• South Sudan civil war causes Africa’s worst refugee crisis

    South Sudan civil war causes Africa’s worst refugee crisis

    Oct 15, 2017 08:56 PM EDT

    ... harrowing experience. She says four government soldiers from President Salva Kiir’s Dinka tribe stopped her as she was fleeing South Sudan and raped her right in front of her family. AGNES: (translated to English) When they started raping me, they told me not to raise alarm, otherwise they would ...

  • Battle to retake Raqqa inches toward conclusion

    Battle to retake Raqqa inches toward conclusion

    Oct 05, 2017 11:14 PM EDT

    ... Okab, said speed was the best defense against rocket-propelled grenades. He handled his Humvee with the skill of a rally driver. Okab lost two brothers to the Islamic State, one shot, one beheaded. The commander we meet is nicknamed Earthquake. For three weeks, his unit has laid siege to ...

  • San Juan mayor: Trump can attack me as long as it gets out the message that Puerto Ricans are hungry

    San Juan mayor: Trump can attack me as long as it gets out the message that Puerto Ricans are hungry

    Oct 04, 2017 11:22 PM EDT

    ... is a moral imperative to help us, to come to our aid. And, yes, this is a humanitarian crisis. The world can see it. Our brothers and sisters from unions see it. Our brothers and sisters from New York, from California, from Miami Beach, from Boston, from Chicago see it ...

  • U.S. Virgin Islands need help rebuilding hospitals ‘from the ground up’

    U.S. Virgin Islands need help rebuilding hospitals ‘from the ground up’

    Sep 28, 2017 10:32 PM EDT

    ... the lights on, and doing what we do after we have these damaging hurricanes. JUDY WOODRUFF: So, what would you say your greatest needs are right now? GOV. KENNETH MAPP: Infrastructure development, help in terms of building the power systems up, help in getting the road systems back up and ...

  • Agent Orange puts a new generation at risk in Vietnam

    Agent Orange puts a new generation at risk in Vietnam

    Sep 27, 2017 11:43 PM EDT

    ... s what we all did. MAN: If you're concerned about something, you do something out it. The way I do things is, you go right to the center of the problem and where it's happening. MIKE CERRE: Dick Hughes, the draft refuser, ended up in Vietnam that summer ...

  • President's criticisms spark more protests at NFL games

    President's criticisms spark more protests at NFL games

    Sep 24, 2017 08:26 PM EDT

    ... the Atlantic, where about two dozen players took a knee during the playing of the U.S. anthem at Wembley Stadium. "We stand with our brothers," Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "They have the right and we knelt with them today. To protest, non-violent protest, is as American as ...

  • 5 overlooked stories that deserve your attention

    5 overlooked stories that deserve your attention

    Sep 07, 2017 04:16 AM EDT

    ... a sophomore from Lebanon, New Jersey, Penn Live reported. The judge also dropped four defendants from the case. (Two other fraternity members who waived their right to a hearing still face their own charges). Piazza was 19 when he participated in an initiation event for Beta Theta Pi at the ...

  • Irresistible to tourists, has Venice become unwelcoming to its inhabitants?

    Irresistible to tourists, has Venice become unwelcoming to its inhabitants?

    Aug 30, 2017 12:50 AM EDT

    Venice has long been a city of trade and travelers, but Venetians now feel tourism is squeezing them out. The city is currently losing about 1,000 residents every year as the cost of housing rises and mass tourism poses a threat to food, culture and the Venetian way of life. Special correspondent Christopher Livesay reports...

  • How one Syrian city is rebuilding life after ISIS

    How one Syrian city is rebuilding life after ISIS

    Aug 25, 2017 10:51 PM EDT

    The northern Syrian city of Manbij has long been the setting of fighting in the war against the Islamic State. But it’s been a year since the city was liberated from ISIS and many challenges still remain. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Gayle Tzemach Lemmon examines the fate of...

  • WATCH: President Trump addresses the nation on Afghanistan

    WATCH: President Trump addresses the nation on Afghanistan

    Aug 22, 2017 01:51 AM EDT

    President Trump laid out the reasoning behind his decision to not pull troops out of Afghanistan, while eschewing preset troop levels by declaring "America's enemies must never know our plans" and vowing that the U.S. would no longer engage in nation-building but suggesting a holistic approach and regional cooperation. The president also affirmed American values...