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Rock historian Ed Ward

Fresh Air | By Ed Ward

Published February 4, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Rock historian Ed Ward profiles blues singer Wynonie Harris who recorded between 1945 and 1952.

Copyright 2003 Fresh Air

Ed Ward

Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

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Michael Jordan joins NBC as the network revives its NBA coverage

Ayana Archie

It has been over 20 years since NBC had rights to broadcast NBA games. Its last run was during the 90s, which coincided with Michael Jordan's reign over basketball.
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Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

The Associated Press

The former textile factory in the town of Brněnec was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors.
Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE

Stephen Fowler

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.