Dec 30 Influential people we said goodbye to in 2022 Queen Elizabeth II who modernized the British monarchy, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev who introduced glasnost and actor Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman, are among some of the notables who died this year. Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch 6:16 News Wrap: Police charge man in killing of four University of Idaho students In our news wrap Friday, a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was arrested in Pennsylvania on four counts of first-degree murder, Southwest Airlines is back to a relatively normal flight schedule after days of widespread cancellations… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 7:10 What did we learn from Trump’s tax returns? By Lisa Desjardins Following a long legal battle and public debate, House Democrats released six years of former President Trump’s tax returns. Thousands of pages show his personal and business taxes from the years he ran for and served as president. Russ Buettner… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 5:57 FDA criticized for working too closely with biotech company to approve Alzheimer’s drug By Geoff Bennett New findings from a congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration and the biotech company Biogen find the FDA broke its own protocols to approve a new Alzheimer’s drug last year. The report said the FDA worked too closely… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 5:35 Former Obama staffer fights to raise ALS awareness after devastating diagnosis By Brandis Friedman, WTTW When a former Obama campaign staffer was diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS, he was given six months to live. But five years later, with his wife's help, Brian Wallach is still fighting the disease and raising awareness in… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 5:03 NewsHour viewers reflect on the biggest moments of the year By Frank Carlson As we close out one year and look to the next, we bring you some reflections from our viewers on some of their high moments and low ones in 2022, as well as their hopes for themselves and the country… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 12:39 Brooks and Capehart on the year in politics and what’s ahead in 2023 New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to reflect on the year in politics and look ahead to 2023. Plus, they share their favorite memories as Judy departs the NewsHour anchor… Continue watching
Dec 30 Watch 8:36 Judy Woodruff’s goodbye message to viewers as she departs NewsHour anchor desk Judy Woodruff signed off as NewsHour anchor Friday night with a special message to viewers. While her time as anchor has ended, she will devote 2023 and 2024 to a new national reporting project, "Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a… Continue watching
Dec 30 From student debt to Bono, here are 6 updates on 2022 NewsHour stories By Hannah Grabenstein As the year comes to a close, the PBS NewsHour followed up on six stories we reported on in 2022. Continue reading
Dec 30 Baseball star Aaron Judge named AP male athlete of the year By Mike Fitzpatrick, Associated Press After hitting 62 home runs to break an American League record that lasted six decades, Judge has been voted The Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year by a panel of 40 sports writers and editors from news outlets across… Continue reading