Oct 04 Hollywood’s behind-the-scenes crews vote to authorize strike By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said Monday that of nearly 99% of registered members who participated, or 52,706 people, voted in support of a strike over the weekend. Continue reading
Oct 04 Milestone for Bubba Wallace as he earns 1st NASCAR victory By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press He was declared the winner when rain stopped the playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 6:42 Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab’s ‘neo-Sufi’ music blends Rumi with reggae and more By Tom Casciato The South Asian art form known as Sufi music has a centuries old tradition built on poetry and mysticism coupled with specific instruments, meters and repetition. Brooklyn-based Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab’s neo-Sufism is steeped in that tradition — yet also… Continue watching
Oct 04 Russia film crew set to blast off to make 1st movie in space By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The project has been hailed by Russia's space chief as a chance to raise the prestige of the nation’s space program. Continue reading
Oct 04 Actor William Shatner of Star Trek fame is actually going to space By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press At age 90, Shatner will become the oldest person in space. He'll join three others — two of them paying customers — aboard a Blue Origin capsule. It will be the company's second launch with a crew. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 7:44 Broadway’s Tina Turner musical returns as theaters reopen By Karla Murthy, Melanie Saltzman After more than a year on hiatus during the coronavirus pandemic, the Broadway show ‘Tina - The Tina Turner Musical’ about the pop icon's life is set to reopen this Friday. Special correspondent Karla Murthy sits down with the show's… Continue watching
Oct 02 Watch 6:25 What keeps the band ‘They Might Be Giants’ making music 40 years on By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber There have been many ways to enter the orbit of ‘They Might Be Giants’, an eccentric musical group that has been writing and recording together for the last 40 years. From the New York art scene of the early 1980s… Continue watching
Oct 01 How Indigenous creators are nurturing a space on TikTok to educate and entertain By Katie Cole A growing group of Indigenous content creators are sharing their culture and advocating for justice on TikTok. Continue reading
Oct 01 Cavers descend into the ‘Well of Hell,’ new clues about humans’ arrival in North America and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin One in two children in the U.S. have detectable levels of lead in their blood, cavers descend to the bottom of Yemen’s ‘Well of Hell’ for the first time and newly discovered fossil footprints show earlier human arrival in North… Continue reading
Oct 01 Spears case spotlights state efforts to rein in conservators By Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press Already this year, New Jersey cracked down on the circle of people who could petition for someone to be placed under a guardian. New Mexico created an independent review process to oversee how conservatorships are being handled. And Oregon is… Continue reading