Feb 13 Student tortured, killed in Egypt given funeral in Italy By Daniel Costa-Roberts Flags flew at half staff Friday in the Italian town of Fiumicello, where hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of an Italian student whose body was found on the outskirts of Cairo early this month. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 8:34 Up to code? An algorithm is helping Chicago health officials predict restaurant safety violations By Megan Thompson In Chicago, the Department of Public Health has partnered with the city's data team to improve restaurant inspections by using analytics and social media to predict and detect which establishments are more likely to have potential food safety violations. NewsHour's… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 25:05 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Feb. 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: In New Hampshire, White House hopefuls knock on doors and rally supporters in advance of Tuesday's primary. Also, fact-checking Saturday's Republican presidential debate. And later, making a tax credit for low-income Americans available to more people. Continue watching
Feb 07 After uneven debate performance, Rubio rivals see opening By Michael D. Regan and Julie Pace and Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Sen. Marco Rubio's performance during Saturday's Republican presidential debate may have left room for several of his rivals to gain ground in New Hampshire. Continue reading
Feb 07 Presidential candidates make final rounds in New Hampshire By Michael D. Regan and Holly Ramer, Bill Barrow, Associated Press It's less than two days until New Hampshire voters go to the polls. Continue reading
Feb 07 Radioactive material leaked into groundwater outside New York City By Michael D. Regan High levels of tritium, a radioactive material, leaked into the groundwater around a nuclear plant located less than 30 miles outside of New York City, state officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch 4:33 How accurate were the GOP candidates at the New Hampshire debate? By PBS News Hour Saturday's Republican debate yielded a slew of statements from candidates that warranted fact checking. 'Truth-O-Meter' monitor Jon Greenberg of PolitiFact joins William Brangham from Washington to discuss. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 3:25 Candidates stump for votes in last-minute New Hampshire push By PBS News Hour Voters in New Hampshire are getting their last looks at candidates on the ballot in the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. NewsHour's Political Director Lisa Desjardins joins William Brangham from Manchester, New Hampshire, to discuss moments from the last-minute campaigning. Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 9:57 The bipartisan idea that gives a tax boost to childless workers By Sam Weber, Laura Fong A group of low-income workers in New York City are getting a larger tax refund this year. It’s part of an experiment to see what would happen if the lawmakers expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit, a four-decade-old program with… Continue watching
Feb 06 Debate takeaways: Rubio stuck in a loop, Christie on the attack By Michael D. Regan and Steve Peoples and Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Seven GOP Republican hopefuls faced off just three days before a make-or-break New Hampshire primary that some of them are not likely to survive. Continue reading