Arts Jan 08 It’s David Bowie Day! Listen to this all-day marathon of his music From 12 hours Friday, Seattle-based KEXP will pay tribute to pop music’s favorite saxophone-wielding androgynous alien with an all-day broadcast that runs through David Bowie’s storied career.
Nation Jan 07 Sandra Bland’s mother: Perjury charge against trooper ‘not justice’ A grand jury indicted a Texas state trooper on perjury charges Wednesday in connection to the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who later died while in police custody.
World Jan 06 North Korea claims successful hydrogen bomb test, but nuclear experts are skeptical Hours after South Korea officials detected an "artificial earthquake" Wednesday, North Korea said it successfully tested a "miniaturized" hydrogen bomb.
Nation Jan 05 There’s an 18-minute gap in the San Bernardino shooters’ movements, FBI says Federal investigators said there’s an 18-minute gap in the timeline of events on the day of the December massacre in San Bernardino, California, when two radicalized shooters opened fire and killed 14 people at a company holiday party.
Nation Jan 05 Twitter considers 10,000-character limit A new Twitter feature could let users exceed its current 140-character limit.
Politics Jan 04 What do the presidential candidates think about the militia takeover in Oregon? After some initial silence, Republican presidential candidates began to make calls for a peaceful end to the takeover of a small wildlife refuge by anti-government protesters 30 miles outside Burns, Oregon.
Nation Jan 04 First images of doomed El Faro cargo ship released Federal investigators released the first images Sunday of the submerged wreckage of American cargo ship El Faro that went missing after it crossed paths with a Category 4 hurricane in October.
World Jan 01 Dubai investigates New Year’s Eve fire that engulfed hotel Investigators in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, launched a probe to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at The Address Downtown luxury hotel Thursday, a couple of hours before the city's New Year's Eve fireworks display.
Arts Jan 01 ‘Unforgettable’ singer Natalie Cole dies at 65 Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz great Nat “King” Cole, died Thursday night, her family confirmed. Cole’s family said in a statement that the singer died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications from long-standing health…
World Jan 01 PHOTOS: How we said hello to 2016 2015 was many things to different people, but 2016 offers a clean slate, a new year to resolve our shortcomings. Here’s how revelers around the globe bid good riddance to 2015 and marked the start of 2016.