Feb 11 Watch Telling the story of ‘Monuments Men,’ soldiers who helped save Western civilization’s treasures By PBS News Hour During World War II, the Nazis systematically looted art works from all over Europe, while combat and aerial bombing unintentionally destroyed major landmarks. The story of the quest to protect, rescue and restore Europe’s cultural treasures is told in a… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Singing robots show humanity of technology in opera of the future By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Homs evacuations continue amid delicate ceasefire By PBS News Hour Aid officials rushed to evacuate more citizens as a humanitarian ceasefire in the blockaded Syrian city of Homs was extended three more days. Judy Woodruff talks to Patrick McDonnell, reporting from Damascus for the Los Angeles Times, about violence against… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch Shields and Brooks on economic ‘sludge,’ immigration reform standstill By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 06 What Hawking meant when he said ‘there are no black holes’ By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Last week, Stephen Hawking declared "there are no black holes." What exactly that means has physicists scratching their heads. The problem is 40 years of paradoxes as scientists try to understand how black holes seem to break two rules of… Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch Closing the Gap: Rep. George Miller on why raising the minimum wage is now practical By PBS News Hour Some conservatives argue that raising the minimum wage will slow job growth without improving prospects for people in poverty. In a series of conversations about the growing divide between rich and poor, Judy Woodruff talks to Rep. George Miller, D-Calif.,… Continue watching
Feb 05 Watch Considering the ethics and economics of CVS stores ending tobacco sales By PBS News Hour CVS, the nation’s second-largest drug store chain, has announced that it will stop selling tobacco products because they pose a conflict with the health mission of the business. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Dr. Ronald Depinho of the M.D. Anderson… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Mysterious epidemic devastates starfish population off the Pacific Coast By PBS News Hour Up and down the Pacific Coast, starfish are dying by the tens of thousands and no one knows why. Special correspondent Katie Campbell reports from Seattle on how researchers and citizen scientists are investigating the spread of the mysterious and… Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch Diving into the Philippines’ dangerous, underwater mines By Hari Sreenivasan, PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson Filipino divers disappear into water as opaque as chocolate milk as they blindly dig in search of gold trapped in muddy sediment. It's risky business: As miners go deeper, underwater tunnels could collapse or the compressor that provides air may… Continue watching
Jan 27 Join NewsHour’s State of the Union Twitter watch party By Bridget Shirvell The PBS NewsHour team invites you to watch it with us by participating in our “watch party” on Twitter. Continue reading