World Jan 29 ‘I am Kenji’ Facebook page rallies around Japanese hostage A hastily constructed Facebook page, titled “I am Kenji,” calls for Islamic State militants to free Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. His captors gave a deadline of sundown Thursday to work out a prisoner swap for a female attempted suicide bomber. By Larisa Epatko
World Jan 28 Watch 6:15 What’s behind Islamic State’s prisoner swap demand? The Jordanian government said it would release a female Iraqi suicide bomber who had been sentenced to death, in exchange for a pilot captured by the Islamic State in December. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill to… By PBS News Hour
Nation Jan 27 Watch 9:40 News Wrap: Snowstorm buries Boston, spares New York In our news wrap Tuesday, blizzard conditions hit parts of southeastern New England with deep snow and high winds. Also, the Islamic State released a new threat to kill a Japanese hostage and a Jordanian pilot. By PBS News Hour