The Game Awards 2024: Key nominees and what to expect
2024年12月12日 · Majd Al-Waheidi is the digital editor on Morning Edition, where she brings the show's journalism to online audiences. Previously, Al-Waheidi was a reporter for the New York Times in the Gaza Strip, where she reported about a first-of-its-kind Islamic dating site, and documented the human impact of the 2014 Israel-Gaza war in a collaborative visual project nominated for an Emmy Award.
Remembrance for Former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter …
2024年12月29日 · Remembrance for Former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center in Atlanta
'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo says she often sings 'with a bit of a smile'
2024年12月13日 · The British actor and singer played abolitionist Harriet Tubman in Harriet, and Aretha Franklin in Genius: Aretha. Now she's defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2021.
Reflecting on Jimmy Carter's legacy
2024年12月29日 · Voices from the new breadlines in Syria: Who's waiting? And why? Two Marines spent years firing heavy weapons. Then came headaches and hemorrhage.
An 84-year-old pop superstar just dropped an album — how does …
2024年12月9日 · Mina, one of the bestselling Italian musical artists of all time, just dropped a new album — at the age of 84.. She's not a household name in the United States, though audiences in this country might recognize the performer's unmistakable voice from the Netflix series Ripley, the HBO series The White Lotus or the Pixar animated feature Luca.. But in …
Stories that gave us joy (and a new workout routine) in 2024
2024年12月29日 · We're a big fan of that classic Louis Armstrong song: "When you're smilin' keep on smilin', the whole world smiles with you." In the year 2024, here are some of the Goats and Soda stories that made us smile. In a year when headlines were often grim, we'd like to share them with you for an end-of ...
Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War …
2025年1月3日 · President Biden will award the United States' highest military honor Friday to seven U.S Army soldiers who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The Medal of Honor is awarded to service members who demonstrate exceptional valor in combat. Biden will award the designation Friday posthumously to six ...
Jazz Piano Christmas 2024 - wprl.org
2024年12月13日 · Pianists Jahari Stampley, Kris Davis and Roberto Fonseca perform at this year's Jazz Piano Christmas, live at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024 - wprl.org
2024年12月12日 · Roy Hargrove's Crisol Grand-Terre. A surprise sequel to trumpeter Roy Hargrove's late-'90s classic Habana, this is our sole archival gem that was recorded in a studio, with the clear intention of commercial release. When it made NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2024, I compared Grand-Terre favorably to its predecessor, calling it "an even more fluent and focused celebration of Afro-Cuban musical ...
Johnson reelected speaker of the House, despite initial GOP …
2025年1月3日 · House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was narrowly reelected to the position after initially falling two votes short. Johnson and his allies worked to convince two members to switch their votes, delivering him the 218 necessary to be reelected on the first ballot. The last-minute switch allows Congress ...