Aug 03 Watch Upwardly mobile: Paraclimbers overcome perceived limitations of disability By PBS News Hour Last month in Atlanta, 39 competitors took part in the first ever National Paraclimbing Championships sponsored by USA Climbing, the governing body of competitive climbing in the United States. NewsHour Weekend visited with some of the athletes in Brooklyn as… Continue watching
Aug 03 Arizona inmate received 15 doses of lethal injection before he died By Xander Landen Documents released by the State of Arizona on Friday reveal that Arizona inmate Joseph R. Wood III was injected with 15 times the recommended dosage of lethal medication before he died. Continue reading
Aug 03 Republicans still don't know what to do about illegal immigration By Charles Babington, Associated Press Despite passing a measure to speed deportations in the House late last week, the issue of illegal immigration still vexes Republicans who have declared their party must resolve the problem before campaigns for the 2016 presidential election begin in earnest. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend | Full Episode | Saturday, August 2, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight’s program, new efforts are underway in Egypt to try to end the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Later, what will happen to the thousands of children in this country illegally now that Congress has recessed without funding a… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Senate committee to release declassified report on CIA interrogation By PBS News Hour The Senate Intelligence Committee will soon release a declassified version of a 6,000-page report examining the CIA's rendition, detention and interrogation program. For more on this Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch While Congress lags, what happens next for people caught entering the U.S. illegally? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Viewers respond to a ban on commercial fishing in Kiribati By PBS News Hour Previous signature stories about a ban on commercial fishing by the president of the Pacific island nation of Kiribati and a profile of Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" prompted both positive and negative feedback from viewers around the country. Continue watching
Aug 02 One Honduran man's 12-year fight for asylum in the U.S. By Associated Press When he arrived at the Texas border, Celvyn Mejia Romero was 10 years old. Twelve years later, Mejla Romero is still fighting to stay in America. His unusually long bid for asylum offers a singular glimpse into the complex world… Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 'The right to be handsome': Clothing for gender non-conforming people on the rise By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Did NFL fumble on player Rice's punishment for domestic violence? By PBS News Hour Continue watching