Sep 25 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan takeover In our news wrap Monday, Ukrainian military officials claim a missile strike on the Russian navy's Crimean headquarters killed Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander, thousands of ethnic Armenians are fleeing the Nagorno-Karabakh region after Azerbaijan recaptured it last week and… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 4:39 Family of Black teen suspended from school for his hairstyle sues Texas leaders By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas The family of Darryl George, a Black student in Texas suspended over his dreadlocks, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton. They allege Abbott and Paxton are not enforcing the Crown… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 9:08 Sheila Johnson discusses her groundbreaking career and new memoir ‘Walk Through Fire’ By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Ian Couzens, Satvi Sunkara Sheila Johnson made history as America's first Black female billionaire after co-founding BET. She broke barriers and found success as an entrepreneur, hotel mogul and co-owner of multiple professional sports teams. But that success came at a cost and masked… Continue watching
Sep 25 Biden administration allocates more than $1 billion to support railway safety, boost capacity By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday “these projects will make American rail safer, more reliable and more resilient." Buttigieg says the projects will benefit dozens of communities where railroads are located and strengthen supply chains. Continue reading
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