Oct 17 How Rep. Elijah Cummings is being remembered By Associated Press Family, friends and fellow politicians are honoring Elijah Cummings' legacy after his death at age 68. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 5:21 News Wrap: U.S. adds 136,000 jobs as unemployment hits new 50-year low In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reports employers added a net 136,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent--a new 50-year low. But factories shed 2,000 jobs amid fears the manufacturing sector is now… Continue watching
Sep 17 Longtime political journalist Cokie Roberts dies at age 75 By David Bauder, Associated Press Roberts served a reporter and analyst at ABC and NPR, as well as a contributor to PBS' The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Continue reading
Sep 10 The one Robert Frank photo that might best capture America By Alison Thoet In highlighting the daily lives of 20th-century Americans, Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank, also helped articulate an American counter-narrative of racism and inequality. Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 2:33 Remembering the 7 lives lost in the Odessa mass shooting The seven people killed in a mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, over the Labor Day weekend ranged in age from 15 to 57. They were parents and siblings, a truck driver, a mail carrier and an Army veteran, and they… Continue watching
Aug 16 Peter Fonda dead at 79 By Lindsey Bahr, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press The son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic "Easy Rider" died Friday morning at his home in Los Angeles. Continue reading
Aug 06 Lessons we can learn from Toni Morrison By Joshua Barajas The American novelist wasn’t afraid to speak publicly about the themes in her novels and to challenge journalists on their questions. Here are several lessons to remember about Morrison’s career as a writer. Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: Justice Stevens remembered while lying in repose at the Supreme Court By Associated Press Members of the public can pay their respects from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., following a private ceremony in the court's Great Hall. Continue reading
Jul 09 Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn has died at the age of 88 By Bob Thomas, Associated Press Torn was a free-spirited Texan who overcame his quirky name to become a distinguished actor who won an Emmy late in his career for his comedy turn on TV’s “The Larry Sanders Show.”… Continue reading
Jun 06 Dr. John, funky New Orleans musician, dies at 77 By Kevin McGill, Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Born Mac Rebennack, the musician died "toward the break of day" of a heart attack, his family said in a statement. Continue reading