Jan 25 Watch 25:15 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Jan. 25, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Jan. 25, a critical election in Greece -- what the voting means for all of Europe and for markets around the world. Later, a top health official explains what's behind the growing outbreak of measles… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 5:32 ‘Completely avoidable’: Vaccination could have prevented Disneyland measles outbreak By PBS News Hour U.S. health officials say the recent measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in Southern California continues to ripple across the nation with approximately 100 cases reported so far. How great a risk does this pose and how can people protect… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 1:48 In danger or endangered? Will ‘world’s loneliest orca’ be released into the wild? By PBS News Hour The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration will soon decide whether to put a killer whale named Lolita who has been dubbed "the world's loneliest orca" on the endangered species list. Researchers disagree over whether to give her that protection since she'll… Continue watching
Jan 25 Crippling and ‘potentially historic’ blizzard to slam Northeast By Andrew Mach A crippling and potentially historic winter storm was approaching a large swath of the northeastern United States Sunday, which officials and forecasters warned could dump up to three feet of snow, produce high winds and cause power outages and flight… Continue reading
Jan 25 WHO contemplates reforms after admitting missteps on Ebola By Carey Reed In a special session on Sunday, the World Health Organization debated how to reform itself after acknowledging the organization had botched its response to the 2014 Ebola emergency. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 6:26 Are Modi’s pro-business plans a path out of poverty for India’s poor? By PBS News Hour NewsHour travels to Gujarat, India to explore Narendra Modi's policies. Modi has amassed supporters throughout the country who praise his economic vision by creating jobs and improving the country's infrastructure. But critics argue many states, whose residents live below the… Continue watching
Jan 25 Exit polls show Greece’s anti-austerity party on course to win election By Carey Reed Greece's far left party was projected to win a national parliamentary election in the eurozone country on Sunday, according to exit polls. Continue reading
Jan 25 Kerry in Nigeria to urge against postelection violence By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is encouraging the main candidates in Nigeria's upcoming presidential vote to accept the results and tamp down potential postelection violence in a country reeling from an al-Qaida linked insurgency. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 1:54 Viewers respond to report about euthanasia in Belgium By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments about a recent NewsHour Weekend segment on Beligum's euthanasia law, the least restrictive law governing physician-assisted suicide in the world. Continue watching
Jan 24 Watch 3:50 After hostage execution, Japan devotes ‘all efforts’ to rescue second from ISIS By PBS News Hour After the recent reported execution of a Japanese hostage by the Islamic State, the clock is ticking yet again to rescue another Japanese hostage still being held in Syria. Hajime Ozaki, the New York bureau chief at Kyodo News Agency,… Continue watching