Dec 29 Watch 10:16 Making NewsHour Weekend: Tuning into bigger conversations through music By PBS NewsHour This year, NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker and Tom Casciato reported on the notion of masculinity through the lens of music and also profiled musician Carlos Santana. They join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their mutual love for music and how it… Continue watching
Dec 29 Police: Parishioners kill man who fatally shoots 2 at church By Associated Press Congregants returned fire and fatally shot a gunman who killed two people in a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday, police said. Continue reading
Dec 29 U.S. strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in contractor’s death By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press U.S. forces conducted “precision defensive strikes” against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, a Defense Department official said. Continue reading
Dec 29 Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war By Evgeniy Maloletka, Associated Press Ukraine turned over 124 people and the separatists freed 76, according to figures from officials of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s republics, the two separatist governments in the rebel area. Continue reading
Dec 29 5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews By Ryan Tarinelli, Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press A suspect is in custody and will face five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary, police officials say. Continue reading
Dec 28 Death toll in Chile protests since October rises to 27 By Associated Press Chile’s human rights watchdog is calling for an investigation into the electrocution death of a man during anti-government protests. The death raised the number of those killed during protests that started in October to at least 27. Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch 12:07 Making NewsHour Weekend: A year of reporting on the “Future of Food” By Hari Sreenivasan, Megan Thompson, Melanie Saltzman This year, the NewsHour Weekend special series “Future of Food” covered global efforts to produce and consume food sustainably and ethically. The producers behind the series, Megan Thompson and Melanie Saltzman, joined Hari Sreenivasan to discuss their reporting and how… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 7:26 Making NewsHour Weekend: Filming in challenging locations, tracking climate change By PBS NewsHour This year, NewsHour Weekend producers Sam Weber and Connie Kargbo’s reporting took them from a slave rebellion reenactment in Louisiana to a moon landing 50th anniversary celebration in Houston to covering climate change’s effects on mangroves in Florida. They recently… Continue watching
Dec 28 US astronaut Christina Koch sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman By Associated Press A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. Continue reading
Dec 28 Thousands march in Paris to protest pension reform plan By Associated Press The march coincided with the 59th consecutive Saturday of marches by the yellow vest movement that seeks social and economic justice. Continue reading