May 13 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Saudi leaders visit White House By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama greeted the Crown Prince and Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, amid tensions over a potential nuclear deal with Iran. The summit will also focus on Yemen, where Saudis and their Sunni allies… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 3:53 Nepal suffers ‘carpeted destruction’ and lingering fear after second quake By PBS News Hour Freelance journalist Donatella Lorch was having lunch on the fifth floor terrace of a building in downtown Kathmandu, Nepal, when another major earthquake struck. Lorch talks to Gwen Ifill about the “utter destruction” and worsening landslides, as well as the… Continue watching
May 12 Watch 3:20 Nepal’s second major earthquake in weeks sets back recovery By PBS News Hour Another earthquake in Nepal has killed dozens so far, adding to the thousands of casualties from a major quake just a few weeks ago. John Sparks of Independent Television News reports on the physical and psychological blows to a country… Continue watching
May 12 Another powerful earthquake hits Nepal, kills dozens By News Desk A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal early this morning killed dozens of people, triggered landslides in the Himalayas near Mount Everest and brought down buildings already weakened by last month's devastating tremblor. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 4:14 Avalanches, poor weather roil search and rescue missions in Nepal By PBS News Hour Rescuers in Nepal called off their search for missing hikers due to avalanches and poor weather this weekend, even as the death toll from the last month's earthquake surpasses 8,000. Pamela Constable of the Washington Post joins Hari Sreenivasan from… Continue watching
May 10 Rescue work suspended in Nepal after fresh avalanches hit northern region By Rebecca Lee Hampered by poor weather conditions and avalanches in northern Nepal, authorities said Sunday they would suspend the search for bodies following last month's 7.8 magnitude-earthquake. Continue reading
May 08 What is political correctness really? By Gwen Ifill Filters are good. They stop us from saying what we shouldn’t when we are cut off in traffic — especially when there are kids in the car. Ideally, they remind us that we should look up the facts before we… Continue reading
May 05 Watch News Wrap: Attorney General Lynch pledges help to Baltimore By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch promised federal help to Baltimore as it considers some re-training for its police force. Lynch visited the city to meet with students, religious and political leaders, as well as the family… Continue watching
May 05 Can workers save Nepal’s sacred sites before the monsoons hit? By Laura Santhanam Alongside the feverish push to deliver medical aid and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Kathmandu is another smaller, but nonetheless important effort: protecting Nepal’s most precious temples and monuments from further damage. Continue reading
May 04 Watch News Wrap: Bill Clinton defends foreign donations to Clinton Foundation By PBS News Hour Continue watching