World Feb 02 Deadly Brazil dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil all but destined to happen, experts and legislators say. By Anna Jean Kaiser, Associated Press
Episode Jan 27 Watch 25:01 January 27, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 27, government employees prepare to head back to work while the deadlock for funding a border wall continues, and a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the deadliest in the… By PBS NewsHour
World Jan 27 Search for Brazil dam survivors renews amid growing despair Brazilian officials on Sunday suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse that has killed at least 40 people amid fears that another nearby dam owned by the same company was also at risk of breaching. By Marcelo Silva de Sousa, Peter Prengaman, Associated Press