Jan 27 18-year-old singer Billie Eilish sweeps the Grammy Awards By David Bauder, Associated Press Not only did she become the youngest person to win one of Grammy's top awards — record, song and album of the year, and best new artist — Eilish is the first artist to sweep all four since Christopher Cross… Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 1:52 Student Reporting Labs series explores stereotypes By PBS NewsHour American students today are more comfortable than ever celebrating their identities in terms of race, class, sexual orientation or gender. But stereotypes continue nonetheless. NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs’ new “No Labels Attached” series has asked high-schoolers across the country to… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 7:26 How a lost recording became a Philadelphia soul classic By Christopher Booker Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios recorded more than 200 gold and platinum records before closing its doors in 2003, eventually donating 7,000 tapes to Drexel University, including recordings by Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Gladys Knight and hundreds of other unknown artists. Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 9:06 Shemekia Copeland: a new-generation ‘Queen of the Blues’ By Tom Casciato, Connie Kargbo For some, 40-year-old vocalist Shemekia Copeland might seem out of step with a generation more in tune with hip-hop than the blues. But since her first Grammy nomination at the age of 21, Copeland has been working to push the… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch 1:50 Lion dancer makes impact on Chinese Lunar New Year tradition By Mori Rothman, Michael D. Regan People around the world on Saturday celebrated the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, marking the first day of the Year of the Rat, with many celebrations including the traditional "lion dance" to usher in good luck and fortune. Continue watching
Jan 24 Trump touts new U.S. Space Force logo. Some see a resemblance to ‘Star Trek’ By Robert Burns, Associated Press The new U.S. Space Force is not Star Trek's Starfleet Command, but their logos bear a striking similarity. Continue reading
Jan 24 How Terese Marie Mailhot came to terms with her father’s life and death By Courtney Vinopal “The stories I wrote about him always had murky endings, where you could tell the protagonist had unfinished business with him, and that she had been hurt,” said the author of "Heart Berries."… Continue reading
Jan 22 Brazilian piano legend plays again thanks to ‘magic’ gloves By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Days before Christmas, acclaimed pianist João Carlos Martins ran to a Sao Paulo bar to show off his new gloves to friends. They were seemingly magical, enabling the 79-year-old to play songs on his Petrof piano with both hands for… Continue reading
Jan 22 Sesame Street launches TV show for children affected by Syrian civil war By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press “Sesame Street” in the past year has tackled everything from foster care to substance abuse. Now its latest effort is trying to help children suffering as a result of the Syrian civil war. Continue reading
Jan 22 Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as “the complete Renaissance comedian" and “a man of endless enthusiasms,” has died at age 77 after suffering from dementia. Continue reading