Jan 16 Watch 3:49 Inside the prison swap with Iran which freed Washington Post reporter By PBS News Hour Iran freed five Americans, including "Washington Post" reporter Jason Rezaian, who had been jailed 18 months on espionage charges that his newspaper called "trumped up". "The Post" said it couldn't be happier about his release. Rezaian and three other men… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Tech giant Google working to diversify staff By PBS News Hour American technology companies like Apple, Facebook and Google are striving to improve gender and racial diversity in their workforce. Having revealed their staffs are predominantly white men, the companies are spending furiously to recruit and keep people who aren’t. Hari… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 9:53 How NYC is tackling 1.4 million open arrest warrants for ‘quality-of-life’ crimes By PBS News Hour There are more than 1.4 million outstanding arrest warrants in New York City stemming from lapsed summonses for "quality-of-life" crimes - things like biking on the sidewalk or being in a park after closing. Critics say they burden the court… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 25:06 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 10, 2016 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: The U.S. flies a B-52 over South Korea in a demonstration of commitment to its ally, in our signature segment, a look at the oldest, voluntary school desegregation program in the country, and the U.S. considers… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 11:14 Country’s oldest voluntary school desegregation program grows in Rochester, New York By PBS News Hour The Urban-Suburban program in Rochester, New York, has given minority children the opportunity to attend schools in the suburbs that have a far larger population of white students. The program is growing, but questions still remain remain about whether the… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 3:06 U.S. mulls ending program that urges Cuban doctors to defect By PBS News Hour As part of the normalization of U.S.-Cuban relations, the Obama administration is considering ending a program that encourages Cuban doctors and nurses working outside of the country to defect to the U.S. The program has approved more than 7,000 applications… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 1:29 Remains of 144-year-old whaling shipwreck discovered near Alaska By PBS News Hour Archaeologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have made a startling discovery off the coast of Alaska: Whaling ships that sank 144 years ago. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green reports. Continue watching
Jan 10 Thousands protest missing booksellers in Hong Kong By Michael D. Regan Thousands of residents flooded into the streets of central Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the disappearance of five booksellers who are believed to be illegally detained by Chinese authorities. Continue reading
Jan 10 Sean Penn met secretly with drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman By Elisabeth Ponsot In an interview with Sean Penn secretly conducted last year, drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman admitted he was the world's largest supplier of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 25:07 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 9, 2016 By PBS News Hour Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: Germany toughens its stance on migrants and refugees, as protesters take to the streets, White House officials meet with Silicon Valley executives, seeking help to police violent extremists, and a surge in painkiller and heroin abuse… Continue watching