Aug 30 Oliver Sacks, neurologist and acclaimed author, dies at 82 By News Desk Oliver Sacks, the famed neurologist and author who was called the "poet laureate of medicine" died in his New York City home on Sunday. He was 82. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch What you should know about the national labor ruling on subcontractors By PBS News Hour This week, the National Labor Relations Board made a ruling that could play an important role in holding companies legally responsible for employees hired through subcontractors or by independently-owned franchises. Melanie Trottman of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch 9:57 ‘I just miss home’: Two stories of life after Katrina By PBS News Hour Hurricane Katrina displaced hundreds of thousands of residents of New Orleans and many never returned. For the past decade, filmmaker Rennik Soholt has followed the lives of several families who fled. Now, hear the personal stories of two former New… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 25:16 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode August 23, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, August 23, the latest on the passenger train attack in Europe, stopped by a group of passengers that included three Americans. Later, how Chernobyl, once devastated by nuclear fallout, is showing signs of life. And,… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 3:20 What we know about the foiled France rail attack By PBS News Hour French officials confirmed the identity of the would-be mass shooter who terrorized a passenger train in Europe on Friday night as Ayoub El-Khazzani, a 26-year-old from Morocco who lived in Spain until last year. Andrew Callus from Reuters joins John… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 1:50 Viewers respond to report on Puerto Rico’s debt crisis By PBS News Hour John Larson reads viewer comments about PBS NewsHour Weekend's recent story from Puerto Rico, where crippling debt and increasing healthcare costs have contributed to the island's historic financial crisis. Continue watching
Aug 23 Americans recount harrowing takedown during Thalys train attack By Elisabeth Ponsot The three Americans chiefly responsible for overpowering an armed attacker on a Thalys high-speed train recounted the harrowing takedown for reporters at a press conference held Sunday in Paris. Continue reading
Aug 23 Biden meets with Warren as he mulls 2016 run By Josh Lederman, Ken Thomas, Associated Press Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he's been weighing a presidential run to meet Saturday with Elizabeth Warren - another influential Democrat who has faced calls to enter the 2016 race. Continue reading
Aug 22 150 years on, meet the prolific pioneer who brought us the movie projector By Carey Reed Before the digital revolution hit the movie industry, the projector used in movie theaters was an evolution of the Phantoscope, developed by Charles Francis Jenkins, who was born nearly 150 years ago on Saturday. Continue reading
Aug 22 Photos: Venezuelans contend with food, medicine shortages, as low oil prices cripple economy By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Amid Venezuela's ongoing economic crisis, protests this month in the nation's capital over shortages of medicine and basic supermarket necessities have spotlighted the ripple effect of the falling price of oil, the country's main export. Continue reading