Oct 24 With a disease where you can't touch, Ebola survivors lend a caring hand By Larisa Epatko Dekontee Davis, 23, lives just outside of Liberia’s capital of Monrovia. She nearly died of Ebola, but is healthy and strong today. Now, she's one of a team of Ebola survivors tapped by groups such as UNICEF to care for… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch The obstacles and dangers of reporting on Syria By PBS News Hour Telling the stories of conflict in Syria and Iraq has become prohibitively dangerous for many news organizations; more than 70 journalists have been killed while covering the Syrian war. While a few international reporters remain in the country, much of… Continue watching
Oct 23 Watch News Wrap: Canadian prime minister pledges stronger law enforcement after attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 23 Islamic State group earning $1 million per day in black market oil, U.S. says By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Islamic State militants are raking in money at a remarkable rate, earning about $1 million a day from black market oil sales alone, a Treasury Department official said Thursday. David Cohen, who leads the department's effort to undermine… Continue reading
Oct 23 20 years later, commemorating a war averted By Michael D. Mosettig Across Europe and scattered parts of the old British Empire, 2014 has been a centenary year in books and commemorations that ask yet again how great nations sleepwalked into the catastrophe of World War I. More happily this week, in… Continue reading
Oct 23 Only one gunman in Ottawa attack, Canadian police confirm By News Desk A gunman shot a Canadian soldier standing at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, according to witnesses and police. More shots were fired inside the parliament building. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch State Department faces criticism in uphill social media war against Islamic State group By PBS News Hour Three teenage girls from Denver were detained in Germany last weekend by American authorities under suspicion of joining the Islamic State. The militant group lures recruits worldwide with a sophisticated social media operation. Margaret Warner reports on how the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Ebola sounds scary, but these diseases are the real health threat By PBS News Hour Ebola remains at the forefront of public safety concerns, but there are a number of illnesses that pose a far greater health risk. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Dr. William Schaffner, the chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch New 21-day Ebola monitoring period for visitors from West Africa By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: Former security guards convicted of shooting Iraqis in 2011 By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Wednesday, four former security guards were convicted of shooting 30 Iraqi citizens in 2007. An American detained in North Korea for six months returned to the U.S. today. In Washington, the Secret Service has come under… Continue watching