Sep 25 Writers Guild reaches tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end strike By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Actors remain on strike, but movement on the writers’ demands could mean that the actors will find a resolution soon as well. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 3:07 News Wrap: GOP hardliner blasts McCarthy’s plan to avoid government shutdown In our news wrap Sunday, House negotiations to avoid a government shutdown enter their final week, France is ending its military presence in Niger, talks continued in the auto workers and Hollywood strikes, NASA retrieved its first asteroid samples from… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 5:17 How a lack of regulation for tattoo ink puts Americans’ health at risk By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Nearly one in three Americans surveyed this summer said they have at least one tattoo, according to the Pew Research Center. But while tattoo artists are required to have a license in all 50 states and the District of Columbia,… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 5:18 Why unexpectedly high ambulance bills are still a problem in the U.S. By Ali Rogin, Laura Santhanam, Kaisha Young In a medical emergency, you want to get to a hospital as quickly as possible. But what happens when the cost of that transportation is hundreds or thousands of dollars, even with insurance? NewsHour health reporter Laura Santhanam joins Ali… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 4:16 The life of Lydia Mendoza, the 1st queen of Tejano music By John Yang, Claire Mufson For Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of our “Hidden Histories” series, we look back on the life of Lydia Mendoza, a Mexican American singer whose music bridged styles and cultures to tell the stories of the working class. Continue watching
Sep 24 Weakened Ophelia poses flood risk in parts of Northeast as new storm brews in the Atlantic By Laura Ungar, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press After being downgraded from a tropical storm, Ophelia on Sunday still threatened parts of the Northeast with coastal flooding, life-threatening waves and heavy rain from Washington to New York City, the National Hurricane Center said. Continue reading
Sep 24 An Afghan man’s denied asylum case offers a glimpse into U.S. immigration court By Julie Watson, Associated Press The case of an Afghan man who represented himself in U.S. immigration court offers a rare look in that system's proceedings. A Texas judge denied him asylum and ordered him deported. But experts who reviewed a transcript of the April… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 2:55 News Wrap: Tropical Storm Ophelia drenches communities along Atlantic Coast In our news wrap Saturday, Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina, the family of a Black high school student suspended for his hairstyle is suing Texas Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, car dealers may soon feel ripple… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 7:04 College hopefuls face changing admissions landscape after Supreme Court ruling By John Yang, Kaisha Young This fall is the first college application season in which schools are prohibited from considering race and ethnicity when making admissions decisions, after June's landmark Supreme Court ruling. Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Center on Education… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 6:18 Rollout of driverless cabs in select U.S. cities raises safety questions By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde If you call a taxi in some U.S. cities, the car that picks you up might not have a driver. Self-driving “robo-cabs” are generating a lot of interest and controversy, and major technical questions remain. Aarian Marshall, a staff writer… Continue watching