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Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS 'NewsHour' nightly newscast, dies at 93

Apr. 12, 2024 20:40 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New...