Arts Apr 25 Harry Belafonte, civil rights and entertainment giant, dies at 96 Harry Belafonte has died at age 96. He was a dedicated activist and award-winning actor and singer. He sold millions of records and starred on stage and screen before becoming a relentless supporter of civil rights and other causes.
Arts Apr 11 Brittney Griner says she’s working on memoir about Russian captivity Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.
Arts Apr 11 Al Jaffee, longtime Mad magazine cartoonist, dies at 102 Former Mad magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102. Jaffee, one of the magazine's longest contributors, had delighted millions of kids with such fixtures as the Fold-In and "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions."…
Arts Mar 23 Book ban attempts reach record high in 2022, American Library Association report says The report released Thursday says more than 1,200 challenges were recorded by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021.
Arts Feb 16 Tim McCarver, All-Star catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81 The famed broadcaster and former St. Louis Cardinals star Tim McCarver has died. He was 81. During 60 years in major league baseball, McCarver played in two All-Star games and on two World Series championship teams.
Arts Feb 09 Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop hits, dies at 94 Over the past 70 years, only Lennon-McCartney, Carole King and a handful of others rivaled his genius for instantly catchy songs that remained performed, played and hummed long after they were written.
Nation Jan 30 Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists, dies at 81 Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters, sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and “War.”…
Arts Jan 08 Russell Banks, award-winning author of ‘Cloudsplitter,’ dies at 82 Russell Banks, an award-winning fiction writer who imagined the dreams and downfalls of everyone from modern blue-collar workers to the radical abolitionist John Brown in “Cloudsplitter," has died. He was 82.
Arts Dec 23 Thom Bell, ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dies at 79 Thom Bell, one of the architects of the 1970s "Sound of Philadelphia," has died.
Nation Nov 01 Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster merger blocked by federal judge The ruling was a victory for the Biden administration's tougher approach to proposed mergers, a break from decades of precedent under Democratic and Republican leadership.