Jun 28 Explosion at Taiwan water park injures nearly 500 By Cathy Zhao Special effects color powder at a water park near Taipei, Taiwan, suddenly ignited into a fireball and blasted into a crowd on Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 28 Black churches in the South reportedly targeted by arsonists By Kenzi Abou-Sabe Six predominantly black churches in various cities in the South caught fire this week, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Three of the fires have been confirmed as cases of arson, two were likely accidental, and authorities are still… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 2:57 New rules may require children to be vaccinated in California By PBS News Hour California is on the verge of requiring more children to get vaccinations, even if parents disagree. Wall Street Journal reporter Caroline Porter joins Hari Sreenivasan from Los Angeles with more on the issue. Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 9:01 Getting to the core of al-Shabab’s conflict with Kenya By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 28 GOP 2016 hopefuls sound off against gay marriage ruling By Kristen Wyatt, Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told conservatives Saturday that the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws of nature and the laws of nature's God" when it legalized gay marriage across the nation… Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch Greece to close banks, stock market to head off economic collapse By PBS News Hour The strongest signs yet of a possible economic collapse came out of Greece Sunday as the government announced banks and the stock market will be closed Monday, and capital controls will be in place to limit massive money withdrawals. For… Continue watching
Jun 28 SpaceX rocket carrying supplies explodes, classified ‘mishap’ by FAA By Carey Reed The Falcon 9 rocket was on its seventh mission to deliver more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and materials to the crew at the International Space Station, when it experienced a "pressurization event" in the second stage of flight. Continue reading
Jun 28 Gun control not the way to prevent mass killings, Bush says By Associated Press New gun control measures are not the way to prevent mass killings such as the shooting deaths of nine people in a South Carolina church, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Saturday… Continue reading
Jun 28 What’s next for U.S. health policy? By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press There's no shortage of pressing issues, including prescription drug prices, high insurance deductibles and long-term care. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 27, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, June 27, after a dramatic week at the Supreme Court, a look at some decisions still to come, as well as an examination of the cases against suspected ISIS members here at home. And in… Continue watching