Jan 23 Watch 3:30 U.S. rolls out tighter Visa Waiver Program rules in wake of terror attacks By PBS News Hour As more radicalized foreigners join ISIS militants, U.S. officials this week tightened the Visa Waiver Program, which allows visitors from 38 countries to enter the U.S. for 90 days without a visa. This week, anyone from a Visa Waiver country… Continue watching
Jan 22 4 dead in Saskatchewan high school shooting By News Desk Four people were killed Friday in a school shooting in a remote part of Saskatchewan, Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 54:30 PBS NewsHour full episode Jan. 22, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Washington joined other parts of the East Coast in declaring a state of emergency ahead of a massive snowstorm. Also: Presidential candidates sharpen their attacks as voting draws closer, Brooks and Marcus discuss the week in… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 6:43 We can't see this possible 9th planet, but we feel its presence By PBS News Hour Most of us grew up thinking there were nine planets in the solar system, but that changed when Pluto got downgraded in 2006. Now there's news that there might be a ninth planet after all. Researchers have found evidence of… Continue watching
Jan 22 North Korea detains University of Virginia student By Ross Sylvestri North Korea announced today that a U.S. college student has been detained for trying to commit a “hostile act” against the country. Continue reading
Jan 22 U.S. confirms additional civilian casualties from airstrikes By Robert Burns, Associated Press The U.S. military says American airstrikes likely killed two civilians near the Islamic State group's defacto capital of Raqqa, Syria, last July. That's on top of eight other civilian deaths the military acknowledged last week. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 4:52 Inside the fight to save the bananas we know (and love) By PBS News Hour A deadly fungus, known as Panama disease, is decimating banana plantations around the world and threatens to wipe out the most common species, the Cavendish banana. Scientists in Honduras are working to create a resistant banana before the disease hits… Continue watching
Jan 22 How one woman defies caste discrimination in India By Laura Santhanam After an Indian student committed suicide to protest caste discrimination, one woman finally decided to reveal who she really is. Continue reading
Jan 22 World news quiz: Prisons just got lighter in Guantanamo and Iran By Larisa Epatko More detainees bid good-bye to the jail in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while Iran freed four Americans as part of a prisoner swap. And scientists discovered a ninth planet in our solar system. Take our 5-minute quiz about all of these… Continue reading
Jan 22 How do the new U.S. visa rules work? By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Obama administration is tightening travel restrictions on Europeans and others who have visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan in the last five years. Continue reading