May 28 Spanish police arrest 7 suspects in Francis Bacon painting heist By Kamala Kelkar Spanish police said Saturday they have arrested seven people in connection to the theft of five paintings by renowned artist Francis Bacon worth more than $27.8 million from a home in Spain almost one year ago. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 3:29 In Hiroshima, President Obama renews call to abolish nuclear weapons By PBS News Hour President Obama on Friday visited Hiroshima, which was devastated when the U.S. dropped the atom bomb on it in 1945. Obama joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in paying solemn tribute to the tens of thousands who died in the… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 4:52 News Wrap: G-7 leaders rebuke Beijing on South China Sea dispute By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the G-7 summit in Japan ended with world leaders calling for peaceful resolutions to territorial disputes, a clear warning against China’s bid to expand its reach in the South China Sea by building man-made islands. Continue watching
May 27 Watch 7:15 A look at world's nuclear reality, 70 years after Hiroshima By PBS News Hour President Obama used his unprecedented visit to Hiroshima to call attention to the grave threat nuclear weapons still pose to the world. Judy Woodruff talks to former Assistant Secretary of State Stephen Rademaker and Rachel Bronson of the Bulletin of… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 6:59 How a Hiroshima survivor helped remember 12 U.S. POWs killed by bomb By PBS News Hour Among the thousands killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the crew of the B-24 bomber “Lonesome Lady,” 12 American POWs who are oft-forgotten in the annals of history. But one man who never forgot was Shigeaki Mori, whose… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 52:36 PBS NewsHour full episode May 27, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Barack Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima and pays tribute to the bombing victims. Also: Inside Obama’s nuclear legacy, a new film recognizes American POWs killed at Hiroshima, the fight for food… Continue watching
May 27 Automakers recall 12 million cars over Takata airbags By Eugene Mason Automakers are recalling 12 million vehicles over faulty Takata airbags, the latest addition to what is already the largest-ever auto recall in the U.S. Continue reading
May 27 Hiroshima in four poems By Vanessa Dennis Japanese survivors and other poets give different perspectives on the August 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, which killed about 140,000 people. President Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima. Continue reading
May 27 President Obama pays tribute in Hiroshima: 'We listen to a silent cry' By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press President Barack Obama paid tribute Friday to the "silent cry" of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon "the logic of fear" that encourages the stockpiling of… Continue reading
May 26 Obama ready to face historic, haunted ground of Hiroshima By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan — Convinced that the time for this moment is right at last, President Barack Obama on Friday will become the first American president to confront the historic and haunted ground of Hiroshima. Continue reading