez and Dianna Douglas, KERA Ebola was the talk of Vickery Meadow in northeast Dallas Wednesday. It’s a refugee-rich neighborhood with a significant West African population – and it’s where a man was visiting before he became the first person in the United States diagnosed… Continue reading