PBS NewsHour

In our news wrap Tuesday, blizzard conditions hit parts of southeastern New England with deep snow and high winds. Also, the Islamic State released a new threat to kill a Japanese hostage and a Jordanian pilot.

With oil prices plummeting, North Dakota’s drilling industry is starting to feel the slowdown. And it's not just oil companies -- it’s hitting their contractors and suppliers, too. Special correspondent Emily Guerin of Inside Energy reports on how businesses are preparing for slower demand this winter.

British authorities say that hundreds of Muslims have left the United Kingdom to join jihadist groups in Syria. As counterterrorism officials try to track the flow of potential fighters in and out of the country, some in the British Muslim community are working to help young people resist the call of radicalization. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports from London.

On a visit to meet Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, President Obama advocated for tolerance and free speech but did not discuss a Saudi blogger's punishment of 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam. Judy Woodruff reports.

Saudi Arabia is an important Western ally in an increasingly tumultuous region, but the country has a mixed record on human rights, including restrictions on the rights of women and harsh punishment for those who speak out. Has the U.S. struck the right balance between its interests and concerns? Judy Woodruff talks to Tom Porteous of Human Rights Watch and Gary Sick of Columbia University.

“Language Matters,” a new PBS documentary, explores how linguistic heritage and traditional cultures around the world are at risk of being lost forever. Jeffrey Brown talks to the show’s host, poet Bob Holman, about the fight to revive languages on the brink.

With a nor’easter threatening to dump up to 3 feet of snow in certain areas, five governors declared states of emergency in anticipation of the potentially historic storm. The NewsHour’s Megan Thompson reports.

In our news wrap Monday, the State Department curtailed activities at the U.S. embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa. Street protests over a power grab by the Shiite rebels have stretched into a second week there. Also, Kurdish fighters retook the key border of Kobani from Islamic State forces after four months of fighting.

Nearly a third of the 15,000 foreign fighters for Islamic State are Muslims from Western Europe, seeking an alternative to the alienation some feel here at home. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports from London on how cultural isolation and discrimination can help drive young Western recruits to embrace radicalism.

In 2001, Mohamedou Slahi was arrested in Mauritania for suspected connections to to a bomb plot. He wound up at Guantanamo, and remains there without ever being charged. After a legal battle over his journal, "Guantanamo Diary" has been published, detailing isolation, beatings, sexual abuse and humiliation. Hari Sreenivasan interviews editor Larry Siems and Slahi's attorney Nancy Hollander.

Saskia Hamilton reads her poem "Once" from her new collection, “Corridor.”

U.S. health officials say the recent measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in Southern California continues to ripple across the nation with approximately 100 cases reported so far. How great a risk does this pose and how can people protect their children? Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration will soon decide whether to put a killer whale named Lolita who has been dubbed "the world's loneliest orca" on the endangered species list. Researchers disagree over whether to give her that protection since she'll most likely be released into the wild. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

In an election watched closely throughout Europe, Greece's left-wing, anti-austerity party won a decisive victory over the ruling center-right party. The impact of today's vote in Greece is likely to affect people around the world. For more, John Authers of the Financial Times joins Hari Sreenivasan.

NewsHour travels to Gujarat, India to explore Narendra Modi's policies. Modi has amassed supporters throughout the country who praise his economic vision by creating jobs and improving the country's infrastructure. But critics argue many states, whose residents live below the country's poverty line, are still lacking in education and health care. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.