Aug 25 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | Monday, August 25, 2014 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, mourners gather for the funeral of Michael Brown. We look for lessons from his death and the aftermath. Also: Assessing damage caused by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in Napa, California, options for the U.S. if it… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch What should the U.S. do about the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Islamic State fighters captured the last major military base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, bolstering its influence in the already unstable region. The U.S. kept up airstrikes against the group over the weekend, amid growing talk of an expanding ai… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch News Wrap: Baghdad mosque bombed in wave of attacks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, at least 58 people died in Iraq in a series of attacks that mostly targeted Shiite districts. At a mosque in Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated a vest with explosives as worshippers were leaving after… Continue watching
Aug 25 Facebook continues to battle click-bait By Corinne Segal Facebook announced in a blog post today that it would change its algorithm to reduce the amount of click-bait in the News Feed, and improve users' experience. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Full episode: PBS NewsHour Weekend: Sunday, August 24, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition, an American hostage is released in Syria. The strongest earthquake in 25 years rocks Northern California. And, in our signature segment, from the Philippines: will a new reproductive healthcare law slow down one of Asia's highest birth… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Ebola tensions ease in quarantined Liberia, but government mistrust lingers By PBS News Hour There are now more than 2,600 confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola, and more than 1,400 deaths resulting from the virus. All of the cases have originated in West Africa. For the latest on the global health crisis, Drew Hinshaw… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Shift in U.S. attitude over involvement in Syria after Foley execution By PBS News Hour The execution of journalist James Foley by the Islamic State has shifted the U.S. administration's attitude toward involvement in Syria. Dion Nissenbaum of The Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C. to discuss what options the U.S. has… Continue watching
Aug 24 U.S. journalist freed from captivity in Syria By Elisabeth Ponsot The U.S. State Department has confirmed an American hostage held since 2012 was freed by his kidnappers on Sunday in Syria. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 9:36 Amid population explosion, birth control access roils the Philippines By PBS NewsHour In the Philippines, amid a population explosion and staggering birth rate, caused partly by limited access to contraception or family planning advice, NewsHour Special Correspondent Mark Litke follows mothers and newborns from one of the busiest maternity wards in the… Continue watching
Aug 24 Dwelling atop the dead: With no room to live, some Filipinos sleep in graveyards By Brian Epstein The Philippine capital of Manila is now one of the most densely populated urban areas on earth. And with one of the fastest-growing populations in Southeast Asia, some people are forced to seek refuge in local cemeteries as squatters where… Continue reading