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The U.S. government long saw giving international aid as a way to build goodwill throughout the world. Did it work? And what does the reducing of foreign aid mean for that effort now?
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Texas Tech El Paso professor/surgeon Dr. Alexandros Flaris talks about common conditions, treatments and more in this health news segment. -
Dr. Robert Balch speaks with KC Counts about how the university has responded to the loss of millions in research dollars. -
New Mexico Tech in Socorro was hard hit by federal funding cuts in November. Vasquez talks about how he has responded. -
Brandon Hobson (Cherokee Nation) is an NMSU associate professor of creative writing at New Mexico State University and recently published his sixth novel, The Devil Is a Southpaw.
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The girl and her mother crossed the border near El Paso last September. -
UFOs, or the notion of them, have been around a long time. Here’s a look at how the various iterations of the subject have unfolded since World War II. -
As a warm winter with poor skiing conditions gave way to early springtime record heat, snow is vanishing from all but the highest elevations in the West. -
Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county's election computer system during a software update in 2021.
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President Trump said that any peace deal would not allow nuclear enrichment in Iran, and would need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as conflicting messages surface over the terms of the ceasefire. -
Yes, higher crude oil prices mean a multibillion-dollar cash infusion to the oil industry. But volatility is bad for business, and sustained high prices come with very serious drawbacks. -
Iran expert Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins University discusses whether the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran has made the Iranian regime stronger. -
The celebrated mountaineer, who also served as the first full-time employee of the outdoor retailer REI and later as its president and CEO, died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington, his family said. -
North Korea said its testing spree this week involved various new weapons systems, including ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads, as it pushes to expand nuclear-capable forces.
April 8, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
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Expert warns Middle East energy infrastructure will take months to recover
DACA recipient detained by ICE while delivering milk to premature daughter in NICU
U.S.-Iran ceasefire tested by Strait of Hormuz tension and Israel’s war in Lebanon
