Sep 25 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 25, 2014 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, we look at Eric Holder’s tenure as U.S. attorney general as he announces that he is stepping down. Also: Challenges for health workers on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak, training young men of color… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch World leaders focus on Ebola threat and support at U.N. – Part 1 By PBS News Hour President Obama warned fellow heads of state at the U.N. not to stand by without offering aid as the Ebola outbreak grows in West Africa. The World Health Organization increased the current death toll to more than 2,900 and reported… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch More hands-on help needed on front lines of Ebola outbreak – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Dr. Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders, says that in addition to getting military aid to help set up more Ebola isolation centers, the infected West African nations really need more support from volunteers who can staff new facilities. Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch News Wrap: Airstrikes damage key income source for Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Pentagon reported that U.S. and Arab airstrikes blasted oil installations that help fund the Islamic State up to $2 million a day in black market sales. Also, Iraq’s prime minister said he has credible… Continue watching
Sep 25 Spain abandons law that would have banned abortion By Corinne Segal The Spanish government has abandoned a bill that would have outlawed nearly all abortion procedures in Spain, one that a wide majority of the country opposed. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the news at a press conference on Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 25 FBI may have identified masked man in beheading videos By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The U.S. believes it has identified the British-accented masked man in the videos depicting the beheadings of two American journalists and a British aid worker, the FBI director says. Continue reading
Sep 25 El Salvador can’t ensure safe homecoming for child deportees By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The tiny nation of El Salvador is scrambling to receive thousands of children deported from Mexico back to their home country. In coming months, more children are anticipated to arrive, this time deported from the… Continue reading
Sep 25 Obama: ‘We are not moving fast enough’ on Ebola By Larisa Epatko Despite the recent ratcheting up of efforts to contain Ebola in West Africa, "we are not moving fast enough," said President Barack Obama on Thursday at the United Nations. "It’s a marathon, but you have to run it like a… Continue reading