Arts Jun 09 Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82 Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair,” has died.
Arts Jun 04 Edmund White, groundbreaking bard of gay literature, dies at 85 White documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as “A Boy’s Own Story” and “The Beautiful Room is Empty.”…
Arts May 28 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan dissident and author who was giant of global literature, dies at 87 The Kenyan man of letters wrote dozens of fiction and nonfiction books that traced his country's history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them.
Politics May 12 Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche, who defended Trump in hush money trial, named acting Librarian of Congress Blanche is a former federal prosecutor who was a key figure on Trump's defense team in his New York hush money trial, which ended in a conviction on 34 felony counts.
Arts May 05 Novelist Percival Everett, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts Everett’s Pulitzer confirmed the million-selling “James” as the most celebrated and popular U.S. literary novel of 2024, and accelerated the 68-year-old author’s remarkable rise after decades of being little known to the general public.
Nation Apr 19 250 years after the start of the Revolutionary War, a divided America battles over its legacy Thousands of people came to Lexington, Massachusetts, just before dawn on Saturday to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolutionary War began 250 years ago, as the country looks back to its war of independence and asks where its…
Arts Feb 24 Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer and influential performer, dies at 88 She died at home surrounded by her family, publicist Elaine Schock said in a statement. Flack announced in 2022 she had ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and could no longer sing,…
Arts Feb 21 Soul singer Jerry ‘Iceman’ Butler, whose hits included ‘Only the Strong Survive,’ dies at 85 Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On Yourself," has died at age 85.
Arts Jan 30 Marianne Faithfull, British singer, actor and pop icon, dies at 78 Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones' greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied, has died.
Politics Jan 23 Mapmakers pondering what to do about Trump’s geographic renaming plans Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.