Jan 01 Watch 7:14 Why the latest New Horizons flyby represents a space exploration milestone On this New Year’s Day, NASA has a special reason to celebrate: Its spacecraft New Horizons has made a successful flyby of Ultima Thule, an object orbiting in space about four billion miles from Earth. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 6:24 How upcoming state laws could make it to Washington next As the calendar turned to 2019 this week, new laws are taking effect, and new state legislatures are looking to push even more changes. In some states, these measures will address gun safety, roll back business licensing regulations and legalize… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 3:34 The stories student reporters want to see in 2019 By Student Reporting Labs Participants from the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs, a project that teaches young reporters about journalism and media literacy, share what they’d like to see from the media in 2019. Continue watching
Dec 31 6 New Year’s resolutions for your finances By Gretchen Frazee Spending less and saving more is often at the top of list when Americans make their New Year’s resolutions. Continue reading
Dec 28 Despite a year of bad news, most Americans remain optimistic about 2019 By Jessica Yarvin Sixty percent of Americans are optimistic about next year according to a new poll form PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist, while 37 percent said they were generally more pessimistic about 2019. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch 4:36 Millions get a pay raise and other new laws kick in this year By Lisa Desjardins From pay raises to marijuana legalization, the New Year brought a spate of new state laws. Reid Wilson, a reporter at The Hill newspaper, tells Lisa Desjardins about the major changes that went into effect. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch 24:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode December 31, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 31, the nation confronts severe cold as the year ends, and the number of journalists jailed across the world reaches an all-time high. Also, meet legendary photographer William Wegman and his dogs. Alison Stewart… Continue watching
Dec 29 3 eye-opening, science-based New Year’s resolutions that could help everyone By Teresa Carey A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things?… Continue reading
Jan 01 PHOTOS: How we said hello to 2016 By Joshua Barajas 2015 was many things to different people, but 2016 offers a clean slate, a new year to resolve our shortcomings. Here’s how revelers around the globe bid good riddance to 2015 and marked the start of 2016. Continue reading
Dec 30 Here’s where my 2015 predictions succeeded and failed By Vikram Mansharamani Each year, Vikram Mansharamani produces a set of predictions. Unlike others, he doesn't focus on the coming year and instead looks out five years. Continue reading