Apr 30 Watch 9:27 Reliving the fall of Saigon with Vietnam vets and journalists By PBS News Hour As Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, a group of journalists and former Marines revisit the country to remember one of the most significant chapters of their lives. Continue watching
Apr 30 Watch 7:43 News Wrap: Two earthquake survivors rescued as Nepal death toll grows By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, two survivors were pulled from rubble in Nepal, five days after the deadly earthquake. Officials say the overall death toll has passed 5,900, with no end in sight. Also, Baltimore police finished their investigation into… Continue watching
Apr 30 10 militants sentenced to life for shooting Malala Yousafzai By News Desk A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced 10 men to life in prison – or 25 years, which is considered a life term – for their participation in the 2012 attack on teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai. Continue reading
Apr 30 Everest climbers recount surviving the Nepal earthquake By Anna Sillers The climbing season on Mount Everest was temporarily halted after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25 caused avalanches in Nepal. American climber Mike Hamill, who was on the mountain at the time, recounted his story to National Geographic. Continue reading
Apr 30 Teenager pulled from rubble in Nepal By News Desk Rescue workers pulled Pema Lama, 15, from the rubble of the Hilton Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday to cheers from onlookers and other searchers. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 54:03 PBS NewsHour full episode April 29, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, devastation from the massive earthquake continues to cripple Nepal. Also: Violence subsides in Baltimore but unresolved problems remain, breaking the gender barrier in professional basketball, what a new trade agreement with Asia would mean for the… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 7:23 What's in the Trans-Pacific Partnership for U.S. and Japan? By PBS News Hour Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s U.S. visit came at a critical moment in the fight to establish a sweeping Trans-Pacific Partnership. An agreement could mean hundreds of billions of dollars in business, exports and profits, but opponents warn it would… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 7:18 'World's best teacher' does not believe in tests and quizzes By PBS News Hour For 25 years, Nancie Atwell has run a small, independent K-8 school in Maine, where the goal is not just teaching young students, but also teachers. At the Center for Teaching and Learning, the school day is driven by a… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 5:10 Why didn't Nepal prepare for an inevitable earthquake? By PBS News Hour Why wasn’t Nepal better prepared for an earthquake that everyone expected? Judy Woodruff talks to Jonah Blank of RAND Corporation about the political and economic challenges in Nepal. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 2:51 Nepal desperation grows in areas still waiting for aid By PBS News Hour The magnitude of devastation in Nepal following the massive earthquake is still largely unknown in some of the country’s more remote areas. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News meets survivors in the town of Bahrabise who are desperate for aid. Continue watching