Jul 27 Watch 2:42 News Wrap: John Hinckley, who tried to kill Ronald Reagan, goes free By PBS News Hour A federal judge has found Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin no longer a threat to society and ordered his release from a mental hospital. John Hinckley Jr., who shot Reagan outside the Washington Hilton on March 30, 1981, will live with… Continue watching
Jul 27 Islamic State group takes credit for suicide bombing in northern Syria By Daniel Moritz-Rabson A suicide bomber detonated a truck of explosives in northeastern Syria Wednesday morning, killing at least 44 people. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 8:01 Oil smuggling brings environmental disaster to Venezuela's economic ruin By PBS News Hour The economic disaster in Venezuela caused by tumbling petrol prices — oil production is the main industry — is also behind an environmental one. Lake Maracaibo, which sustains the Añu indigenous group, is being contaminated by oil spills and the… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 3:00 News Wrap: ISIS claims throat-slit slay of Catholic priest in France By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the brutal throat-slit murder of a Catholic priest during morning Mass in France’s Normandy region. The two attackers were later shot dead. Also, in Australia, Prime Minister [Malcolm… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 53:44 PBS NewsHour full episode July 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, it’s a history-making nomination night for Hillary Clinton and making the case will be her husband, Bill Clinton. Also, a look at the candidate’s turbulent years as First Lady, the influence of Black Lives Matter on… Continue watching
Jul 26 Column: The bell of globalization cannot be un-rung By Phillip Lohaus It is likely that, despite people's enthusiasm to leave the EU, the vote will leave the UK’s most needy worse off than they were before the vote. Continue reading
Jul 26 Islamic State takes credit for French church attack By Laura Santhanam The Islamic State took credit for an attack on a church in Rouen, France, after two men killed an 84-year-old Catholic priest and were then shot dead by police. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 10:29 When a migrant's desperate journey becomes a deadly journey By PBS News Hour The NewsHour’s Malcolm Brabant was there, and the cameras were rolling, as the Doctors Without Borders rescue ship he was on came across a horrific scene: More than 20 migrants dead on an unseaworthy ship that was taking them from… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch 53:15 PBS NewsHour full episode July 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Bernie Sanders will take the stage on Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention, off to a rough start amid a major party email leak, the resignation of chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and protests in Philadelphia. Continue watching