Sep 14 Still reeling from Dorian, Bahamas faces tropical storm By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Officials temporarily suspended aid efforts and closed a couple of small airports in the Bahamas on Saturday as Tropical Storm Humberto threatened to lash the archipelago’s northwest region that was already hit by Hurricane Dorian two weeks ago. Continue reading
Sep 14 White House says bin Laden son killed in U.S. operation By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The White House says Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, has been killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Continue reading
Sep 14 Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Drones claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies. Continue reading
Sep 08 ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ star Nikesh Patel on reimagining the rom-com By Pavni Mittal, Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan "Four Weddings and a Funeral" star Nikesh Patel, who plays Kash Khan in the Hulu series, says it was the show’s dedication to inclusion and new voices that attracted him to the project. NewsHour Weekend’s Pavni Mittal spoke with Patel… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 9:49 The culture of masculinity and its negative impacts on men By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan The American Psychological Association in 2018 published its first-ever psychological practice guidelines for boys and men. The guidelines look at how concepts of masculinity and the socialization of men may be contributing to higher rates of suicide, depression, health issues… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 5:16 What’s next for U.S.-Afghanistan peace talks? By PBS NewsHour President Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had canceled a secret Camp David meeting with the Taliban and Afghan officials, after the insurgent group “admitted” to a suicide attack in Kabul that killed 12 people, including a U.S. Continue watching
Sep 08 A Purdue bankruptcy would make opioids cases even messier By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press State and local governments have sought billions of dollars from Purdue Pharma as a way to hold the company and the family that owns it accountable for the nation's opioid epidemic, a potential payout that is now clouded in uncertainty… Continue reading
Sep 08 How climate change is driving emigration from Central America By Miranda Cady Hallett, The Conversation The link between environmental instability and emigration from Central America became apparent in the late 1990s and early 2000s as earthquakes and hurricanes, especially Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and its aftermath, were ravaging parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Continue reading
Sep 08 Moscow votes in protest-shadowed election By Associated Press Residents of Russia's capital voted Sunday in a city council election shadowed by a wave of protests that saw the biggest demonstrator turnout in seven years and a notably violent police response. Continue reading
Sep 08 Search warrants served in California boat fire investigation By Associated Press Authorities served search warrants Sunday at the Southern California company that owned the scuba diving boat that caught fire and killed 34 people last week. Continue reading