Aug 18 Placido Domingo's name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe By Almudena Calatrava, Daniel Politi, Leonardo la Valle, Associated Press Opera star Placido Domingo's name has appeared in an investigation of a sect-like group in Argentina that also had U.S. offices and whose leaders have been charged with numerous crimes, including sexual exploitation. Continue reading
Aug 18 Woman describes frequent sexual abuse by R. Kelly before she was 18 By Michael Tarm, Associated Press A woman who has been central to R. Kelly's legal troubles for more than two decades has testified that the R&B singer sexually abused her "hundreds" of times before she turned 18 years old, starting when she was just 15. Continue reading
Aug 18 Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson settles for 11-game suspension By Tom Withers, Associated Press Watson was accused of sexually harassing and coercing the women during massage therapy sessions while he played for the Houston Texans. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 8:02 Art and medicine intersect in New York City hospitals By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet It’s one of the largest public art collections in the country and it’s not where you might expect to see it. Artwork in New York hospitals aims to heal patients and healers. Jeffrey Brown continues his occasional look at the… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 3:39 Latin American studio helps young dancers achieve their dreams By Natalie Lett, Marlo Brown, Roberto Suarez, Savanna Atstupenas, PBS Student Reporting Labs While many young people hope to become professional dancers, the cost of lessons, costumes and other equipment often keeps them from achieving their dreams. It is a hurdle one studio specializing in Latin American folk dance is trying to overcome. Continue watching
Aug 15 Watch 5:42 Examining Salman Rushdie's lifelong fight for free speech By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet Three days after being repeatedly stabbed onstage as he was preparing to give a lecture, author Salman Rushdie is recovering while the man accused of attacking him has been charged with attempted murder. Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and… Continue watching
Aug 15 WNBA star Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence for cannabis By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Russian news agencies reported that lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession. Continue reading
Aug 15 Actor Anne Heche dies of crash injuries after life support removed By Associated Press Actor Anne Heche has died, nine days after she was injured in a fiery car crash. Continue reading
Aug 15 Iran denies involvement in Salman Rushdie attack but justifies assault By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 7:16 Abbi Jacobson on re-telling 'A League of Their Own' for a new generation By Geoff Bennett, Kaisha Young, Claire Mufson "A League of Their Own" quickly became a cult classic after its initial release in 1992. Now, 30 years after the film based on the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League premiered in theaters, the Rockford Peaches are coming back to… Continue watching