Sep 21 Thousands come out for People’s Climate March in New York City By Carey Reed Thousands descended on New York City on Sunday in support of People’s Climate March, an event organizers are calling the largest march of its kind in history. Continue reading
Sep 21 UN Ambassador: Other countries support fight against Islamic State By Associated Press The United States' ambassador to the United Nations says other nations are pledging support for the fight against Islamic State group militants. Continue reading
Sep 21 Fearing eviction, Hungary’s Roma wonder ‘are we next?’ By Stephen Fee Around 25,000 Roma people live in Miskolc, mostly in Roma-majority neighborhoods, and their situation is currently in peril. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 20, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend for Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, dozens of Turkish hostages held by Islamic State militants are freed. Later, why can't retailers stop hackers from carrying out massive data breaches? And, in our signature segment,… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Should pro athletes be considered role models? Students weigh in. By PBS News Hour By a two-to-one margin, Americans disapprove of the way the NFL has handled domestic violence incidents involving its players, according to a poll conducted by ABC News and Marist college. The NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs team asked high school students… Continue watching
Sep 20 Study: Large galaxies swallow up smaller ones to survive By Carey Reed Large galaxies absorb smaller ones in order to survive in the universe, according to a new study recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch How will the NFL move forward following the Ray Rice scandal? By PBS News Hour NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell took the heat for the Ray Rice incident at a Friday press conference. But amid mounting public pressure to answer for multiple accusations of domestic-violence incidents that have spread throughout the league, how can NFL officials… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch ‘One hack after the next’: After Home Depot breach, why can’t hackers be stopped? By PBS News Hour After hackers stole customer data from the Home Depot weeks ago, questions remain as to why retail stores haven't been more successful at protecting their systems from cyber theft. For more on this, Mike Riley, a reporter with Bloomberg, joins… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Promising Roma crackdown, far-right party gains ground in Hungary By PBS News Hour Over ten million gypsy, or Roma, people live in Europe today. In the small EU nation of Hungary, a rising tide of right-wing politics has led to deepening tensions with the country’s Roma minority. NewsHour's Stephen Fee reports. Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Pot black market still thrives after Colorado legalization By PBS News Hour Although recreational use of marijuana has been legal in the state of Colorado for nine months, some people are still choosing to buy it on the black market. Critics say legalization has created two systems: a legal market for those… Continue watching