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January 27, 2024 - PBS News Weekend full episode

Season 2024 Episode 28 | 26m 44s

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, how a nationwide shortage of special education teachers is affecting students with disabilities and the educators trained to work with them. Then, the changing face of motherhood and professional sports, and the push for paid maternity leave in the United States. Plus, a 14-year-old science phenom talks about his quest to develop a soap that fights skin cancer.

Aired: 01/26/24 | Expires: 02/26/24
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Extras
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro
Syrian filmmaker gives an inside look at her return home after the fall of Assad regime
What the end of a Biden-era student loan program means for borrowers
News Wrap: Judge halts National Guard deployments in Los Angeles
Trump’s affordability speech turns into a rant against immigrants
Reconnecting with people in the U.S. to see how political divisions are affecting them
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Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks out about President Trump as she prepares to leave Congress