Apr 19 Ferry captain arrested in South Korea By Kayla Ruble The 68-year-old captain of the ferry that sank off the southern coast of South Korea was arrested on Saturday for suspicion of negligence and abandonment. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Ukraine orders anti-terrorism action against separatist revolt By PBS News Hour On Sunday, the Ukrainian crisis escalated as government forces took on pro-Russian secessionists with reports of causalities on both sides. For more about this intensifying crisis, Peter Leonard of the Associated Press joined Hari Sreenivasan from Donetsk, Ukraine via Skype. Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Solar-powered plane revealed in Switzerland By PBS News Hour Following 12 years of research and testing, designers and pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg debuted a huge solar-powered plane in Switzerland this week. The plane, which boasts a wingspan wider than a 747's, is covered in more than 17,000… Continue watching
Apr 13 Watch Papyrus referencing Jesus’ wife dates back to ancient times By News Desk Experts at Columbia, MIT and Harvard have concluded through scientific testing that a small papyrus fragment that quotes Jesus making references to “my wife,” is in fact from ancient times. What do these new findings reveal? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with… Continue watching
Apr 13 Clashes with pro-Russian separatists intensify in eastern Ukraine By Kayla Ruble Triggered in part by a security officer's death, Ukraine's acting president Oleksander Turchinov said on Sunday that the country's armed forces were planning to launch a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" against the pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Nurses help addicts inject heroin at controversial clinic battling H.I.V. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Walmart announces plan to cut prices on some organic products By News Desk Organic food sales totaled some $30 billion in the U.S. last year and suppliers can barely keep up with demand. Earlier this week, the nation’s largest retailer, Walmart, announced that it would slash prices of some of its organic products… Continue watching
Apr 12 Syrian village reportedly hit by poison gas attack By Kayla Ruble There are reports that a gas attack hit a village in the central province of Hama on Friday, with both the Syrian government and rebel forces blaming each other for the incident. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch Without funds to pay fines, minor incidents can mean jail time By PBS News Hour Cities across the country are increasingly turning to what are known as private probation companies to collect unpaid fines. But are indigent people ending up in jail because they can't afford to pay? Special correspondent John Carlos Frey takes an… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch Sunday, April 6, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight's program, a look at new clues about the missing Malaysian jetliner. In our signature segment, boomtowns spur economic growth in Mexico. And, are the jobs gained in the March unemployment report the same quality as those lost in… Continue watching