Oct 11 News Wrap: Human rights group says Syrian rebels killed, kidnapped civilians .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } In our news wrap Friday,… Continue reading
Oct 11 How do we preserve the world’s most treasured sites from being ‘loved to death’? .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } From corroding modernist monuments to… Continue reading
Oct 11 Malala says assassination threats can’t weaken her cause By News Desk EmbedVideo(7682); Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl, became well-known in 2009 when she wrote a series of published diary articles about the right to education, especially for girls. Last October, in the Swat Valley region of Pakistan, a Taliban… Continue reading
Oct 01 Government Closes as Standoff Continues House Speaker John Boehner said Monday that he didn't want a government shutdown, but added the health care law "is having a devastating impact. ... Something has to be done." Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images If you had better… Continue reading
Sep 07 Gwen Ifill to Interview President Barack Obama Monday President Barack Obama sat down with Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff Aug. 28 at the White House. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza PBS NewsHour co-anchor Gwen Ifill will interview President Obama on Monday at the White House. Continue reading
Aug 28 Obama to the NewsHour: No Decision on Syria, Taking Action on Voting Rights EmbedVideo(7251, 482, 304); In this excerpt, President Barack Obama says he has not made his decision on U.S. action against Syria. For the full interview, watch the PBS NewsHour Wednesday. President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has… Continue reading
Aug 27 Obama Sits Down With NewsHour’s Ifill and Woodruff for Exclusive Interview As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the PBS NewsHour prepares to make some history of its own. Wednesday, Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will sit down with President Barack Obama. The… Continue reading
Jul 12 Restoring the San Joaquin River and Recalling Its History This photo from 1900 shows European-Americans boarding rowboats on the banks of the San Joaquin River in California. Using archives records like maps and photographs, scientists are trying to revive the delta. Photo courtesy Bank of Stockton For centuries,… Continue reading
Jul 12 My Eight Seconds With the ‘Hugging Saint’ PBS NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni's program and "hugging token" for her visit to a revered guru known as the "hugging saint." Amma, a 60-year-old South Indian woman who has hugged more than 32 million people to promote love,… Continue reading
Jul 03 Will the Real Egyptian President Please Tweet? Perhaps it's a sign of the times, but as wire services scrambled this afternoon to see if they could get a reaction from Mohammed Morsi, (the newly deposed former President of Egypt) they turned to a quote via a Twitter… Continue reading