Aug 06 Watch Concerns grow as fentanyl fuels rise in opioid overdose deaths By PBS News Hour According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999. But amid growing concern over the country’s problem with heroin and prescription opioids, a lesser-known drug in that same group is just… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 3:25 On the ground in Brazil as Olympic Games begin By PBS News Hour The Olympic Games began in Rio de Janeiro yesterday and even though there are still problems with the economy and sewage where athletes swim or sail, the games may help restore national pride there after months of bad press. Dom… Continue watching
Aug 06 Kurdish fighters, rebel forces advance in Syria By Michael D. Regan Under a blanket of airstrikes led by the United States, a coalition of mostly Kurdish fighters on Saturday advanced into a key town in northern Syria held by the Islamic State. Continue reading
Aug 06 Feds approve controversial plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Zika By Kamala Kelkar As the Zika virus continued to spread in Florida, federal officials on Friday approved a plan to release millions of mutant mosquitoes there in hopes they can suppress the disease-carrying insect’s population. Continue reading
Aug 06 Belgian police kill man who attacked officers with machete By Michael D. Regan A man who attacked two female police officers with a machete on Saturday outside the central police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi has died from gunshot wounds, authorities said. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 31, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, July 31, Ohio has purged thousands of voters who officials say do not vote frequently enough -- a rule that has come under scrutiny, especially because of the state’s weight in the upcoming presidential election. Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 4:21 What security measures are in place around voter data? By PBS News Hour This week, political fallout continued after hackers accessed an analytics program used by the Clinton campaign, along with emails and voicemails from the Democratic National Committee. The hacks have raised concerns over the security of other data from voters and… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 3:47 Erdogan tightens control of Turkish armed forces By PBS News Hour Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved today to establish further control over the armed forces after a failed military coup. He has fired 1,400 soldiers, sailors and airmen for suspected links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Dion Nissenbaum of the… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 10:33 Why Ohio has purged at least 200,000 from the voter rolls By PBS News Hour No Republican candidate, and no Democratic candidate since 1960, has won the White House without securing the majority of votes in Ohio. With the stakes so high, Ohio’s voting rules have come under scrutiny -- in particular, a state policy… Continue watching
Jul 31 In wartime Syria, local councils and civil institutions fill a gap By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Amidst the atrocities of the Syrian war, democratic groups have arisen across the country. Continue reading