Jun 15 Two-time Oscar winner and British politician Glenda Jackson dies at 87 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a long second career as a British lawmaker, has died. She was 87. Continue reading
Jun 14 Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Gottlieb died Wednesday and had one of the most remarkable runs of any editor after World War II, helping shape the modern publishing canon. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 3:21 A Brief But Spectacular take on textile waste and fashion sustainability Camille Tagle is co-founder and creative director of FABSCRAP, which is a textile recycling nonprofit. Textiles generate 21 billion pounds of waste that goes into landfills every year, and FABSCRAP works to divert that waste, either by downcycling or giving… Continue watching
Jun 14 Fox News says it ‘addressed’ onscreen caption calling Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ By David Bauder, Associated Press Fox said in a statement Wednesday that “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.” The website Mediaite reported that the message was onscreen for 27 seconds. It was also not removed when the telecast was rerun late at… Continue reading
Jun 14 Golden Knights capture first Stanley Cup title in 9-3 Game 5 win over Panthers By Mark Anderson, Associated Press Vegas blew open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 7:18 Poorna Jagannathan on her role in “Never Have I Ever” and diversity in Hollywood By Amna Nawaz, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Satvi Sunkara The fourth and final season of Netflix's wildly popular series "Never Have I Ever" is leading streaming charts across the world. Amna Nawaz spoke with one of the series' lead actors, Poorna Jagannathan, about the show's success and how it's… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 5:34 The legacy of Pulitzer-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy By Geoff Bennett Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout his long career, he wrote novels that could be bleak and violent but that were also hailed for his beautiful prose. Some of his… Continue watching
Jun 13 Acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy dies at 89 By Associated Press McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 13 Missouri’s LGBTQ+ community is often left out of history. A new effort fights to preserve it By Gabrielle Hays Oral history is at the forefront of a new virtual exhibit in St. Louis with one goal in mind: Ensuring LGBTQ+ history in the area isn’t forgotten. Continue reading
Jun 13 In past Pride events, transgender people have often been sidelined. Not this year By Susan Haigh, Associated Press Transgender and nonbinary people are front and center this year at Pride festivals where they've often been sidelined. Many celebrations this June are taking a public stand against legislation targeting transgender people. Continue reading