Jan 11 Jeff Beck, guitar legend who influenced generations, dies at 78 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press His representatives said in a statement Wednesday that Beck died Tuesday after "suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis. Beck influenced generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player's guitar player. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 6:29 Folk and electronica singer Beth Orton on creating her best work yet By Tom Casciato, Anne Azzi Davenport Behind the glamor and acclaim of any successful musician, there always lurks an actual life filled with travails and challenges that fuel an artist's deepest work. Beth Orton is one such artist. Special correspondent Tom Casciato has the story for… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 8:35 Remembering Pulitzer-winning poet Charles Simic By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Poet Charles Simic died Monday at 84. He was a prolific writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and served as Poet Laureate of the United States. He often wrote, with both bite and humor, of the World War II era… Continue watching
Jan 10 Georgia Bulldogs win national championship game, ranked 1st college football poll By Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press The Bulldogs won the College Football Playoff national championship game 65-7 to secure their third AP title overall. Continue reading
Jan 10 Charles Simic, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 84 The death of Simic, the country’s poet laureate from 2007-2008, was confirmed Monday by executive editor Dan Halpern at Alfred A. Knopf. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 6:01 The true story behind one of the most damaging spies in American history She’s been called one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history. Ana Montes passed secrets and information to the Cuban government for almost 17 years until her arrest just days after the 9/11 attacks. After nearly two decades behind… Continue watching
Jan 08 Russell Banks, award-winning author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter," has died. He was 82. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 3:26 A Brief But Spectacular take on embracing immigration By Melissa Williams, Moe Sattar Devashish Basnet is a Rhodes Scholar studying refugee and migration patterns. A refugee himself, he left Nepal as a child when his family sought asylum in the United States. Basnet shares his Brief But Spectacular take on embracing immigration. Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 6:42 New project spotlights work of modern Indigenous American artists By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson Once overlooked, but no more. Art by modern Indigenous American artists is getting more attention these days. And one new project has found a way to push the movement further forward. Jeffrey Brown has the first report in a series… Continue watching
Jan 06 The ‘melee’ of Jan. 6, through a photographer’s lens By Dan Cooney Photographer Nate Gowdy was on his way to take photos at the Ellipse when groups of people started walking toward the U.S. Capitol — and what was billed as a pro-Trump rally escalated into an insurrection. After the chaos of… Continue reading