Notre Dame Cathedral Work resumes on Notre Dame Cathedral after fears of lead contaminationpbs.org - Sara Burnett, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Specialists shoring up fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral returned Monday to the Paris site for the first time in nearly a month, this …
Canary Islands Wildfire on Canary Islands forces thousands to evacuatepbs.org - Barry Hatton, Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — An out-of-control wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands was throwing flames 50 meters (160 feet) into the air on Monday, forcing …
Taliban Afghanistan vows to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State havens after attackpbs.org - Rahim Faiez, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s president on Monday vowed to “eliminate” all safe havens of the Islamic State group as the country marked a …
Iranian Iranian tanker the U.S. tried to seize heads toward Greecepbs.org - Ciaran Giles, Associated Press MADRID (AP) — An Iranian supertanker with $130 million worth of light crude oil that the U.S. suspects is tied to a sanctioned organization has left …
Recession Majority of economists expect a recession by 2021, survey findspbs.org - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A number of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump’s economic …
Slavery The 1619 Project details the legacy of slavery in Americapbs.org - PBS NewsHour Today, the New York Times published the print edition of the 1619 Project. The name marks this month's 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first …
Ben Folds Floating drums and lederhosen: Ben Folds’ musical journeypbs.org - Tom Casciato Singer-songwriter Ben Folds first came to prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the band– "Ben Folds Five" –- which, in keeping with the …
Hong Kong After recent chaos, Hong Kong protesters hold peaceful marchpbs.org - PBS NewsHour In what could be the largest demonstration yet, pro-democracy protesters filled the streets of Hong Kong today marching through heavy rain towards …
Play buttonSanctions Trump wields sanctions hammer; experts wonder to what endpbs.org - Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration is aggressively pursuing economic sanctions as a primary foreign policy tool to an extent unseen in decades, or perhaps …
Iceland Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacierpbs.org - Seth Borenstein, Associated Press OKJOKULL GLACIER, Iceland — It was a funeral for ice. With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate …
Play buttonBrexit Leaked UK memos warn of food, drug shortages in Brexit chaospbs.org - Michael D. Regan LONDON — Secret British government documents have warned of serious disruptions across the country in the event that the U.K. leaves the European …
University of Alaska Fairbanks Huge wildfires in the Arctic and far North send a planetary warningpbs.org - Nancy Fresco, The Conversation The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also …
Play buttonLarry Kudlow Trump economic adviser dismisses fears of looming recessionpbs.org - Kevin Freking, Associated Press BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser is playing down fears of a looming recession after last week’s sharp drop in …
Poland Rescue workers try to free 2 trapped cavers in Polandpbs.org - Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Polish media are reporting that more than two dozen rescue experts are trying to free two spelunkers trapped by rising water in a …
Ben Folds Ben Folds cultivates his nerdiness, ‘all in the key of awkward’pbs.org - Tom Casciato On November 17, 1970, Elton John played a trio gig that was broadcast on the radio. The following year excerpts of the performance were collected and …
Matteo Salvini Migrants jump off rescue boat to try to reach Italian islandpbs.org - Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press ROME — Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat Sunday in a thwarted bid to reach shore in Italy, where the government’s …
Play buttonHong Kong Massive turnout at march in latest Hong Kong protestpbs.org - Kelvin Chan, Associated Press HONG KONG — Protesters turned Hong Kong streets into rivers of umbrellas Sunday as they marched from a packed park and filled a major road in the …
Kabul Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63pbs.org - Rahim Faiez, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The suicide bomber stood in the middle of the dancing, clapping crowd as hundreds of Afghan children and adults celebrated a …
Taliban U.S.-Taliban deal may include Afghanistan troop withdrawalpbs.org - PBS NewsHour A bomb went off in Kabul today at a crowded wedding reception. There are reports that dozens of people were killed, there was no immediate claim of …
Syria How a group of Syrian residents assembled a secret librarypbs.org - PBS NewsHour In August of 2016, after four years of bombings, death and destruction in Daraya, Syria, rebel forces and the Syrian government agreed to a cease …
Cannabis Law Retired cop guides Arizona seniors as medical cannabis coachpbs.org - Andrew Brown, Arizona Public Media Medical marijuana use is now legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia and senior citizens are the country's fastest growing population of new …
Play buttonPortland Police Bureau Weapons seized at Portland right-wing rally, counterprotestspbs.org - Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Police seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist …
Play buttonSaudi Aramco Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil fieldpbs.org - Jon Gambrell, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside Saudi Arabia’s sprawling …
Play buttonNancy Pelosi House speaker as U.S. emissary: Pelosi emerges as force abroadpbs.org - Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press WASHINGTON — There’s an American leader whose words resonate on the global stage. Who draws attention in foreign capitals. Who carries a message from …
Play buttonKashmir Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmirpbs.org - Ashok Sharma, Associated Press NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir began restoring landline phone services on Saturday after a nearly two-week security crackdown …
Play buttonMatteo Salvini Italy’s Salvini agrees to let 27 minors off migrant shippbs.org - Nicole Winfield, Associated Press ROME — Italy’s hard-line interior minister buckled under pressure Saturday and agreed to let 27 unaccompanied minors leave a migrant ship after two …
Play buttonGibraltar Iranian tanker to leave Gibraltar soon despite US pressurepbs.org - Aritz Parra, Associated Press GIBRALTAR — The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar on Sunday or …
Play buttonSudan Sudanese protesters sign final power-sharing deal with armypbs.org - Samy Magdy, Associated Press CAIRO — Sudan’s pro-democracy movement signed a final power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council on Saturday at a ceremony in the …
Manhattan, NY New York City subway scare suspect taken into police custodypbs.org - Associated Press NEW YORK — A man suspected of placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station, causing an evacuation and …
