Sep 03 Updated: Who to Follow on Twitter for the Latest on Syria The father of 13-year-old Yahya Sweed talks with his son a day after he was released from the hospital after one of his legs was amputated following shelling by government forces in the town of Kfar Nubul, Syria. Photo… Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch How the Civil Rights Movement Launched the Fight for LGBT, Women's Equality How the Civil Rights Movement Launched the Fight for LGBT, Women's Equality… Continue watching
Sep 02 Nyad's Feet Touch Sand, Swimmer Completes Historic 110-Mile Swim EmbedVideo(7278, 482, 304); Diana Nyad has reached Key West on the coast of Florida. You can watch the final leg of her swim here. Update: 6:30 p.m. ET Shortly before 2 p.m. ET, a sunburned and visibly… Continue reading
Aug 31 Obama Set to Discuss Syria PBS NewsHour will live stream announcements and speeches as they relate to the ongoing conflict in Syria. Watch the player above for the latest. WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top national security advisers gathered at the White House on… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch Poet Seamus Heaney, 74, Explored the 'Wideness of Language' Poet Seamus Heaney, 74, Dug the 'Wideness of Language' With His Pen… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Can America Fulfill the Demands Made by Those Who Marched on Washington? Can America Fulfill the Demands Made by Those Who Marched on Washington?… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire's Help Crews Work to Save Yosemite Sequoias, Tree That Usually Thrives With Fire's Help… Continue watching
Aug 30 Twitter List: Keep Up With the Latest News From Syria A heavily damaged street in Syria's eastern town of Deir Ezzor on Aug. 26, 2013. Photo by Ahmad Aboud/AFP/Getty Images. An alleged chemical attack outside Damascus on Aug. 21 drew the world's concern back to the Syrian civil war. Since… Continue reading
Aug 30 Nobel Laureate, World Famous Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at 74 By Margaret Myers Seamus Heaney, one of the major poets of the twentieth century, died in Dublin on Friday at the age of 74. Known in his native Ireland as “Famous Seamus,” Heaney was that rare writer who garnered critical acclaim while harvesting… Continue reading
Aug 30 Gwen's Take: War and Peace and the President On Wednesday, President Barack Obama sat down with NewsHour's Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza It never gets old slipping inside the gates at Pennsylvania Avenue and walking up the path to the White… Continue reading