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I do know that when you go out there and you suit up, every time you suit up could be your last time. I say, yeah, i know that, but i say, its not something you think about and even when you do think about it, you dismiss it because those types of thoughts make you second guess yourself. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the wi...

School Reform Commission will exercise the powers given to us by state law to cancel the labor contract between the School District and the Philadelphia Federation of teachers. Reporter that was the announcement that happened shortly after 9 30 this morning. The src convened a meeting saying after 21 months of negotiations with the pft, those negotiations have moved, in their words, the wrong direction. Superintendent dr. William hite says its time for teachers to share in the sacrifices. So her...

Hear, listen, feel, discover the best memories of your life. And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im katty kay. The black flag of Islamic State is raised near the city of kobane, along the syrian and turkish border, they are running battles for control. In west africas fight over ebola there is too much to do and too little time to do it. We are in sierra leone. They are utterly overwhelmed but there are warnings things are going to get much...

The delays in marriage in the states. Jeanette is at the live desk this noon with reaction to the decision. Jeanette . Was certainly a monumental and surprising move from the Supreme Court and that has Immediate Impact in many state, like right here in virginia, couples hoping to get married. We are talking about as soon as one hour. Just hours ago they held review , indiana,states oklahoma, utah, wisconsin, and virginia. What does it all mean . It means the court recognizes the right to samesex...

I do know that when you go out there and you suit up, every time you suit up could be your last time. I say, yeah, i know that, but i say, its not something you think about and even when you do think about it, you dismiss it because those types of thoughts make you second guess yourself. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the wi...

2014 nobel prize in physiology or medicine, with one half to john okeefe, and the other half jointly to moussa for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. Members of the Nobel Committee made the announcement in stockholm, sweden. Ukbased john okeefe and norway based husband and wife mary and bart mosser share the honor. Nobel Officials Say their discovery has helped to solve a problem that has occupied scientists for centuries. The three are first to be awar...

But the unions were put on hold pending Supreme Court action on whether or not to take the cases. So now those circuits where federal courts ruled that the ban was unconstitutional, they will also start recognizing gay marriage. Its going to take some time but it will happen eventually. Six additional states including west virginia. So this has a wide reaching effect. In virginia, saying within a few hours they will be issuing a manda mandate, so they will explain exactly when the unions will st...

Im rosemary church. And im john vause. Wed like to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This hour, ebolas spread and the first woman in spain to be infected outside of africa. And isis plants its flag on a town outside the Turkish Border. Also ahead, a prisoner who spent three years at Guantanamo Bay. His message for western governments after terror charges against him were dropped. Thanks for joining us, everyone. President obama is making a call to action as two e...

Chance. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Until today, everyone who had come down with ebola in the current outbreak had contracted it in west africa. That has just changed. Weve learned that a nurse working in spain caught the virus while treating a patient, a spanish priest, seen here arriving in madrid from sierra leone on september 21st. The priest died four days later. The 44yearold nurse became ill ...

The trial of a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank finished its seventh week Thursday. Karen