• Angela Merkel says climate change is 'a fact,' laments U.S. stance

    Angela Merkel says climate change is 'a fact,' laments U.S. stance

    Jun 19, 2018 01:51 PM EST

    Germany's Angela Merkel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris accord, calling the move "very regrettable" at a time when the overwhelming majority of countries worldwide are trying to limit global warming.

  • ‘Catastrophic is becoming an understatement,’ aid groups lament as new Yemen battle begins

    ‘Catastrophic is becoming an understatement,’ aid groups lament as new Yemen battle begins

    Jun 13, 2018 10:40 PM EST

    The Saudi-led coalition that supports Yemen's government has begun an operation to retake the vital port city of Hodeidah, currently controlled by Houthi rebels who are aligned with Iran. Aid groups sounded alarms over the new escalation in the bloody proxy war, already the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Jeffrey Brown learns more from Gregory D....

  • Tillerson laments 'mean-spirited' Washington as he departs

    Tillerson laments 'mean-spirited' Washington as he departs

    Mar 22, 2018 06:42 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is lamenting the 'mean-spirited' nature of Washington, D.C., as he bids good-bye to the U.S. diplomatic corps. In a brief final farewell address to State Department employees on Thursday, Tillerson urged them to protect their personal integrity and to ...

  • How the people of Limerick are battling a spike in suicide

    How the people of Limerick are battling a spike in suicide

    Oct 10, 2017 08:12 PM EST

    ... and fire and ambulance crews. They learn how to quickly connect with someone in a life-threatening situation and provide help. In the past year, Limerick Suicide Watch has had more than 100 of what they call “interventions” with people in distress, said the group’s leader and lifelong Limerick ...

  • Charleena Lyles’ family takes legal action against Seattle

    Charleena Lyles’ family takes legal action against Seattle

    Aug 13, 2017 03:51 PM EST

    ... Lyles, a 30-year-old pregnant mother of four, in her own apartment. The officers have said, after responding to a 911 burglary call from Lyles, she threatened and tried to stab them with kitchen knives. Based on a police recording of the incident, the claim says the officers failed ...

  • Before you lament the end of your internet privacy, read this

    Before you lament the end of your internet privacy, read this

    Mar 31, 2017 08:27 PM EST

    ... browsing history with advertisers. A companion bill passed 50-48 last week in the Senate. President Donald Trump signed the bill Monday. Now, before you lament the end of your internet privacy -- take a deep breath. As Wired reporter Klint Finley told the NewsHour, those FCC rules never actually went ...

  • What's on Congress' lame duck to-do list?

    What's on Congress' lame duck to-do list?

    Nov 14, 2016 08:09 PM EST

    ... and what to leave for next year in hopes of getting a better deal with Trump. Here are the highlights of the agenda of the lame-duck Congress which returns on Monday: SPENDING Fighting and dysfunction have stalled 11 of the 12 annual agency spending bills, leaving more than $1 ...

  • When MLK Jr. lamented ‘we have not learned the simple art of living together’

    When MLK Jr. lamented ‘we have not learned the simple art of living together’

    Jan 19, 2016 01:37 AM EST

    In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Nobel Prize Foundation released the full audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Peace Prize acceptance speech.

  • Obama hopes to stave off lame-duck status in final year

    Obama hopes to stave off lame-duck status in final year

    Dec 26, 2015 08:32 PM EST

    President Obama is planning widespread international travel and may use executive actions on gun laws and the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in an effort to avoid lame-duck status in his final year in the White House.

  • Confirming death, France laments lack of intelligence sharing over Paris suspect’s movements

    Confirming death, France laments lack of intelligence sharing over Paris suspect’s movements

    Nov 20, 2015 12:34 AM EST

    The so-called mastermind of the Paris attacks was killed in a battle with police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday, confirmed authorities. While the French Assembly voted to extend a national state of emergency for three months, Belgian police made more arrests in a neighborhood with ties to the attackers. Judy Woodruff speaks...