Sep 27 8 things you didn’t know about the moon By Carey Reed Just in time for the supermoon lunar eclipse, here are eight things you may not have known about the moon. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 3:58 To fight climate change, California air regulators restore fuel-emission cuts By PBS News Hour California's Air Resources Board on Friday approved updates to a key climate change rule that requires oil producers to cut carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel fuels by at least 10 percent by 2020. California is the only the second… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 3:29 Inside the British government’s sweeping cyber surveillance program By PBS News Hour For years, the British government has reportedly tracked and stored billions of records of Internet use by British citizens and those outside the UK in an effort to track every visible user on the Internet. Ryan Gallagher of the Intercept… Continue watching
Sep 20 Will candidates get in the way of GOP’s quest to broaden appeal? By Kevin Freking, Julie Pace, Associated Press For GOP leaders, the 2016 campaign offered a chance at redemption and fresh pitch to minorities, gays, women and others beyond the traditional core supporters. But it hasn't unfolded according to the hierarchy's hoped-for script, with some high-profile candidates inviting… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 9:31 Shadowed by fear and violence: One student’s story from a Rio slum By PBS News Hour Since 2003, PBS has followed children from different countries as part of the documentary series "Time for School." In this second installment, hear the story of Jefferson Narciso from Rocinha, one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest and violent neighborhoods. Shy… Continue watching
Sep 20 GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn’t be elected president By Hope Yen, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn't believe that a Muslim should be elected president. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Looking back on 10 years since the Gulf Coast’s ‘forgotten storm,’ Hurricane Rita By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 3:46 What’s next for talks between the U.S. and Russia? By PBS News Hour The United States is calling on Russia to discuss a political settlement to the Syrian civil war. The U.S. and Russian defense secretaries have started talking also in order to avoid a direct conflict between American and Russian forces. New… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 5:23 ‘The world caught up with me’: Painter Alex Katz continues prolific work By PBS News Hour Alex Katz is considered one of the most prominent and prolific American artists of the past 50 years. Best known for his bright, billboard-sized portraits, Katz's work has been the subject of two museum retrospectives this year. NewsHour's Phil Hirschkorn,… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 9:15 ‘Now it’s me as their elder’: After a mother’s death, a struggle to finish school in Kenya By PBS News Hour In 2000, the UN set a goal that by 2015, every child in every nation should be able to obtain free basic education. At the time, 100 million children of primary school age worldwide had never set foot in a school. Today,… Continue watching