Nov 08 Aspiring border agent, dancer, engineer identified among Astroworld concert dead By Randall Chase, Mike Catalini, Associated Press Clearer pictures began to emerge Sunday of some of the eight young people who died when fans at a Travis Scott concert in Houston suddenly surged toward the stage. Continue reading
Nov 07 Watch 4:39 An international mural festival brings art to Cleveland’s walls By Karla Murthy, Sam Weber Over a week earlier this summer, artists descended on a Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood to paint murals on buildings. Part of an international mural festival that has taken place in cities around the world, Cleveland was the first city in the… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 3:41 Houston music reporter’s eyewitness account of concert tragedy and investigation By PBS NewsHour A chaotic crush of fans rushing toward the stage at a Travis Scott show at Houston’s Astroworld music festival is being blamed for a ‘mass casualty event,’ that killed at least eight people and injured dozens more. Houston Chronicle music… Continue watching
Nov 06 Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press The crowd at a Houston music festival suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms, witnesses said Saturday, hours after at least… Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 7:22 The hilarious Nick Offerman on acting, the pandemic, and hiking ‘on purpose’ By Christopher Booker Most widely known as the curmudgeonly libertarian Ron Swanson on NBC’s hit comedy ‘Parks and Recreation,’ Nick Offerman admits to several similarities with his character: a love of carpentry, whiskey, and the great outdoors. Now, Offerman is turning his attention… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 6:28 Louise Erdrich’s ‘The Sentence’ explores racial tensions in a divided Minneapolis By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Lane 2020 was a time of upheaval in Minneapolis — from the pandemic, to the police killing of George Floyd. A new novel, ‘The Sentence,’ by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Minneapolis resident Louise Erdrich, reflects on that tumultuous period. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Nov 04 American Girl Dolls, Risk, sand make it to toy hall of fame By Associated Press The National Toy Hall of Fame has inducted American Girl Dolls and the strategy board game Risk, recognizing each for their influence on the toy industry. Also inducted Thursday was sand, which it calls perhaps the most universal and oldest… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 6:36 David Driskell’s art spotlighted Black life. It’s ‘about time’ America saw his work By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Artist David Driskell died last year of COVID-19 at age 88, but he's finally getting his due. For the first time, his paintings are the center of attention in a major way. Driskell was best known for his work as… Continue watching
Nov 03 The Gap Band founder Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73 By Associated Press Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife posted on Facebook that her husband died on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 02 U.S. files antitrust suit to stop major book publisher merger By Tali Arbel, Associated Press German media giant Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House is already the largest American publisher. It wants to buy New York-based Simon & Schuster, whose authors include Stephen King, Hillary Clinton and John Irving. Continue reading