UK lawmakers rejected a proposal to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales. Friday’s vote in the House of Commons effectively ends a two-year debate in Parliament that had inflamed passions among lawmakers and the public. The bill would have allowed patients with fewer than sixContinue Reading
Health officials on Friday declared an end to this year’s cyclospora outbreak, which was the largest in U.S. history. The FDA expressed confidence that the recalled iceberg lettuce related to this particular outbreak is now off the market. Federal data shows that nearly 13,000 people across 21 states fell illContinue Reading
With the midterm elections approaching, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she’s “not bothered” by the current divisions among moderates and the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party. “I think that debate within a political party is healthy,” she told PBS News Hour co-anchor Amna Nawaz on Friday,Continue Reading
While America has a “long history” of losing its innocence, the Sept. 11 attacks were an “authentic tragedy” that you don’t get past, historian David Blight says. “You don’t get beyond 9/11,” he told PBS News’ Judy Woodruff. “You have to sit with it. It’s authentic tragedy. Where do youContinue Reading
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS: Friday on the News Hour, Americans remember the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago. We look at how that day led to the longest war in U.S. history and how it transformed the nation. Iran-backed Houthi rebels capture an island at the entrance toContinue Reading
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Yemen appears to be spiraling back to war after the Iran-backed Houthis seized a strategic port city from allies of the internationally recognized government. Mokha lies on the Bab el-Mandeb, a critical shipping chokepoint that is the gateway to the Red Sea. Nick Schifrin reports. Watch PBS News for daily,Continue Reading
Speaking at his party’s first-ever midterm convention on Wednesday, President Traitor 47 urged the crowd to turn out and vote for Republican congressional candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. “When I’m running, we get tremendous numbers of votes and people coming out,” The Traitor said. “But when I’m not running,Continue Reading