Sep 27 Watch 4:14 How data is helping asthmatics breathe easier By PBS News Hour Since 2012, an innovative project in Louisville, Kentucky, has been collecting data on hundreds of the city's asthmatics by attaching GPS trackers to their inhalers to help residents better manage their asthma, monitor air pollution and shape future public health… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 25:12 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode September 26, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, September 26th, 2015, Pope Francis visits Philadelphia and urges Catholics to take a greater role in the church, and in our signature segment, meet the new generation of men hoping to enter the priesthood. Also,… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode September 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, September 20th, the United States announces it will increase the number of refugees it takes in, and, how Syrian refugee families are starting over in Germany. Also, Time for School in Brazil: Living in poverty… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 3:39 Japan passes controversial law to nix military limits By PBS News Hour This weekend, Japan gave the green light to its military to deploy troops abroad to help allies fight in the name of collective self-defense, removing a limitation on troops engaging only in self-defense were Japan to be attacked. Peter Landers,… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 4:11 After long journey to Germany, refugees confront new challenge of integration By PBS News Hour The United Nations this weekend said 80 percent of the migrants coming to Europe are from war-torn Syria, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan. Recent refugees arriving in new countries face a challenge that will take much longer than the journey from… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode September 19, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, September 19th, 2015, the United States and Russia hold talks over military involvement in the Syrian Civil War. Also, in the first installment of our 'Time for School' series, a young man in Kenya struggles… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 25:18 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode September 13, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, September 13th, 2015, we go on the road with migrant families as they try to get through Europe, why living in a smaller city is costing you more to fly, and the rise of sneaker… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 1:48 How to protect the vulnerable eggs of Mexico’s sea turtles? Drones. By PBS News Hour More commonly, aerial drones can be used by governments for spying on enemies. And now in Mexico, they're being used to keep an eye out for and protect unhatched sea turtles. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 7:48 Migrants find more safety but less certainty on journey through Europe By PBS News Hour On Sunday, Germany blocked migrant-packed trains coming from Austria and announced new border checks, as migrants struggle to make their way from southern and eastern Europe to wealthier and more welcoming countries in the north and west. NewsHour's William Brangham… Continue watching
Sep 13 Gentler justice: Florida youth detention center enacts ‘homelike’ reforms By Megan Thompson The Duval County Detention Center in Jacksonville, Florida, where teenagers who have been arrested wait to be arraigned or sent on to long-term facilities, has enacted a set of reforms by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice over the last… Continue reading