This week on “Face the Nation,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog join with the latest as Israel declares war after Hamas launched an attack in Gaza; plus U.S. Rep. Mace on her vote to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Source
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Blinken: Reports of Americans dead, taken hostage in Israel unconfirmed
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog said he is under the impression that Americans have been taken hostage by Hamas militants. Source
The Scene: Art Prowl 2023 Preview
Jen and Emma talk all things Art Prowl with a preview for this year’s event.
Join host Andrea Kruszka meets with Jen Luna and Emma Levitz, the co-directors of Art Round Tennessee as they preview next month’s Art Prowl event. They discuss what to expect from this year’s Art Prowl with some new businesses and artists featured, how the First Friday events have been going that Art Round puts on, and more on the demos that will be available.
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The bittersweet reality behind chocolate
Chocolate is a more than $100 billion industry, but its story is not all sweet. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 1.5 million children still work illegally on cocoa plantations. Correspondent Seth Doane visits Ghana, where much of the world’s cocoa beans are grown, and talks with candymakers who are working to cultivate chocolate free from child labor, and help harvesters earn a living wage. Source
The reclusive Sly Stone returns, on the page
The music legend who invented his own kind of funky hybrid of rock ‘n’ roll and R&B with his ’60s group Sly and the Family Stone has just penned a memoir, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” Source
Sly Stone’s new memoir
Sly Stone, who invented his own kind of funky hybrid of rock ‘n’ roll and R&B with his ’60s group Sly and the Family Stone, has been living a private life for decades. Now 80, the reclusive music great has just penned a memoir, “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh talks with Questlove (who published the book), Sly’s longtime friend George Clinton, and with Sly’s real family, about the musician’s revolutionary band; a life revolving around drugs; and how he is today. Source
How to watch today’s Kansas City Chiefs vs. Minnesota Vikings game: Livestream options, starting time, more
Here’s how to watch today’s NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs (3-1) and the Minnesota Vikings (1-3). Source
How to watch today’s Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams game: Livestream options, starting time, more
Here’s how to watch today’s NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles (4-0) and the Los Angeles Rams (2-2). Source
How to watch today’s Cincinnati Bengals vs. Arizona Cardinals game: Livestream options, starting time, channel, more
Here’s how to watch today’s NFL game between the Cincinnati Bengals (1-3) and the Arizona Cardinals (1-3). Source
An egg-citing tale of a mystery solved
John Amalfitano, of Dunellen, N.J., has collected a lot of old stuff, but no item stranger than the chicken egg on which a message was written back in 1951. Whoever wrote that message was a mystery. Correspondent Steve Hartman reports on how Amalfitano turned to Facebook to crack the case. Source