Apr 26 This is how Internet speed and price in the U.S. compares to the rest of the world By Hannah Yi Even though the Internet was invented in the United States, Americans pay the most in the world for broadband access. And it’s not exactly blazing fast. So why are Americans paying more for slower service?… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 2:51 Victims crowd hospitals in Nepal after buildings 'pancaked' by earthquake By PBS News Hour After a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 1,500 people and sparking panic in the streets, residents are suffering through the aftermath. Ellen Barry, the South Asian bureau chief for The New York Times joins Alison Stewart via Skype… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 25:19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 25, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, April 25th, 2015, Nepal suffers from devastation following a powerful earthquake that killed more than a thousand people, new protests erupt in Baltimore in the after the death of a young African American man in… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch 1:56 Art exhibit lets vision-impaired visitors touch masterpieces at Madrid museum By PBS News Hour An exhibition, “Touching the Prado” at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, is designed to give the blind or those with limited sight an opportunity to create a mental image of a painting by feeling it. Alison Stewart reports. Continue watching
Apr 25 Accidental hostage killing puts new spotlight on reliance on drones By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The accidental killing of two hostages in a U.S. operation against al-Qaida has put a new spotlight on the Obama administration's reliance on drones in the battle against terrorism - and has also raised pressure on the White House to… Continue reading
Apr 25 Death toll surpasses 4,000 after powerful earthquake devastates Nepal By Rebecca Lee More than 1,400 people have been reported dead after a powerful earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch 4:21 Are 'signature strikes' on al-Qaida still necessary? By PBS News Hour Just how effective and precise can drone warfare be in fighting terrorists? Judy Woodruff talks to Greg Miller of the Washington Post about how the U.S. government deploys so-called “signature strikes” and the risk they pose to civilians. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 54:57 PBS NewsHour full episode April 24, 2015 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, a look at the risks of drone warfare in the wake of the accidental killing of two Western hostages. Also: Remembering the slaughter of more than a million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 3:57 News Wrap: 10 arrested in Italy for Vatican attack plot By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Italian police arrested 10 Pakistani and Afghan nationals with links to al-Qaida. They are accused of plotting attacks on the Vatican and in their home countries. Also, two survivors of a migrant smuggling disaster had… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 3:33 Before it showed us distant reaches of the universe, the Hubble telescope 'needed glasses' By PBS News Hour Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has sent back more than a million observations and amazing images, offering scientists and stargazers an unmatched window to the universe. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to celebrate Hubble’s… Continue watching