Nov 01 Federal court ruling allows NYC to implement stop-and-frisk reforms By Carey Reed The New York City Police Department is free to begin implementing reforms to its stop-and-frisk policy, following a federal court ruling Friday. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 2:19 Louisiana charity offers aid for influx of child immigrants in legal limbo By PBS News Hour Only months ago, tens of thousands of children crossed into the United States from Central America, creating what President Obama called a humanitarian crisis. A few thousand ended up in Louisiana, where a Catholic organization has come to their aid,… Continue watching
Nov 01 Education issue comes to the forefront in several state races By Philip Elliott, Associated Press The 1.6 million-member American Federation of Teachers plans to spend $20 million on this year's elections - a record for it. The 3 million-member National Education Association has sent almost $8 million to political allies such as the Democratic Governors… Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch What’s in a name? Political family ties may nudge wins in battleground states By PBS News Hour How much does a having a popular family name matter in politics? At least three dozen members of Congress have had family members who've held office before them. And as numerous incumbents see their political futures in jeopardy, NewsHour's Jeff… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 26, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 26, a top federal health official suggests the decision by governors to quarantine doctors who treated Ebola patients might hurt efforts to curb the disease. Later, after several recent incidents in Canada and New… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch What threat do ‘lone wolf’ terrorists pose to America’s national security? By PBS News Hour Last Monday in Quebec, a man purposely crashed his car into two soldiers, killing one of them. On Thursday in Queens, New York, a man who had posted comments sympathetic to jihadists used a hatchet to attack four rookie police… Continue watching
Oct 26 Pakistan’s first cartoon superheroine joins fight against polio By Carey Reed Amid a rise in polio cases in Pakistan, the country's first animated female superhero, Burka Avenger, has joined the fight to eradicate the highly-infectious virus. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Nigerian schoolgirls remain in captivity despite pledges for release By PBS News Hour For 10 days now there have been reports from Africa that those hundreds of school girls abducted by Boko Haram extremists last Spring would be released. But the girls remain in captivity. And, another 30 adolescents were reportedly abducted in… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch Viewers respond to report on the risk of soccer concussions for kids By PBS News Hour Viewers respond to a report examining whether soccer is safe, given the thousands of concussions that occur every year after kids use their heads to make contact with the ball. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Oct 25 Happy birthday, Picasso! Museum reopens after five-year renovation By Carey Reed On the 133rd birthday of the celebrated Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, the Paris museum carrying his name reopened after a facelift five years in the making. Continue reading