Mar 09 Watch 3:11 News Wrap: Special forces capture Islamic State chemical weapons chief By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. special forces captured the Islamic State group’s chemical weapons chief in a raid in northern Iraq last month, while recent follow-up airstrikes destroyed IS chemical facilities. Also, U.S. and Somali forces are reported to… Continue watching
Mar 09 5 years later, Fukushima radiation continues to seep into the Pacific Ocean By Ken Buesseler it is incorrect to say that Fukushima is under control when levels of radioactivity in the ocean indicate ongoing leaks, caused by groundwater flowing through the site and, we think, enhanced after storms. At the same time, it is wrong… Continue reading
Mar 09 White House calls on Iran to search for missing American By Associated Press The White House is keeping up pressure on Iran to help search for an American who went missing nine years ago. Continue reading
Mar 09 A WWII survivor's letter to a 16-year-old Syrian refugee will warm your heart By Larisa Epatko The nonprofit CARE coupled World War II transplants in the U.S. with Syrian refugees to write letters of encouragement and advice. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 6:09 How do Americans become enemies of their own state? By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and San Bernardino mass shooting, homegrown Islamic extremism has become one of the country’s most pressing national security concerns. Author Peter Bergen set out to document how and why Americans become enemies… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch In Israeli visit, Biden aspires to push peace talks forward By PBS News Hour On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel to begin two days of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders currently mired in a deep and violent impasse. Biden also hopes to mend the relations between the Obama White House and… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: Violence in Israel leaves American dead By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, an American tourist was killed and a dozen Israelis were wounded in a wave of attacks by Palestinian militants in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Also, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has test-fired a series of… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 54:06 PBS NewsHour full episode March 8, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates prepare for another round of voting Tuesday, with all eyes on the top prize of Michigan. Also: Vice President Biden undertakes a new Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative, the SATs see their first major changes in… Continue watching
Mar 08 Cuba's human rights record stands in the way of Kerry visit By Dominique Bonessi When President Barack Obama visits Cuba later this month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry won’t be going before him. A human rights dialog that was tentatively planned before the president’s visit has been scrapped, according to U.S. officials. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 6:14 A chronicle of Afghanistan's modern-day Romeo and Juliet By PBS News Hour Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles… Continue watching