Nov 04 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Unemployment rate drops below 5 percent By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added a net 161,000 jobs in October, dipping the unemployment rate a tenth of a percent to 4.9. Also, there are guilty verdicts in New Jersey Governor Chris… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch 5:33 Loveable losers no more, Chicago raises the victory flag to celebrate its Cubs By PBS News Hour The World Series was destined for a dramatic finish: The Chicago Cubs finally ended their 108 year-long World Series drought in a hard-fought victory against the Cleveland Indians. In Chicago, fans who hadn’t seen a Fall Classic win in living… Continue watching
Nov 03 White Sox fan Obama bears no ill will toward Cubs, invites team to White House By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama has invited the World Series champion Chicago Cubs to visit him at the White House. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 2:37 News Wrap: Suspect in custody, Des Moines authorities seek motive in police killings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, investigators around Des Moines, Iowa, are seeking a motive in the ambush killings of two policemen. Also, South African President Jacob Zuma faced increasing public pressure to step down, after a state watchdog report found… Continue watching
Nov 01 What baseball is, according to this lifetime fan By Mary Jo Brooks Gail Mazur says she’s been obsessed with baseball her whole life, but she resisted the temptation to write any poems about the game because she worried how it would be received by other poets. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 12:40 Shields and Brooks on the election’s ‘parity of sleaze’ By PBS News Hour In the wake of a new FBI investigation into emails from Hillary Clinton's aides and more sexual assault accusations against Donald Trump, syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss a campaign… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 7:36 Long-suffering fans savor Chicago-Cleveland World Series matchup By PBS News Hour It’s a victory the Chicago Cubs haven’t had in 71 years: a ticket to the World Series. If they win, it will be the first time since 1908. But their opponents are also hoping for an end to a long… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 5:15 Remembering Yogi Berra, baseball great on and off the field By PBS News Hour Yogi Berra has died at the age of 90. In 1946 he joined the New York Yankees, where he became a linchpin player on 10 World Series-winning teams. But the baseball giant was also famous for his way with words. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Will the Royals cap their Cinderella story with a fairytale ending? By PBS News Hour The Kansas City Royals’ meteoric rise from Midwestern underdog to American League champs has electrified its hometown. Tonight, before the faceoff with World Series veterans, the San Francisco Giants, Gwen Ifill speaks Mike Pesca of Slate and Hampton Stevens of… Continue watching