Nov 12 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Israeli air raids kill at least three Palestinians Monday in our News Wrap, President Trump claimed that “an honest vote count is no longer possible” in Florida’s races for governor and Senate. He provided no evidence to justify his opinion. Also, Israeli air raids in Gaza killed at… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 6:21 In Liberia, survivors of Ebola and civil war now struggle with mental illness By Molly Knight Raskin In 2014, an Ebola outbreak ravaged three West African countries. Now many of the same communities are facing a new health struggle: mental illness. In rural Liberia, diseases such as depression and schizophrenia are often considered a “curse” and relegated… Continue watching
Nov 12 Thousands of mourners in Gaza demand revenge after deadly Israeli raid By Fares Akram, Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Chanting "revenge" and flanked by masked gunmen in camouflage, thousands of mourners in the Gaza Strip on Monday buried seven Palestinian militants killed in an Israeli incursion as the ruling Hamas group launched a feverish security sweep across the territory. Continue reading
Nov 11 From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma By MaryCatherine McDonald, Marisa Brandt, Robyn Bluhm, The Conversation We now know that what these combat veterans were facing was likely what today we call post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. We are now better able to recognize it, and treatments have certainly advanced, but we still don’t have a… Continue reading
Nov 11 In remembering WWI, world warned of resurging 'old demons' By John Leicester, Raf Casert, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the… Continue reading
Nov 10 Watch 25:00 November 10, 2018 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Nov. 10, wildfires rage in northern and southern California, forcing tens of thousands to flee, and the vote count continues across several states where key races are too close to call. Also, a home built… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch 6:17 Inside Milan's Casa Verdi, where musicians retire in harmony By Christopher Livesay When Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in the late 1800s built a neo-Gothic mansion in Milan, he envisioned a bustling sanctuary for professional musicians who were not earning livable incomes. Since then, Casa Verdi has hosted 1,500 residents and become an… Continue watching
Nov 10 Leaders laud fallen soldiers on eve of armistice centennial By Raf Casert, Angela Charlton, Associated Press Traveling from across the world to monuments honoring soldiers who fell 100 years ago, victors and vanquished alike marked those sacrifices Saturday ahead of Armistice Day and assessed alliances that have been redrawn dramatically since the dark days of World… Continue reading
Nov 10 Saudi coalition in Yemen, under pressure, ends US refueling By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said early Saturday it had “requested cessation of inflight refueling” by the U.S. for its fighter jets after American officials said they would stop the operations amid growing anger over civilian casualties from the… Continue reading
Nov 10 Tapping Trump's thigh, Macron seeks to defuse tensions By Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron have had an unusual relationship since their first white-knuckle handshake at a NATO meeting last year. Continue reading