ROBERT PINSKY: On Sunday, the wonderful poet A.R. Ammons died. Ammons won many prizes for his poetry, including two National Book Awards: One for his collected poems in 1973, and 20 years later in 1993 for his book-length poem, "Garbage." In his work and personally, Ammons never had ...
... that we're really facing is a very solvable problem. Stephanie Sy: The solutions, Porter says, include what Arizona's big cities are already doing, upcycling water, reclaiming it, conserving it, and moving it to where it's really needed. Whether that includes the Rio Verde Foothills, where Karen Nabity ...
George Segal, 87. The banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom "The Goldbergs." March 23. Complications from bypass surgery. Jessica Walter, 80. Her roles as a scheming matriarch ...
... but the Delta as well. And those efforts have cast new attention on the human as well as the ecological history of this fascinating and watery part of California. The state has funded scientists from the San Francisco Estuary Institute to reconstruct an image of the Delta's pre-Spanish ...
... grandfather Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral. Watch Jason Carter's eulogy in the player above. Jason Carter emphasized that his grandparents were “regular folks,” recalling his grandfather’s outfit of choice as “'70s short shorts and crocs” and their home decorated with fishing trophies, family photos on the refrigerator ...
... Merit, which was also bestowed on former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in recognition of his support for German reunification. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the friendship with the U.S. is “and will always be existentially important” for Germany, but there have always been “times of ...
... homes being damaged or impacted in some way. John Yang: Recent days have also seen flooding across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, in Utah, the waters cascading down canyons, while flooding swept through streets in Moab. Person: Unbelievable. There is the diner. John Yang: For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm ...
... tensions with China today over disputes in the South China Sea. Last week, the U.S. Navy sent a warship past Chinese-built islands, through waters that Beijing claims. At a meeting there today, Admiral Harry Harris said the move wasn't meant as a threat. But a top Chinese ...
... those Fridays over breakfast. "He was our protector, our mediator, the captain of our lives," she said. The funeral for Beau Biden, who died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington, capped three days of public mourning in which the vice president and his family were both the ...
... cars were sold mostly in the U.S. GM is in the midst of a major safety review after disclosing it had waited years before recalling cars with faulty ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. GWEN IFILL: Trade unions in Turkey staged a one-day strike to protest what is ...
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