Sep 08 Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies at 96 By Larisa Epatko, Joshua Barajas The Royal Family announced the queen's death, saying she “died peacefully” at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Continue reading
Aug 30 Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of Soviet Union and ‘perestroika’ reform efforts, dies at 91 By Larisa Epatko As leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Gorbachev introduced a policy of greater transparency of government institutions and freedom of information. Continue reading
May 30 Funeral visitations begin for children slain at Uvalde school By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Over the next two-and-a-half traumatic weeks, people in the southwestern Texas town will say goodbye to the children and their teachers, one heart-wrenching visitation, funeral and burial after another. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 6:53 Remembering the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting By Courtney Norris, Claire Mufson, Dorothy Hastings As we've been reporting, 21 people died this week in Uvalde, Texas in a shooting at Robb Elementary School. We want to take a moment to remember those 19 children and two teachers, the lives they led and the legacies… Continue watching
May 17 Watch 4:23 Remembering the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo By Courtney Norris After 10 people were killed last weekend in a mass shooting in Buffalo, we take a moment to reflect on their lives and the legacies they leave behind. Continue watching
Mar 23 Madeleine Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84 By Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996 -- she was the highest-ranking woman in the history of U.S. government at the time. Continue reading
Dec 31 Iconic actress Betty White dies at age 99 By Frazier Moore, Associated Press Her combination of sweetness and edginess gave life to a roster of quirky characters in shows from the sitcom “Life With Elizabeth” in the early 1950s to oddball Rose Nylund in “The Golden Girls” in the ’80s to '00s with… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 2:06 Remembering the U.S. service members who lost their lives during the Afghanistan exit By PBS NewsHour We close Monday's NewsHour by remembering the 13 American service members who were killed last week during the terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan — losing their lives during the effort to help U.S. and Afghan allies flee in the wake… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 3:52 5 amazing American souls lost to COVID-19 By PBS NewsHour Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives. Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch 3:12 Honoring 5 extraordinary Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19 Each week, PBS NewsHour pauses to remember five Americans lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, and shares memories and highlights from their lives. Continue watching