Nov 02 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 2, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Nov. 2, a new climate change report warns of "irreversible" damage unless fossil fuels are phased out. Later, in our signature segment: Brittany Maynard, the young woman with terminal brain cancer, has gone to Oregon… Continue watching
Nov 02 UN report: Without action, climate change effects will be ‘irreversible’ By Carey Reed The United Nations warned Sunday that the world must get most of its energy from renewable sources by 2050, or increase the likelihood of what it called "severe, pervasive and irreversible damage."… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Photographer documents uneven Sandy recovery in hardest-hit neighborhoods By PBS News Hour This week marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. The recovery in New York has been very uneven in some of the city's hardest-hit neighborhoods. Photographer Nathan Kensinger documented this in a series of photo essays. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Nov 02 Kenyans sweep New York City Marathon for second straight year By Carey Reed Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany won the men's and women's races respectively at the 2014 New York City Marathon Sunday, both just a few seconds ahead of their competition. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch ‘It’s like choreography:’ Calder’s sculpture continues to captivate By PBS News Hour Alexander Calder was one of the modern masters of art -- breaking the mold on sculpture in the 20th century. Nearly 40 years after his death, Calder's work continues to captivate. WGBH's Arts Editor Jared Bowen sat down recently with… Continue watching
Nov 02 Virgin Galactic’s ‘SpaceshipTwo’ had ‘in-flight separation’ before crash By Carey Reed The Virgin Galactic test flight that crashed in California's Mojave desert last week began breaking apart mid-air, according to officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which launched its investigation Saturday. … Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Beyond Oregon: Should terminally ill patients be allowed to choose death? By PBS News Hour While assisted suicide is legal in only three states, the story of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer moved to Oregon so she could legally end her own life, has brought the issue back into… Continue watching
Nov 01 Boko Haram leader denies truce, says girls ‘married off’ By Carey Reed A man identifying himself as the leader of Boko Haram, contradicted reports of a truce with the Nigerian government, saying instead that the more than 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok, have been married off to the group's fighters. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 1, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, ISIS fighters reportedly commit another massacre in Iraq, an expert weighs in on what's behind the latest surge in stock prices, and in our signature segment, Jeff Greenfield reports on how Louisiana… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch What’s behind the latest surge on Wall Street? By PBS News Hour Stock prices continue going up, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closed at record highs on Friday. To explore what's pushing the numbers higher, Roben Farzad, host of the radio show, "Full Disclosure," joins Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching