Jun 23 Watch 8:13 Critics share their picks for this summer’s most anticipated reads By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet It's summertime and the reading is easy. At least, we hope you’ll all get the time to enjoy books during vacation and travel. Jeffrey Brown is here to help and speaks to two big-time readers who offer some guidance. It’s… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch 5:34 The legacy of Pulitzer-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy By Geoff Bennett Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy died Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout his long career, he wrote novels that could be bleak and violent but that were also hailed for his beautiful prose. Some of his… Continue watching
May 26 Céline Dion cancels European tour dates ‘until I’m really ready to be back on stage’ By Associated Press A total of 42 European dates have been canceled, including stops in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Austria, England, Scotland and Ireland. Continue reading
Mar 22 What it means to be Iraqi, 20 years after the U.S. invasion By Yasmeen Sami Alamiri The 2003 invasion of Iraq is a memory forever etched in the minds of millions of Iraqis who were living in and outside the country at the time. Years of war, followed by continued instability in the country, has cost… Continue reading
Feb 24 Images of ‘Black life, Black joy,’ are immortalized in historic Charlottesville portraits By Casey Kuhn, Rachel Liesendahl, Nicole Ellis A portrait exhibit at the University of Virginia aims to show a side of the Black community that gives a more complete view of the people going through Jim Crow segregation in the South – and to do so from… Continue reading
Jan 18 Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Sade chosen to join to Songwriters Hall of Fame By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Snoop Dogg, Gloria Estefan, Sade, Jeff Lynne, Glen Ballard, Teddy Riley and Liz Rose have been chosen to join the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Continue reading
Nov 16 ‘Yeehaw, bae,’ official Scrabble dictionary adds 500 new words By Leanne Italie, Associated Press 500 new words and variations were added to the the seventh edition of "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary" this month. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch 9:48 Media executive Byron Allen on breaking barriers in show business By Geoff Bennett, Lorna Baldwin Media mogul Byron Allen is the chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios, one of the largest privately held media companies in the world. He joins Geoff Bennett for our Weekend Spotlight to talk about how he forged a path for… Continue watching
Nov 11 Watch 3:55 Younger generations push to preserve a disappearing Indigenous language in rural Alaska Half of the people whose first language is Kodiak Alutiiq have died over the last few years. The Alaska Native Sun'aq Tribe estimates fewer than 20 remain, but that is not stopping new speakers from learning the endangered language and… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 6:14 How a historic Nashville hotel played a key role in women’s suffrage By Cat Wise, Claire Mufson Nashville, Tennessee has a historic connection to the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920. Special correspondent Cat Wise visited the Hermitage Hotel, built in 1910 just steps from the state Capitol, where a hard-fought battle… Continue watching