May 14 Watch 24:51 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 14, 2016 By PBS News Hour Saturday on PBS NewsHour Weekend, the flow of migrants and refugees to Europe slows as the U.S. steps up deportations of undocumented migrants from Central America. Later, in our signature segment, beyond debt and Zika, a look at the looming… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 1:53 Viewer comments on a program offering cash to reduce crime By PBS News Hour Viewers expressed both skepticism and hope regarding NewsHour Weekend’s report on “Operation Peacemaker,” the California program paying young men who have criminal records $1,000 per month to stay out of trouble. In the latest installment of “Viewers Like You,” Alison… Continue watching
May 14 Watch To weaken ISIS, U.S. deploys small number of special ops in Libya By PBS News Hour As part of a strategy to weaken the Islamic State and support a unity government, the U.S. is deploying a small number of special operations troops on the ground in Libya. Washington Post reporter Missy Ryan who has written about… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 4:15 U.S. to step up arrests, deportation of undocumented immigrants By PBS News Hour Responding to a surge of Central Americans coming to the U.S. in recent years, the Department of Homeland Security has planned a month of raids on immigrants found to have crossed the southwest border illegally. Reuters reporter Julia Edwards, who… Continue watching
May 14 Business lobby calls for U.S. to drop sanctions on Myanmar By Michael D. Regan and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The U.S. business lobby says it is high time to drop the remaining U.S. sanctions on Myanmar, but human rights activists and U.S. lawmakers say not so fast. Continue reading
May 14 This stargazing photographer wants to inspire an end to light pollution By Corinne Segal Most people alive today have never seen the Milky Way. That's a problem that Matt Dieterich, a night sky photographer, has spent his life working to fix. Continue reading
May 14 Watch 9:17 Beyond debt default and Zika, Puerto Rico struggles as trash piles up By Ivette Feliciano, Melanie Saltzman As Puerto Rico’s government grapples with an economic crisis, a Zika outbreak, and widespread landfill closures, another disaster is brewing -- trash on the island. Whenever it rains, several feet of black, contaminated water and trash flood the homes of… Continue watching
May 14 Report: Billionaire Adelson will give Trump millions for 2016 election By News Desk The biggest donor in the last presidential election cycle is now backing Donald Trump. Continue reading
May 14 Germany may spend $106 billion on refugees in next five years By Kamala Kelkar Amid a refugee crisis, Germany’s federal government could spend 93.6 billion euros ($106.2 billion) on housing, language lessons and other basic needs over the next five years. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, May 8, a Canadian wildfire that has displaced at least 80,000 people continues to grow and now covers 800 square miles. Later, in our signature segment, how the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton” is transforming the way… Continue watching