May 29 One doctor’s war against global organ trafficking By Ryan Connelly Holmes, Dan Sagalyn Dr. Francis Delmonico, a Harvard Medical School professor, has spent more than a decade leading the fight to establish global ethics principles that govern how human organs are obtained and transplanted. Continue reading
May 29 Kentucky veterans get heroes’ welcome on ‘Honor Flight’ visit to Washington By Larisa Epatko On May 10, several dozen veterans from Kentucky spent the day in Washington, D.C., visiting the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam memorials, along with Arlington National Cemetery, before flying back home. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 7:43 What fuels Islamic extremism in France? By PBS News Hour Since an attack at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in early 2015, more than 200 people have been killed in terror attacks by Islamic extremists in France. A new book, “Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West,”… Continue watching
May 27 Italian riot police tear gas G-7 protesters By Associated Press Italian police have used tear gas against anarchists, communists and other anti-global protesters after the Group of Seven summit in Sicily. Continue reading
May 27 British Airways cancels all flights out of London after computer system failure By Michael D. Regan Thousands of airline passengers were stranded due to a British Airways computer outage that left the airline's fleet grounded on runways. Continue reading
May 27 Trump calls first trip abroad ‘home run’ as challenges await By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace, Associated Press "I think we hit a home run no matter where we are," President Donald Trump said after a grueling, five-stop sprint on his first trip abroad. Continue reading
May 27 Column: Why a monthly period is especially hard for millions of women around the world By Marni Sommer, The Conversation Menstruation is a pronounced burden for women in low-income countries and those who are displaced. Continue reading
May 26 Watch 11:22 Free from prison in Egypt, aid worker Aya Hijazi speaks out on her message for Sisi, meeting Trump By PBS News Hour In 2013, Aya Hijazi and her husband Mohammed founded an organization that helps impoverished children living in the streets of Cairo. But during a crackdown on civil groups in Egypt, Hijazi, an Egyptian-American, and her husband were detained, imprisoned and… Continue watching
May 26 Watch Coptic Christians en route to monastery targeted in a deadly assault By PBS News Hour Gunmen blasted an isolated bus packed with men, women and children in Egypt, killing at least 28. The victims were Coptic Christians who were making their way to a monastery along an unpaved desert road. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret… Continue watching
May 26 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: Two more arrested for Manchester concert bombing By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, authorities in Manchester have now made two more arrests in the concert bombing that killed 22 people. Police now have 9 individuals in custody, including several they deem as “key players” in the attack. Also,… Continue watching