Sep 15 Kennedy Center board votes to close over Trump naming dispute and financial trouble By Steven Sloan, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close the center over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading
Sep 15 'Widow's Bay' breaks record with 14 Emmy wins, including best comedy series By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press The first-season horror comedy was created by Katie Dippold about a New England island community reckoning with a centuries-old curse. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 5:59 News Wrap: Kennedy Center warns of 'fiscal collapse' without Trump's name on building In our news wrap Monday, officials at the Kennedy Center are warning of “certain fiscal collapse” unless President Trump’s name is added to the exterior of the building, several state election officials tell the News Hour they are bracing for… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 6:15 Comedian Jenny Yang takes act to stages inside immigrant grocery stores By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Lane, Sam Weber As the challenges facing immigrant communities continue to make headlines, comedian and writer Jenny Yang is taking a different approach in her nationwide stand-up tour to raise awareness of those difficulties. Senior Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown caught up with her… Continue watching
Sep 14 Bob Mackie, fashion designer who dressed the stars and defined '70s glamour, dies at 87 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s died Monday at 87. Continue reading
Sep 14 'The Pitt' and 'Widow's Bay' among favorites ahead of 78th Emmy Awards By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press "The Pitt" is expected to repeat its wins from last year, while "Widow's Bay" could break records. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 5:34 News Wrap: August inflation report shows consumer prices up 3.4% In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that consumer prices rose 3.4% in August when compared to last year, the inflation report is fueling speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates, U.S. health officials declared an end… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 5:45 A Brief But Spectacular take on the toll of separation By Brief But Spectacular When Jasson Howell Sr. was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for heroin distribution, his incarceration upended the lives of his four children. Our Brief But Spectacular team first spoke with the Howell family in 2019. Seven years later,… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 6:39 Roy Cohn's continued influence on politics and Trump traced in 'American Scoundrel' By Jeff Brown, Sam Weber, Laine Immell, Hunter Bonaparte For decades, Roy Cohn operated at the center of American power, from his work with Sen. Joseph McCarthy to his role as a lawyer, political fixer and mentor to a young Donald Trump. Biographer Kai Bird traces Cohn’s life and… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 10:53 Lonnie Bunch on his legacy and protecting the Smithsonian from political pressure By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport, Courtney Norris, Hunter Bonaparte, Amalia Huot-Marchand Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced that he is stepping down as the institution he leads faces an escalating battle with the Trump administration over how it tells the American story. Geoff Bennett spoke with Bunch about the political pressure, what’s… Continue watching