Apr 23 North Korea detains third American By Michael D. Regan North Korea detained a U.S. citizen on Saturday, according to Park Chan-mo, chancellor of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 22, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Saturday, April 22, thousands of people join the March for Science across the country and scientists gear up to run for office. Later, France prepares to hold a presidential election. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 5:21 Eleven candidates vie for the French presidency By PBS News Hour On Sunday, France is set to hold a presidential election to replace outgoing socialist President François Hollande, who chose not to run for re-election. But with 11 candidates on the ballot, none is expected to win an outright majority. NewsHour… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 9:23 Scientists consider running for office By Mori Rothman, Megan Thompson As President Donald Trump’s administration proposes cuts to science programs across the country, some scientists and engineers are considering whether they should run for elected office. One of the biggest worries, some say, is whether revealing their partisan politics could… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 4:00 Trump grapples with campaign promises on environment By PBS News Hour At the March for Science in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, speakers and attendees expressed concern over President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and other science programs. Coral Davenport, reporter at The New York Times, joins Hari… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 16, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, April 16, the U.S. responds to North Korea’s failed missile test and Turkey’s president gets more executive power. Later, Democratic members of Congress have reintroduced a bill for paid family leave, something Rhode Island is… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 3:29 Georgia Dems aim for upset in Republican stronghold By PBS News Hour A special election on Tuesday will replace an open House seat in Georgia's 6th Congressional District left by Tom Price, who is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The district outside Atlanta has been solidly Republican for 25… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 4:06 Turkey votes to expand presidential powers By PBS News Hour Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan eked out a major victory on Sunday to expand his executive powers. A narrow majority of Turks voted on a referendum to amend the country's constitution and abolish the office of the prime minister, allowing… Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch 9:04 Can Rhode Island’s paid family leave be a national model? By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo In 1993, former President Bill Clinton signed into law the Family and Medical Leave Act, granting unpaid family leave to millions in the U.S. Decades later, the country has yet to implement a paid family leave policy -- but some… Continue watching
Apr 16 Delaware returns to death penalty debate after prison uprising By Kamala Kelkar Just after 10 a.m. on Feb. 1, a group of inmates took four staff hostage as they seized control of Building C at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware. Continue reading