Arts Nov 04 Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with artists from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91 Jones rose from music school dropout to the very heights of show business, becoming one of the first Black executives to thrive in Hollywood.
Arts Oct 21 WATCH: Biden awards National Medals of Arts to Steven Spielberg, Missy Elliott, among others Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah were among 20 recipients of National Medals of Arts, while the 19 recipients of National Humanities Medals included playwright-screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and historian Jon Meacham.
Nation Sep 30 Pete Rose, baseball phenom who was banned for gambling, dies at 83 Rose was baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied.
Politics Aug 28 Kamala Harris' election would defy history — only 1 sitting VP has been elected president in 188 years Since 1836, only one sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush in 1988, has been elected to the White House.
Arts Jul 28 Edna O'Brien, iconoclastic Irish author who wrote 'The Country Girls,' dies at 93 Edna O'Brien, Ireland's literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel “The Country Girls” before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has…
Nation Jun 19 Willie Mays, one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, dies at 93 The Giants' center fielder, who began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in 1948, was baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer.
Arts May 16 PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the war in Gaza, gathers for annual gala The literary and human rights organization has faced ongoing criticism over its response to the Israel-Hamas War, with hundreds of writers alleging that PEN showed limited concern over the suffering of Gaza residents and the deaths of Palestinian writers.
Arts May 14 Alice Munro, Nobel laureate and acclaimed short story author, dies at age 92 Often ranked with Anton Chekhov, John Cheever and a handful of other short story writers, author Alice Munro achieved stature rare for an art form traditionally placed beneath the novel.
Arts May 01 Paul Auster, celebrated and experimental author, dies at 77 Called the “dean of American post-modernists” and “the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,” Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious references to writers and writing.
Arts Apr 15 Multiple authors turn down PEN America recognition, citing its stance on war in Gaza PEN’s response to Israel’s invasion of Gaza has been widely criticized by writers who believe the organization has failed to fully condemn the war that has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead, including hundreds of writers, academics and journalists.