May 22 Two dead and two missing near the summit of Mount Everest By Michael D. Regan Two people died and two are missing near the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Continue reading
May 22 This designer creates jagged sculptures from software errors By Corinne Segal Software errors are front and center in "Constructs & Glitches," a new sculpture series by Christopher Stuart that draws several of its forms from technological mistakes. Continue reading
May 22 Why finding Nazi-looted art is ‘a question of justice’ By Phil Hirschkorn Holocaust survivors and their descendants have been embroiled for decades in complex legal battles for the art that once belonged to their families. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 21, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Saturday, May 21, investigators confirm there was smoke aboard EgyptAir flight 804 before it disappeared this week. Later, hear why a growing industry is relying on the collection of DNA samples and what a decline in… Continue watching
May 21 Watch 3:26 What’s next for San Francisco after its police chief’s resignation? By PBS News Hour Following a string of officer-involved fatal shootings and a racist text scandal within the police department, San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee asked Police Chief Greg Suhr to step down. Suhr handed in his resignation on Thursday. San Francisco Chronicle reporter… Continue watching
May 21 Watch 1:54 What to expect ahead of Obama’s visit to Japan By PBS News Hour On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people. A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, killing another 70,000. Japan surrendered. Since World War II, no sitting American president has visited… Continue watching
May 21 Watch Prescriptions for opioids decline amid epidemic By PBS News Hour Nearly 30,000 deaths a year can be attributed to the abuse of heroin and prescription painkillers - opioids like oxycontin, vicodin, percocet, and methadone. But a new report indicates that opioid prescriptions in the last three years have declined. New… Continue watching
May 21 Funerals held in Iraq after protesters breach fortified Green Zone By Michael D. Regan Funerals were held Saturday in Iraq for anti-government demonstrators killed during protests a day earlier, when Baghdad's Green Zone was infiltrated for the second time this month. Continue reading
May 21 Egypt sends submarine to search for clues about EgyptAir crash that killed 66 By Kamala Kelkar Before an EgyptAir jet crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board Thursday, it had sent out a burst of error messages indicating there was smoke aboard, a French air investigation agency spokesman said Saturday. Continue reading
May 21 The nation’s largest school districts are rushing to fill the coding gap By Michael D. Regan Only a quarter of America’s public schools are using a form of computer science in their classrooms, but that number is growing as schools create new coding programs. Continue reading