The opioid crisis and other drug issues. Actress Sally Field singer Linda Ronstadt and the disco funk band Earth Wind and Fire share the spotlight Sunday night as part of the latest group of recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime achievement in the arts also in this year s class were conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and long running children s t.v. Show Sesame Street more a town dot com. Carol spinny the middle created Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for Sesame Street died it is home in Connecticut Sunday at the age of 85. When he had his right hand in the air operating big bird s mouth for 46 years until 2015 and then still provided his voice until last year he basically Oscar the Grouch was on a New York cabbie spinny said in a 2015 Associated Press interview he liked bigger and better because he was like his kid and Oscar was the guy who never liked him but people around the world know Big Bird and he said he could lead an anonymous life I ve been described as the. Famou
Germany Russia and Ukraine sit down to negotiate how to end the violence more more than 14000 people have been killed in the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine is Donbass region a conflict that rarely commands headlines anymore but remains a hot war French president a Manuma clone has taken the initiative to restart a dormant peace process called the Normandy format which brings the Russian and Ukrainian sides together along with Germany all eyes are on Ukrainian president billowed emirs Alinsky a novice politician will be negotiating with his experienced Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Reporting Asian markets are trading higher at this hour the Nikkei up nearly half percent this is n.p.r. To American business leaders were denied entry to the Chinese territory of how this weekend N.P.R. s Emily Fang reports the rejection from the island comes amid growing tensions between the u.s. And China over Beijing s handling of the anti-government protests in Hong Kong Tara Joseph and Robert Gra
And dark after the Bloss to about 50 people were all known near the island at the time $23.00 were rescued but 5 of those have died the police say foreign tourists are among the dead the restaurant accounted for emergency teams have not yet been able to search the island because it s considered to be too unstable the B.B.C. s Phil Mercer the World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from global sports for 4 years and this is over its widespread doping program Russia is banned from the Olympics from soccer s World Cups and any other sporting events but Russian athletes can still apply to compete if they re able to prove they aren t taking banned substances you re listening to n.p.r. . Israel is thanking a real estate mogul in Switzerland who is donating Nazi artifacts that he purchased the Lebanese born business been says he bought the items to keep them out of the hands of hate groups Naomi s oval office more Adela told the Associated Press that he paid some 600000 euros or about 660
During that athletes had cheated out of Capstick reports once again Russia stands accused of covering up positive drug tests that was the conclusion by experts who examined a computer data well leased from Osceola poetry last January they claim the information was manipulated and the fake evidence to be planted in a bid to shift the blame elsewhere the International Olympic Committee described the case as an insult to the sporting movement and so water has been asked to reinstate a suspension that was controversially lifted in September 28th seen following a previous doping conspiracy athletes who can show their clean will still be allowed to compete but under a neutral banner the u.s. Defense secretary Mark s. Has ordered a review of the screening program for all foreign personnel training at bases in America The move follows Friday s fatal shooting of 3 sailors at a Florida naval facility by a Saudi air force left town and he was shot dead by police well the news from the b.b.c. . R
Trying to determine a motive for Friday s shooting at a Florida naval base that left the gunman and 3 others dead a piece Mike Hampton reports Special Agent in Charge Rachel rowhouse says investigators are working under the presumption the shooting was said act of terrorism this allows us to take advantage of investigative techniques that can help us more quickly identify and then a lemonade any additional potential threats to the rest of our community rowhouse says it s not known whether the gunman who was from Saudi Arabia acted alone a u.s. Official not authorized to speak publicly tells the a.p. Investigators believe the gunman made social media posts in which he talked about u.s. Support for Israel and claimed Americans are anti muslim my camp and a volcano has erupted in New Zealand Police say one person is dead and several people are unaccounted for tourists were seen walking inside the rim of the White Island crater just moments before the eruption Police say 23 people have be