Aug 14 Watch 25:10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 14, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, Aug. 14, calm is returning to Milwaukee after a night of violent protests following the shooting death of a black man police say was armed and fleeing. Also, floods are ravaging Louisiana and Mississippi. Later,… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 8:36 Michael Phelps nears retirement after record-breaking career By PBS News Hour Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps captured his 23rd gold medal in Rio on Saturday. He has tallied 28 medals overall, the most of any athlete of any sport in history, in a career that has spanned four Olympic competitions, but Phelps… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 3:34 Why Russia could cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine By PBS News Hour Russia said Friday that the country would break diplomatic ties with Ukraine over what it says were recent attempts to sabotage infrastructure in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia two year ago. Last week, Ukraine put its army on… Continue watching
Aug 14 Four American swimmers robbed at gunpoint in Rio, U.S. Olympic Committee says By Omar Etman Twelve-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte and three teammates were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Continue reading
Aug 14 Olympic highlights from Day 8: U.S. wins 1,000th gold medal By Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Omar Etman The U.S. earned its 1000th Olympic gold medal Saturday night after the American women’s team won the 4x100 meter medley relay. Continue reading
Aug 14 Why Aedes aegypti are so good at transmitting Zika, and other FAQs By Kamala Kelkar There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 13, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Saturday, Aug. 13, rebel forces in Syria seized control of the city of Manbij from the Islamic State and the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Louisiana after heavy rains fell on portions of… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 3:21 What happened to 10,000 boys kidnapped by Boko Haram? By PBS News Hour While the Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram gained global infamy in 2014 for kidnapping nearly 300 female students in Nigeria, the group has also abducted 10,000 boys in the last three years. Wall Street Journal reporter Drew Hinshaw, who wrote… Continue watching
Aug 13 Olympic highlights from Day 7: Katie Ledecky beats 800m record By Andi Wang, Omar Etman Katie Ledecky beat the second-place finisher, Jazz Carlin from Great Britain, by 11.38 seconds. Continue reading
Aug 13 Famed Syrian rescue worker dies in airstrike By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Khaled Omar Harah, one the longest-serving members of a rescue organization in Syria who became famous after video recorded him rescuing a 10-day-old baby, died Thursday in Aleppo. Continue reading