• Experimental treatment offers hope to people struggling with chronic pain

    Experimental treatment offers hope to people struggling with chronic pain

    Oct 25, 2025 09:35 PM EDT

    ... a recent study could provide a glimmer of hope. Ali Rogin speaks with New York Times health and science reporter Pam Belluck to learn more. ... Nick Schifrin: The CDC says chronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans. Persistent pain that lasts beyond a typical recovery period can be debilitating ...

  • Meet the nurse in Uganda who climbs a 1,000-foot ladder to save lives

    Meet the nurse in Uganda who climbs a 1,000-foot ladder to save lives

    Oct 25, 2025 09:30 PM EDT

    To reach the isolated eastern Uganda mountain communities that need her help, nurse Agnes Nambozo scales a treacherous 1,000-foot ladder that is too steep for small children, mothers carrying babies and the sick to climb down. John Yang reports. ... Nick Schifrin: Finally tonight, the lengths and heights one ...

  • U.S. deploys aircraft carrier to Caribbean as strikes on suspected drug boats intensify

    U.S. deploys aircraft carrier to Caribbean as strikes on suspected drug boats intensify

    Oct 24, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Congress in the vast majority of instances where he's utilized force. Therefore, President Trump does not need to get congressional authorization to utilize force here. Nick Schifrin: Nicholas Creel, Rachel VanLandingham, thank you very much to you both. Nicholas Creel: Thank you. Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham: Thank you, Nick.

  • A look at 50 years of the News Hour

    A look at 50 years of the News Hour

    Oct 24, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    Lisa Desjardins: Judy, there are protesters. Protesters have now broken into the U.S. Capitol. Stephanie Sy: This continues to be a dangerous situation. Almost everyone has either evacuated or lost a home in this fire. And around the world. Nick Schifrin: This is the impact site for one of ...

  • Pentagon's attempt to ban books from base schools faces backlash from military families

    Pentagon's attempt to ban books from base schools faces backlash from military families

    Oct 23, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    ... country. Jessica Henninger: My children have the same rights to freedom of education as every other student in this country. Just because their father is in the military doesn't make their rights any less important. Nick Schifrin: For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin in Clarksville, Tennessee.

  • Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as his efforts to end Ukraine war falter

    Trump sanctions Russian oil companies as his efforts to end Ukraine war falter

    Oct 22, 2025 10:56 PM EDT

    ... administration has lifted restrictions so that that intelligence can go to Ukraine, so Ukraine can use those British weapons, as they did just yesterday to fire at targets inside Russia. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, our thanks to you for this late-breaking reporting. We appreciate it. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Trump's push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks

    Trump's push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks

    Oct 21, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... process, trying to get some kind of reconstruction and foreign forces into Gaza, U.S. officials tell me there is no agreement from any country to actually send any of those troops into Gaza yet. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, our thanks to you for this reporting.Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • How European leaders are responding as Trump urges Ukraine to cede territory to Russia

    How European leaders are responding as Trump urges Ukraine to cede territory to Russia

    Oct 20, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Ukraine wants to try and end the war on their terms." But they need President Trump to put pressure on Russia in order to do that. And, so far, that's not what they're seeing. Amna Nawaz: All right, Nick Schifrin, thank you very much. Nick Schifrin: Thank you.

  • Relief organizations ready to surge aid to Gaza as ceasefire takes hold

    Relief organizations ready to surge aid to Gaza as ceasefire takes hold

    Oct 11, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... area that was most at risk? You have 400,000 people that are being trapped and there's no more assistance that is reaching them. Nick Schifrin: So explain that shift over the last month. How many more trucks are being allowed in and are they reaching the people who ...

  • Displaced Gazans begin returning to shattered communities as ceasefire takes effect

    Displaced Gazans begin returning to shattered communities as ceasefire takes effect

    Oct 10, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Hamas doesn't demilitarize. But, bottom line, Geoff, certainly, on both sides, Israelis and Palestinians tonight hoping the cease-fire holds and this is the end of the war. Geoff Bennett: Nick Schifrin, grateful, as always, for your reporting, this past week in particular. Thank you. Nick Schifrin: Thanks, Geoff.