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: The National Basketball Association said that it will make an announcement tomorrow about its investigation of the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling, and the racist remarks attributed to him. The league, the rest of it

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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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Meanwhile, across the Caribbean, at least three dozen people are dead in Irma's wake. Officials are struggling to get aid to the region's islands devastated by what was then a Category 5 storm. In the British Virgin Islands, thousands have no electri

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A record number of Kenyans voted in their country's general elections today. Battling it out for the presidency, the incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga. Both men are the sons of the country's first president an

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And just one more of the poll's findings. When asked about the president's financial dealings, 33 percent of those polled say they believe he has done something illegal. An additional 28 percent feel he has done something unethical, but not illegal.

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Now to Greece, where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is running out of time to save his country from potential economic collapse. Tsipras will make his case for financial relief at an emergency Eurozone summit tomorrow, hoping to head

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GWEN IFILL: Have you ever worried you might lose your job to a robot? I have. Hari Sreenivasan finds it could well happen with advances in artificial intelligence, or A.I., transforming the work force. Thats the latest report in our series on inventi

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GWEN IFILL: The Republican field grew more crowded, as two more contenders jumped into the race for president today, and yet another announcement is expected tomorrow. It's Politics Monday, so we will talk it all through with Amy Walter of The Cook P

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