Sep 18 Watch 7:42 Medical professionals turn to music making as a tonic By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Where do healers find comfort? For some U.S. doctors and caregivers, the answer is in music. Jeffrey Brown went to Newton, Massachusetts, recently to see how medical professionals are regenerating their spirits -- and becoming better providers in the process. Continue watching
Sep 18 Last studio recording of jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw released By Russell Contreras, Associated Press "49th Parallel," a 1987 recording led by Canadian bassist Neil Swainson that features Shaw and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, was made available this month. Continue reading
Sep 18 The Emmys are live and virtual this year: ‘What could possibly go wrong?’ By Lynn Elber, Associated Press Come for the awards, stay for the suspense of the first big Hollywood ceremony to attempt a live — but socially distanced — broadcast amid the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 6:37 Gehry-designed Eisenhower Memorial unveiled after 20 years — during a fraught moment By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport A new memorial is being dedicated in Washington, D.C., to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who also served as the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War II. The four-acre memorial comes to fruition after 20… Continue watching
Sep 17 WATCH: Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial dedicated in virtual ceremony By Casey Kuhn The dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial ceremony with guests and music in Washington D.C. was moved online due to COVID-19. … Continue reading
Sep 17 Banksy loses E.U. trademark fight with greeting card company By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Street artist Banksy has lost a legal battle with a greeting card company along with a European Union trademark for one of his most iconic artworks. Continue reading
Sep 17 First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir, “A Promised Land,” is coming out Nov. 17 and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 4:48 What Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling means for Oklahoma’s Native tribes By Jeffrey Brown, Alex D'Elia The U.S. Supreme Court ruled recently that much of eastern Oklahoma remains Native land. The decision granted jurisdictional control for most criminal justice cases to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and four neighboring tribal nations. Now, members of Congress and tribal… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:03 A photographer’s Brief But Spectacular take on documenting the pandemic How do you picture a pandemic? Photographer Philip Montgomery documented New York City funeral homes and health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis this past March. His images appeared in the New York Times Magazine, capturing… Continue watching
Sep 16 Senators seek highest civilian honor for Emmett Till and his mother By Associated Press Till was a black teenager lynched in Mississippi in 1955 by white men who were later acquitted despite eyewitness testimony tying them to the killing. He had been accused of whistling at a white woman. Continue reading