In Egypt today, thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested against the military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. But this time, there was no violence. Crowds massed in several cities after Friday prayers, waving flags and chanting slogan

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GWEN IFILL:Wall Street was down sharply today on worries about corporate earnings and a slowdown in China. The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 176 points to close at 16,197. The Nasdaq fell 24 points to close below 4,219. The state of Virgin

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, we update the situation in Haiti, four years after it was hit by a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 100,000 people. Efforts to rebuild the poverty-stricken island were led by the United Nations. But in a c

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JUDY WOODRUFF: As secretary of defense for both Presidents George W. Bush and Obama, Robert Gates oversaw critical moments in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He would emotionally address the troops in the field, but back home showed a stoic public fac

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RAY SUAREZ: Get close enough to downtown Austin, Texas, and it's not hard to hear why it's called the live music capital of the world. Get a little closer, and the musicians themselves tell a quieter story. That's John Pointer on stage now at Antone'

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JEFFREY BROWN:And we return to the battle over emergency contraception, the so-called morning after pill. It's been more than a decade since the pill was first approved by the FDA, but legal and political controversy has swirled ever since. In 2011,

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GWEN IFILL:Finally tonight: how technology has changed the foods we eat. Hari Sreenivasan has our book conversation. HARI SREENIVASAN:Human eating habits have changed more in the past century than in the previous 10,000 years. In the U.S., Americans

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Now: what's behind the continuing rise in health care spending and why the rate of growth has slowed. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:For the third consecutive year, health care spending in the U.S. grew by just under 4 percent. Go

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HARI SREENIVASAN:It's been three years since a case of polio has been reported in India, a milestone that means the country can be officially declared polio-free. NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro updates a report he filed on how this

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Alzheimer's disease remains among the most devastating diseases that medicine has yet to crack. There's no known cure or treatment that has substantially helped curb memory loss and the decline in cognitive skills. One in eight America

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GWEN IFILL: Despite new pledges of aid, international leaders provided downbeat assessments of the current battle against Ebola. The head of the World Bank said the international community community had quote failed miserably in its initial response.

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Each day, 46 people die in this country after overdosing on prescription painkillers. In 2012 alone, the CDC says 259 million prescriptions were written for painkillers, enough to supply every American adult with a bottle of pills. Now

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GWEN IFILL: A new initiative designed to make soccer safer for young players was just announced by the U.S. Soccer Federation. The new rule would set limits on how much players could use their heads to physically hit the ball. The hope is that it wou

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GWEN IFILL: But, first, as you have probably heard in a headline or two by now, it was a sobering day for meat lovers, especially in a country that ranks second in the world for eating the most meat. William Brangham has the story and some perspectiv

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GWEN IFILL: If it feels like you are spending more for health care through higher deductibles or premiums, you may be right. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to post rate increases if they exceed 10 percent, and, in many cases, th

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now the ever- continuing, and yes, inescapable saga of Star Wars, as the feature film, Episode VII: The Force Awakens, opens nationwide this weekend, including at some theaters tonight. Jeffrey Brown has our look at what's become a tou

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JUDY WOODRUFF:Finally tonight: remembering a poet who challenged his country's military dictators. Jeff is back with that. JEFFREY BROWN: Juan Gelman was an Argentine poet who became a major literary figure throughout Latin America and in Spain. He w

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Now we try to explore how President Trump's firing of Comey has divided Republicans with Steve Deace. He's a popular conservative radio talk show host in Iowa. And David Avella, he's chairman of GOPAC. It's a Republican political action committee dev

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Hari Sreenivasan: Today Spain saw its biggest public display of opposition to secession by the Catalonia region. Hundreds of thousands of pro-union Catalans turned out on the streets of Barcelona the capital of the breakaway region. Two days ago, Cat

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But first, war games in Korea. For decades, the U.S. and South Koreans have practiced military exercises, often involving tens of thousands of troops and massive firepower. The U.S. says they're designed to enhance readiness and maintain stability. T

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