Sep 10 John Hinckley, who shot Reagan, to be released from mental hospital today By Kamala Kelkar John Hinckley, who became a household name in 1981 when he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, is set to leave his mental hospital today. Continue reading
Sep 10 What happened to the remnants of the World Trade Center? By Michael D. Regan The artifacts come in various forms and sizes, collected from the wreckage of the World Trade Center buildings in the months following the attacks of Sept. 11. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 4:41 NYC program helps refugee kids prepare for school By PBS News Hour Students at the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in New York City are taking their first steps to adjusting to life in a U.S. classroom. This year's class of 118 students comes from families who have been granted asylum in the… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 22:26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 4, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, September 4, Mother Teresa in canonized as Saint Teresa at the Vatican. Later, hear how about a resurgence in the urban beekeeping movement. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 3:08 Mother Teresa declared a saint in Vatican ceremony By PBS News Hour Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday. St. Teresa, who died in 1997, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her lifetime of work caring for the poor in the Indian city of… Continue watching
Sep 04 Rebecca Sugar, Cartoon Network’s first female creator, on writing LGBTQ stories for kids By Corinne Segal Rebecca Sugar, creator of Steven Universe, spoke with us about her new book, attitudes toward LGBTQ themes in children's media and her personal history with fairy tales. Continue reading
Sep 04 State of emergency declared in Oklahoma after record earthquake By Michael D. Regan Oklahoma's governor on Saturday declared a state of emergency for Pawnee County located near the epicenter of one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the state. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 8:02 What caused Mexico’s drug war? By Ivette Feliciano Mexico's government has been waging a war against the country's drug cartels, whose territorial fights have left tens of thousands dead. "Kingdom of Shadows," a POV documentary that comes out this month, looks at the root causes of the violence… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 4:38 Why urban beekeeping is a rising trend in major cities By Sam Weber, Laura Fong Bees are critical to agricultural production, but beekeeping is actually increasing in cities like Los Angeles and New York City, where restrictions on the practice were recently lifted. In Philadelphia, where there are thousands of abandoned lots to forage, both… Continue watching
Sep 04 How Mother Teresa became Saint Teresa By Kamala Kelkar Mother Teresa was canonized into Saint Teresa at the Vatican on Sunday morning, joining Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc and thousands of others the Church found to be performing miracles on Earth. Continue reading