Dec 19 Watch 3:58 What we know about the attacks in Germany and Turkey By PBS News Hour It’s been a day of terror, with attackers striking in Germany and Turkey. In Berlin, a truck drove into a crowd of Christmas shoppers, leaving the street full of dead and wounded. Hours earlier, the Russian ambassador to Turkey was… Continue watching
Dec 19 Germany issues warrant for Tunisian possibly connected to Berlin truck attack By News Desk Germany issued a warrant on Wednesday for Anis Amri, a Tunisian man suspected of connections to an attack on a crowded Christmas market in Berlin earlier this week. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch News Wrap: Trump transition gets moving while Pence visits Congress By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump received a parade of potential cabinet officers, while his running mate, Mike Pence, courted Congress. Also, President Obama had some pointed advice for his successor on dealing with Russia. In Berlin, he… Continue watching
Jul 03 This vivid installation splashes color across a long-abandoned military base By Corinne Segal Tucked among the sand dunes of New York City's outermost barrier reef, an installation by Berlin-based artist Katharina Grosse dominates the landscape. Continue reading
Oct 29 As a Syrian in Berlin, I photographed the moment the world started caring about my country By Nour Nouralla I was born in the oldest inhabited capital in the world, Damascus. For almost five years, I have watched my country being torn apart. Continue reading
Mar 13 Why it’s hard to unplug, even in Amish country By April Brown We came to report on the ways Amish students use technology in the classroom. But to varying degrees, technology is also seeping into the daily lives of many Amish families, too. Continue reading
Dec 31 The artists we lost in 2014 By Victoria Fleischer As the hours tick down to 2015, here at Art Beat we offer a final look at some of the artists we lost over the last year, whose lives and legacies are worth another goodbye. Continue reading
Nov 09 Germany marks 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall By Rialda Zukic Germans commemorated on Sunday the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which on Nov. 9, 1989, ended a years-long divide between East and West Germany. Continue reading
Nov 07 Photo gallery: Berlin Wall paintings survive as symbols of hope 25 years later By Victoria Fleischer Twenty five years ago Sunday, thousands of Berliners jumped on top of the Berlin Wall as a divisive era came to an end. Five years earlier, Kiddy Citny of West Berlin began to paint the wall with two of his… Continue reading
Sep 05 Agnes Obel taps into the piano’s ‘dreamy nature’ By Victoria Fleischer Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel grew up surrounded by guitars, pianos, marimbas and double basses. Her father collected and sold instruments and her mother was a classical pianist, so perhaps music was in her blood. Continue reading