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Redemption And Connection: Lara Downes Talks With Davóne Tines

In conversation and in song, the opera singer and the pianist discover healing in a traumatized space.

Luxury Strike CEO Terence Jackson Jr. came up with the concept two years ago and funded the venture by selling a couple condos he owned and pretty much all of his assets.

Detroit-Area Entrepreneur Launches Bowling Alley On Wheels During The Pandemic

Terence Jackson Jr., 34, runs Luxury Strike Bowling, a rentable, private mobile bowling alley that offers a unique entertainment alternative to Zoom parties.

NC Journalists File Emergency Appeal To Get Court Access

Three newspapers have asked the North Carolina Court of Appeals to order courts in a county where rally-goers were pepper sprayed and arrested to stop...

Nipsey Hussle is part of a mural painted by Moses Ball featuring other local notable people on the wall of a bank in the rapper's Hyde Park neighborhood. In the wake of Hussle's March 2019 death, many murals of the beloved Los Angeles musician were painted in the Hyde Park neighborhood near his Marathon Clothing store.

Caught In The System

When rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in 2019, he was known as an advocate for the people in the neighborhood where he grew up and made his name. But the LAPD couldn't let his gang affiliation go.

What Jason Williams Wants To Accomplish As New Orleans District Attorney

Host Michel Martin talks to Jason Williams, who was just elected to become district attorney for Orleans Parish in Louisiana.

Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, is shown on an electronic screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on Dec. 10.

They Ignored Or Deleted The Email From Airbnb. It Was A $15,000 Mistake

Thousands of Airbnb hosts received an email invitation to buy company stock ahead of its initial public offer. Many, though, didn't take the email seriously.

Following similar decisions in the United Kingdom and Canada, the U.S. has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for distribution.

CDC Advisers Agree With FDA: COVID-19 Vaccine Is OK For Public Use

An independent federal advisory committee to the CDC recommends the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for people over 16. But state health leaders say distribution and funding challenges remain.

Howard Berkes (seated, front row right) volunteered to be part of a COVID-19 research study this year. He says his family, photographed here in the 1960s, had a history of stepping up during difficult times. That includes his grandparents (in middle), who fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe in the 1920s to raise a family in the United States.

Why I'm A Vaccine Volunteer: Doing What Needs To Be Done

The power of family history can lead a person to do a lot of things. For Howard Berkes, the family tradition of facing crises head-on led him to sign up for experimental testing of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Protests Grow Violent After Trump Supporters Gather Again In D.C.

The latest national rallies to protest the 2020 election results drew crowds of President Trump's most ardent supporters to Washington, D.C., and several state capitols.

The Cantors of Wisconsin perform over a video call. On Sunday, for the first time ever, about a dozen Wisconsin cantors will virtually broadcast a mix of Hanukkah tunes, both traditional and reimagined.

Jewish Cantors Celebrate Hanukkah With Virtual Concerts

Jewish cantors in Wisconsin are celebrating Hanukkah in a new way during the pandemic: They will gather virtually and broadcast a concert of holiday music for audiences across the country.

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