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Renowned soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston has died. She was part of a extraordinary musical family that included Dionne Warwick and her superstar daughter, Whitney Houston.

Season Finale Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Host Cassandra Schaeg takes us on adventures featuring noteworthy stories from diverse innovators. Join the conversation as we celebrate unique flavors, captivating stories, and the entrepreneurial spirit of America’s tapestry. This week: Cassandra travels south embarking on a weekend of fun and tequila, Cassandra and her friends soak up the sun and enjoy the scene.

The singers have criticized "They Don't Know It's Christmas" for perpetuating "damaging stereotypes" of Africans as a charity case. Bob Geldof defends the song. We went to Kibera for comments.

This feature-length documentary explores the life and legacy of perhaps the most fearless leader of the Civil Rights Movement – and the history that created “the most segregated city in America,” Birmingham. From the laborers that dug the iron ore from Red Mountain to the wealthy “Big Mules” that lorded over them, the city forged people that were completely dedicated to their causes. "Shuttlesworth" traces the unique crucible of Birmingham’s brutal industrial history in creating what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called the “most segregated city in America” and the people that were willing to take it on – personified in the fearless, indomitable Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. This documentary is a 2023 Southeast Emmy Awards Nominee.

A year after Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow met, both of their spouses and two of Vallow's children were dead. On Saturday, Daybell was handed down the death penalty in the murders of the children and his first wife.

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.

Two employees on Canada's team were let go and its head coach was removed for their part in a plot to spy on the training sessions of the lower-ranked New Zealand women's soccer team.

The incident is being investigated, though the woman's current condition is unknown. The National Park Service advises visitors to stay at least 25 to 100 yards away from wild animals.

A new kind of spiritual adviser is rising among clergy trained in handling grief and other difficult emotions.

A judge in Haiti probing the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the ex-chief of Haiti's National Police, Léon Charles.