Mar 05 Watch Washington reacts to Trump’s claims of secret surveillance By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump is urging Congress to investigate allegations he levied Saturday without presenting evidence that former President Barack Obama improperly ordered his phone lines tapped at Trump Tower during the 2016 election. NewsHour Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 3:28 Flint water cost to rise as state ends subsidy By PBS News Hour In Flint, Michigan, residents still must use a filter to drink tap water, but the cost of that water will soon increase. The state is ending a subsidy program that reduced customers’ water bills after Flint's water was contaminated with… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 6:13 New national park celebrates Harriet Tubman’s legacy By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan After Harriet Tubman, famed conductor of the Underground Railroad, rescued dozens of people from slavery and served in the Civil War, she settled down in the small city of Auburn in upstate New York and continued a life of service. Continue watching
Mar 05 Man on death row punished after appearing in Netflix show ‘Captive’ By Kamala Kelkar Soon after Netflix aired an episode about one of the country’s deadliest prison uprisings, Ohio corrections revoked the email and phone privileges of a man on death row for appearing in it. Continue reading
Mar 05 With agoraphobia as a lens, woman ‘photographs’ the world By Corinne Segal In a typical day as the "Agoraphobic Traveller," Jacqui Kenny may see Mongolian mountains, brightly-colored houses in Arizona and a plain in Kyrgyzstan -- all from the safety of her home. Continue reading
Mar 05 At new national park, a window into Harriet Tubman’s life after the Underground Railroad By Michael D. Regan Following her missions on the Underground Railroad and service with the Union Army, Harriet Tubman began a new phase of her life in the central New York city of Auburn. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 22:26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 4, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 4, President Trump accuses former President Obama of wiretapping him during the election without providing evidence, and a look at why the U.S. military is expanding its role in Yemen. Later, citizen videographers document… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 4:00 FCC may scale back net neutrality By PBS News Hour The Federal Communications Commission has outlined a list of proposals it will discuss at a meeting later this month that span from ending the use of cellphones in prison to blocking robocalls -- one of the biggest issues for consumers. Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 3:59 U.S. warplanes bombard al-Qaida in Yemen By PBS News Hour The American military is ramping up operations in the war-torn country of Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition of mostly Sunni countries supports Yemen’s president. Since Thursday, the U.S. has carried out more than 30 airstrikes in Yemen, targeting the Islamic… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch In ‘The Future of Cities,’ innovative responses to urban issues By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green More than 31 cities around the globe -- including Tokyo, Delhi, Cairo and Mexico City -- are considered megacities, with populations of more than 10 million people. As the number of city dwellers increases, so do problems like overcrowding, pollution,… Continue watching