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April 26, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

Apr 26, 2018 7:18 PM EDT

Thursday on the NewsHour...

Thursday on the NewsHour, Bill Cosby is found guilty on all three charges of sexual assault and lashes out in court. Also: Lawmakers grill embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt, what to expect ahead of the summit between North and South Korea, the plight of young Rohingya girls in the Bangladeshi sex trade and whether there is a bitcoin bubble.

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Health Aug 15

The year after childbirth is the deadliest for addicted women

By Christine Vestal, Stateline

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo by Jason Cohn/Reuters

Nation Aug 15

How Catholic churches in Pennsylvania hid decades of abuse

By Joshua Barajas, Courtney Norris, Patty Gorena Morales

In a “Hothouse Earth” scenario, temperatures would be irreversibly warmer than pre-industrial levels, by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius or 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit.

Science Aug 15

How to avoid a catastrophic ‘Hothouse Earth’

By Julia Griffin, Nsikan Akpan

Economy Aug 15

Hackers are preparing an ‘unlimited’ ATM cash heist. Here’s how to protect yourself

By Gretchen Frazee

Photo by REUTERS/Scott Audette

Nation Aug 15

Pennsylvania church helped former priest accused of sexual abuse get job at Disney World

By Marc Levy, Associated Press

Senior businessman with hard hat at factory with laptop

Making Sen$e Aug 15

What to ask about your employer health coverage after age 65

By Philip Moeller

Politics Aug 15

Trump to revoke security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan

A fluorescence micrograph of Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 millimeter in length. Image by heitipaves/via Adobe Stock

Science Aug 15

These tiny worms can survive forces 400,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity

By Katherine Kornei, Scientific American

File photo of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders by Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Politics Aug 15

WATCH: White House says it values diversity, won’t disclose numbers

By Associated Press

The seal of the Drug Enforcement Administration is seen on a lectern before the start of a 2013 press conference at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Nation Aug 15

WATCH: U.S., Mexico announces new plans on cartels

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

Politics Aug 15

‘Manafort and his lies’ are at the heart of the case, prosecution argues in closing arguments

By Chad Day, Matthew Barakat, Stephen Braun, Associated Press

Politics Aug 15

A handful of firsts, an upset and a surprise concession in Tuesday’s primaries

By Matt Loffman

An aerial view shows Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School following a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

Nation Aug 15

Parkland students start the school year with tightened security

By Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press

White House aide Omarosa Manigault speaks during a panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Omar Negrin/Reuters

Politics Aug 15

Black Americans aren’t buying Omarosa’s turn against Trump

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images

Politics Aug 14

In upset, Bob Stefanowski wins GOP nod for Connecticut governor

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press

Vermont Democratic Party gubernatorial primary candidate Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman, poses as she campaigns on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. Photo by Caleb Kenna/Reuters

Politics Aug 14

Vermont nominates Christine Hallquist, first transgender candidate for governor

By Wilson Ring, Associated Press

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics Aug 14

Scott Walker is Wisconsin’s GOP choice as Midwest tests Trump appeal

By Steve Peoples, Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), a candidate for Democratic National Committee Chairman, speaks during a Democratic National Committee forum in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics Aug 14

Keith Ellison wins attorney general Democratic primary in Minnesota

By Kyle Potter, Associated Press

Ilhan Omar, candidate for state representative for District 60B in Minnesota, gives an acceptance speech on 2016 election night in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Stephen Maturen/AFP/Getty Images

Politics Aug 14

Somali-American legislator Ilhan Omar wins Democratic House primary in Minnesota

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Carey Dean Moore, 60, appears in a police booking photo released in Lincoln, by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Photo by Nebraska Department of Correctional Services via Reuters

Nation Aug 14

Nebraska executes inmate using powerful opioid fentanyl

By Grant Schulte, Associated Press