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April 24, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

Season 2021 Episode 114

On this edition for Saturday, April 24, COVID-19 cases in India skyrocket as a devastating second wave overwhelms hospitals, President Biden is the first U.S. president to name the 1915 killings of over 1.5 million Armenians a genocide, and in our signature segment, a radical new experiment in Amsterdam aimed at economic and environmental recovery. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Aired: 04/23/21
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Extras
Researchers face serious obstacles to measuring Antarctica’s fastest-melting glacier
Alicia Graf Mack reflects on leading the legendary Alvin Ailey dance company
Expiration of U.S.-Russia nuclear weapons treaty sparks concerns of new arms race
Stephen Miller’s rise to prominence and influence on the Trump administration
Sweeping layoffs at The Washington Post will do ‘enormous damage,’ former editor says
Immigration agents’ surveillance tools and tactics raise questions about civil liberties
News Wrap: Georgia election officials seek return of materials taken during FBI raid
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