Oct 29 5 everyday items that are helping in the fight against Ebola By Larisa Epatko We’ve heard about robots and air-conditioned spacesuits as some potential tools to help in Ebola prevention efforts. Here are five ordinary things that are helping today. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch Winter coming, displaced families fleeing Islamic State must improvise basic shelter By PBS News Hour In cities across the north of Iraq, thousands of displaced families who have fled the Islamic State don't have even the walls of a tent. Special correspondent Jane Arraf reports from Iraq, where the approaching winter could be as deadly… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Obama: 'America is not defined by fear' in fight against Ebola By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 28 Latest Islamic State propaganda video depicts British hostage as war correspondent By Ayan Sheikh Freelance British photojournalist, John Cantlie — abducted in 2012 along with U.S. journalist James Foley — appears in the Islamic State’s latest video as a foreign correspondent reporting from the Syrian town of Kobani, the New York Times reported. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch What Ukraine's election means for addressing conflict in the east - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Protecting the African lion from trophy hunters By PBS News Hour The African lion population is shrinking due to habitat loss, lack of prey and violent contact with humans, including trophy hunting. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that these animals be listed as a threatened species. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Understanding the U.S. guidelines on Ebola quarantine - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Oct. 27, 2014 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Ebola creates a crisis for West African children whose parents have died. Also: Midterm elections one week away, Ukrainians vote for pro-Europe political parties, a call to protect African lions, adapting physical education for students with… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Children orphaned by Ebola face long-term consequences - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching