Jan 15 NewsHour Shares: Who are the women in Gordon Parks' photo from 1956? By Colleen Shalby Do you know who these women are? That’s what New York Times is asking readers in an effort to uncover the identity of the subjects in Gordan Parks’ photo. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch American doctor speaks out about his Ebola recovery By PBS News Hour The 33-year-old American doctor Kent Brantley was infected with the Ebola virus while working in a hospital in Liberia, but has reportedly made a full recovery. Standing alongside the medical team that treated him in Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital, Brantley… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch World Health Organization calls for emergency meeting on Ebola outbreak By PBS News Hour Two Americans infected with the Ebola virus and being treated in Atlanta have received an experimental drug, Z-Mapp, that had not previously been tested on humans and is in extremely limited supply. The WHO announced the latest numbers in rising… Continue watching
Aug 05 Second American Ebola patient arrives in U.S. By Sam Lane The second American aid worker stricken with the Ebola virus has arrived in the United States. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch News Wrap: House GOP elect McCarthy as majority leader By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Republicans in the House voted in California Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be the next majority leader, filling a void left by Rep. Eric Cantor. Also, as many as 75 government scientists at a Centers for… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch News Wrap: Armed with shotgun and explosives, man opens fire at FedEx near Atlanta By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a package handler opened fire at a FedEx sorting center outside Atlanta, wounding six people before taking his own life. Police said the man had explosives, but did not use them. Also, for the third… Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch Rare Arctic blast paralyzes southern communities ill-equipped for snow and ice By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch Spelman College charts a new path by encouraging women in STEM studies Spelman College charts a new path by encouraging women in STEM studies… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch Are U.S. Mayors the New Leaders of the Democratic Party? Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles and chair of the Convention, talk to Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill about the boom of city migration in the last few decades, how major… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Atlanta Starts New School Year Under Cloud of Cheating Scandal Students and teachers return to Atlanta classrooms for the start of a new school year Monday, but a major cheating scandal is still raising big questions. Learning Matters Television's John Tulenko reports. Continue watching