• Remembering Carl Reiner, beloved comedy actor and director

    Remembering Carl Reiner, beloved comedy actor and director

    Jun 30, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... first appearing in 1950 as the sharp-witted straight man on Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows." Carl Reiner: Well, look, honey, we're right in the middle of a poker game. That's right. Amna Nawaz: There, he met Mel Brooks, with whom he created comedy classics, like ...

  • Kim Jong Un's sister threatens S. Korea with military action

    Kim Jong Un's sister threatens S. Korea with military action

    Jun 13, 2020 05:09 PM EST

    ... the North’s official Korean Central News Agency. “If I drop a hint of our next plan the (South Korean) authorities are anxious about, the right to taking the next action against the enemy will be entrusted to the General Staff of our army,” she said. “Our army, too, will ...

  • WATCH: ‘Make law enforcement the solution and not the problem,’ George Floyd's brother urges House

    WATCH: ‘Make law enforcement the solution and not the problem,’ George Floyd's brother urges House

    Jun 10, 2020 03:37 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, says he's testifying to Congress because he wants his brother's death to be "more than another name” on a growing list of those killed during interactions with police. Floyd's appearance before a House hearing Wednesday comes a day ...

  • WATCH: George Floyd remembered at memorial service in Minneapolis

    WATCH: George Floyd remembered at memorial service in Minneapolis

    Jun 04, 2020 03:35 PM EST

    "It's a solidarity question. We stand with our brothers, internationally, our sisters as well, but the same thing is happening here. It's no different," Isaak Kabenge said in Stockholm. The attorney for Floyd's family, Ben Crump, called the additional charges against the officers "a bittersweet moment ...

  • Paris police use tear gas against protesters as global outrage continues

    Paris police use tear gas against protesters as global outrage continues

    Jun 02, 2020 10:36 PM EST

    ... Australian crowd at the authorized demonstration also included protesters from the U.S. and elsewhere. "I'm here for my people, and for our fallen brothers and sisters around the world," said Sydney indigenous woman Amanda Hill, 46, who attended the rally with her daughter and two nieces. "What's ...

  • How response to George Floyd's death reflects 'accumulated grievance' of Black America

    How response to George Floyd's death reflects 'accumulated grievance' of Black America

    May 29, 2020 10:45 PM EST

    ... Oh, my God. I mean, for those of us who have to watch it, and then we have to worry about our children and our brothers and sisters and our uncles and aunts and friends, right, it increases the levels of stress and worry and concern. You know, when we ...

  • Israeli demonstrators find ways to protest in virus era

    Israeli demonstrators find ways to protest in virus era

    Apr 30, 2020 09:41 PM EST

    ... civic unrest at a time when gatherings are restricted or banned around the world. "If we want to succeed, we need to do it the right way," said protest organizer Shikma Schwarzmann. "We obey the law." Civic protests are common in Israel. When the government imposed movement restrictions last month ...

  • How teachers are trying to reach English language learners during pandemic

    How teachers are trying to reach English language learners during pandemic

    Apr 29, 2020 08:23 PM EST

    ... t know that’s necessarily bad. When things get back to normal, we can accelerate the growth as long as we take care of them right now.” Her district will not cover all the material it normally would, but has instead developed activities that can be done at home. Grading ...

  • WATCH: Cuomo says NYC hospitals have stood up to virus onslaught so far

    WATCH: Cuomo says NYC hospitals have stood up to virus onslaught so far

    Apr 09, 2020 03:33 PM EST

    ... are intensive care admissions. More than 18,000 patients were hospitalized in the state. “Today we can say that we have lost many of our brothers and sisters, but we haven’t lost anyone because they couldn’t get the right and best health care that they could," Cuomo said ...

  • Singer John Prine dies at 73

    Singer John Prine dies at 73

    Apr 08, 2020 01:51 AM EST

    ... Wynette, and “Love Is on a Roll” for Don Williams. Others who covered Prine’s music included Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, John Denver, the Everly Brothers, Carly Simon, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Norah Jones and Old Crow Medicine Show. Prine himself regarded Dylan and Cash as key influences, bridges between ...