Oct 12 WATCH: William Shatner goes to space on Blue Origin rocket By Marcia Dunn, Rick Taber, Associated Press Shatner became the oldest person in space, eclipsing the previous record — set by a passenger on a similar jaunt on a Bezos spaceship in July — by eight years. The flight included about three minutes of weightlessness and a… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 3:02 How poetry helps this young Afghan refugee 'empty' her pains and share her dreams By Rawan Elbaba, Student Reporting Labs October 11 is the International Day of the Girl. Tonight, we hear from one girl, a young Afghan poet, who left her country a few years ago with her family for security reasons. Aryan Ashory now lives in a refugee… Continue watching
Oct 11 Murano glassblowing model shattered by methane price surge By Colleen Barry, Associated Press Dozens of furnaces that remain on the lagoon island must burn around the clock, or the costly crucible inside the ovens will break. But the price for methane that powers the ovens has skyrocketed fivefold. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 7:28 How Bill T. Jones' 'Deep Blue Sea' explores the collective 'we' of the American people By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Zach Fannin Jeffrey Brown reports on a story of choreography and community, as renowned dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones explores who the “we” referred to in the Preamble to the United States Constitution represents. This segment on his "Deep Blue Sea"… Continue watching
Oct 08 The first all-female guard change at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Russia puts a film crew in space and other stories you missed By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin Russia launches a crew to film a movie in space for the first time, vaping rates among high schoolers plunged in 2021 and an all-female team leads the changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,… Continue reading
Oct 07 AP Explainer: What's behind the looming Hollywood strike? By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press The IATSE says its members are subjected to excessive working hours, unlivable wages for the lowest paid crafts and failure to provide reasonable rest, including meal breaks and time off between marathon working days and weekend work. Continue reading
Oct 07 Sonia Sanchez wins Gish Prize for lifetime achievement By Associated Press Poet, educator and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, a $250,000 lifetime achievement honor previously given to Chinua Achebe, Bob Dylan and Maya Lin among others. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Prize in literature The award was in recognition of his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 6:22 The complicated life and legacy of Robert Indiana, artist behind iconic 'LOVE' sculpture By Jennifer Rooks When most people think of the artist Robert Indiana, they think of the iconic “LOVE” sculpture with a tilted “O.” While his art endures, a new book also paints a portrait of him as a troubled, isolated artist. Maine Public’s… Continue watching
Oct 05 The only Arab American museum in the nation is 'much more than a building' By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang In the heart of Dearborn, Michigan, stands the Arab American National Museum, the first and only museum in the country dedicated to the history and resilience of the Arab American community. Continue reading