• Hal Prince, towering Broadway director and producer, dead at 91

    Hal Prince, towering Broadway director and producer, dead at 91

    Jul 31, 2019 04:25 PM EDT

    ... Company." Prince produced and directed this innovative, revue-like musical that followed the travails of Bobby, a perpetual New York bachelor ever searching for the right woman. "Company" was followed in quick succession by "Follies" (1971), which Prince co-directed with Michael Bennett; "A Little Night Music" (1973); "Pacific Overtures ...

  • How FaceApp highlights a gap in U.S. privacy protections

    How FaceApp highlights a gap in U.S. privacy protections

    Jul 18, 2019 10:40 PM EDT

    ... how the images of U.S. citizens and their faces could be used by foreign governments. Amna Nawaz has the story. Amna Nawaz: That's right, Judy. At first, it seemed fun. Celebrities like LeBron James were uploading pictures of themselves using FaceApp to make them appear older. A number ...

  • Judge orders special prosecutor to examine Jussie Smollett case

    Judge orders special prosecutor to examine Jussie Smollett case

    Jun 21, 2019 06:20 PM EDT

    ... s February recusal, but that it should have included a request for a special prosecutor to take over the case. He said she had no right to hand it off to someone from her office, which he said amounted to naming her own special prosecutor. "State's attorneys are clearly ...

  • Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dies at age 70

    Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dies at age 70

    Jun 17, 2019 06:11 PM EDT

    Brinkley was credited with inspiring a wave of new scholarship, although some faulted him for only belatedly noticing conservative books. Leo Ribuffo, author of "The Old Christian Right: The Protestant Far Right From the Great Depression to the Cold War," called Brinkley's essay "a certification narrative," in which a ...

  • Tulsi Gabbard on why she wants to prioritize foreign policy

    Tulsi Gabbard on why she wants to prioritize foreign policy

    May 17, 2019 10:35 PM EDT

    Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Yes. Judy Woodruff: Right now, there is a lot of attention being paid to whether the Trump administration is edging closer to some sort of military confrontation with Iran. What would you be doing differently? Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: A number of things. I think, first, it's ...

  • The Kentucky Derby has a secret Latino history

    The Kentucky Derby has a secret Latino history

    May 05, 2019 08:06 PM EDT

    This Triple Crown season, which opened Saturday with the Kentucky Derby, horses with Latin American bloodlines are among the top favorites. Two 2019 derby contenders – Vekoma and Game Winner – are half brothers and the offspring of Candy Ride, one of Argentina’s most famous thoroughbreds. Now retired, Candy Ride shares ...

  • Terrence Davenport on why the gig economy doesn't work in his town

    Terrence Davenport on why the gig economy doesn't work in his town

    Apr 11, 2019 10:15 PM EDT

    ... putting myself in a dangerous situation by raising the questions that I was raising. And so I decided that the way I would recompense my brother's death is by giving back to the folks that live in this town and making sure that other young men had opportunities that ...

  • Grammy-nominated rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle shot and killed at 33

    Grammy-nominated rapper and entrepreneur Nipsey Hussle shot and killed at 33

    Apr 01, 2019 03:31 PM EDT

    ... to be a b-ball player. It’s dangerous to have money. Dangerous To Be A Black Man. So much hatred. We live like our brothers and sisters in third world countries live. Right in America. Decisions we make about our own life be based on decisions cuz we might ...

  • As New Zealand shooter appears in court, world rallies behind Muslim communities

    As New Zealand shooter appears in court, world rallies behind Muslim communities

    Mar 16, 2019 02:49 PM EDT

    ... an Australian native, had chosen to strike in New Zealand “because we represent diversity, kindness, compassion.” Her fellow countrymen seemed to want to prove her right by volunteering acts of kindness. Some offered rides to the grocery store or volunteered to walk with their Muslim neighbors if they felt unsafe ...

  • Author Marlon James on never outgrowing the magical

    Author Marlon James on never outgrowing the magical

    Mar 11, 2019 10:15 PM EDT

    ... tale. And I still don't. And I have always found it weird that you're supposed to get the point where you mature beyond Brothers Grimm. I never did that. I never... Jeffrey Brown: You're supposed to grow up, right? Marlon James: Yes. Jeffrey Brown: Grow out of ...