Bob Michel, an affable Illinois congressman who served as leader of the Republican House minority for 14 years, died Friday. He was 93.
Feb 10

By Joshua Barajas
With so many big stars lost this past year -- Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael -- who will win a spot and who will be left out?…
Jan 26

By Joshua Barajas
How Moore—who changed the way a woman was portrayed, seen and heard on television—was revolutionary to people, big and small.
Jan 25

By PBS NewsHour
She had an iconic smile and laugh, but actress and comedian Mary Tyler Moore was also a revolutionary. The Oscar-nominated actress famously played a single career woman next door and a quirky housewife, changing how women were portrayed. Jeffrey Brown…
Jan 10

By Lorna Baldwin
Her biggest scoop came at age 27, just days into her rookie reporting career. Hollingworth was reporting in southern Poland for Britain's Daily Telegraph when she decided to investigate what was happening across the border.
Dec 29

By Alison Thoet
Singer, actress and Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds died Wednesday at age 84, just one day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher.
People lay flowers and lit candles Monday in Russia, which held a national day of mourning, for the 92 passengers and crew of an airplane that crashed into the Black Sea on Christmas Day.
Nov 18

By Mike Melia
Mark Twain had his Halley’s Comet. We say Shakespeare died on his birthday. On the last day of Gwen Ifill's life, a full moon drew closer to Earth.
Nov 15

By PBS NewsHour
Tributes have flooded in since Gwen Ifill's death Monday, from those remembering her contributions to journalism to the impact she had on their own lives.
Nov 15

By Larisa Epatko
We at the PBS NewsHour and Washington Week lost our dear colleague, Gwen Ifill, to cancer on Monday. During her life, she often was called upon to discuss journalism, but other topics, too: among them, race, music and advice for…
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