Aug 09 Motown hitmaker Lamont Dozier, who crafted dozens of top 10 songs, is dead at 81 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Motown songwriter-producer Lamont Dozier has died at age 81. Continue reading
Aug 09 Issey Miyake, famed Japanese fashion designer of bold and down-to-earth clothing, dies at 84 By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan's biggest fashion brands and was known for his boldly sculpted pleated pieces as well as Apple CEO Steve Jobs' black turtlenecks, has died. Continue reading
Aug 09 Serena Williams is ‘evolving away from tennis’ to focus on her family By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press Serena Williams says she is preparing to step away from tennis after winning 23 Grand Slam titles, turning her focus to having another child and her business interests. Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch 2:39 Remembering the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer David McCullough, who died on Sunday at the age of 89, was perhaps best known for his biographies of two often overlooked presidents: John Adams and Harry Truman. But his interests ranged far and wide,… Continue watching
Aug 08 Grammy-winning superstar Olivia Newton-John, who played Sandy in ‘Grease,’ dies at 73 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million records, also won countless hearts as everyone's favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of "Grease."… Continue reading
Aug 08 David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian who told stories of American life, dies at 89 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 6:39 Marginalized people find community in skateboarding as sport becomes more open By Christopher Booker Skateboarding's popularity has skyrocketed since its early outsider origins, but for a lot of its history, the sport has seemed largely reserved for straight, white men. Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports on how the closed-off culture of skateboarding is becoming… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 7:49 ‘Under the Skin’ delves into systemic racism and its toll on health By Amna Nawaz Health disparities among different racial groups remain a major problem in the United States, one that was magnified during the height of the pandemic, but has been part of American history since its earliest days. A new book called "Under… Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch 6:16 Remembering the legendary sports broadcaster Vin Scully By Jeffrey Brown The baseball world is mourning the loss of the Hall of Fame sportscaster Vin Scully, who died Tuesday at the age of 94. He called games for the Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years, the longest tenure any broadcaster has… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:36 Singer Rhiannon Giddens becomes new artistic director of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Rhiannon Giddens has been on her first tour this summer as artistic director of Silkroad Ensemble, which was founded in 1998 by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who joined her on stage at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts last week. Continue watching