Jan 03 Watch 3:48 Can US drones find the missing Nigerian schoolgirls? By PBS News Hour In the more than eight months since more than 200 schoolgirls were captured by Islamic militants in Nigeria, most are still missing, despite periodic reports about their imminent release. For the latest on the search and the increasing tensions between… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch Why a GOP-controlled Congress may abandon No Child Left Behind law By PBS News Hour When Congress returns to work next week, Republicans will have substantial majorities in the House and the Senate. Republican leaders have promised they will initiate new legislation, and one of their first efforts may be to roll back parts of… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 1:51 Viewers respond to report on jail time for people unable to pay fines 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? Hari Sreenivasan reads viewer comments to a… Continue watching
Jan 03 Four large objects spotted on ocean floor in AirAsia jet search By Elisabeth Ponsot Sonar equipment used by search teams looking for the crash site of AirAsia Flight 8501 has detected four large objects on the ocean floor, Indonesian officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 8:12 Pot pioneer: More states, Native American tribes mimic Colorado’s marijuana laws By PBS News Hour The movement to legalize marijuana is spreading rapidly as the legal sale of marijuana for recreational use begins its second year in Colorado. This past November, Oregon and Alaska voted to legalize the possession and sale of recreational marijuana. Last… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 25:21 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 28, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Dec. 28, a commercial airliner carrying 162 people vanishes in Southeast Asia -- we'll have the latest on the search. Later, as the holiday shopping season draws to a close, how did retailers across the… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 4:03 Did plunging gas prices boost holiday spending? By PBS News Hour Ever since oil prices started falling, experts have predicted that consumers would use the extra money saved to spend more on holiday gifts. Did that happen? Sara Germano of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Albany with the… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 2:22 What we know (and don’t) about the missing AirAsia jetliner By PBS News Hour As of Monday morning in Asia, the search for a missing AirAsia jetliner which disappeared carrying 162 people is resuming. The Airbus vanished from radar screens about 40 minutes after taking off from Indonesia en route to Singapore on Sunday. Continue watching
Dec 28 What will Obama’s final two years as president bring? By Julie Pace, Nancy Benac, Associated Press The Yes-We-Can man is entering a twilight of maybes, his presidency still driven by high ambitions but his power to achieve them running out. Continue reading
Dec 28 NATO marks end of combat mission in Afghanistan By Carey Reed The event was kept a secret until just before it began for fear of an insurgent attack. Continue reading