John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today September 23, 1926. Trane was still near the start of his remarkable creative journey when he went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio on September 15, 1957 & recorded his 1st great masterpiece: “Blue Train” https://t.co/OiK3Wuai8g
67 years ago today, ‘Take Five’ by Dave Brubeck Quartet was released as a single.
It went on to become the best-selling jazz single of the 20th century.
Good News: At the University of Houston, football coach Donn Landholm had an emotional meeting with firefighter-EMT Morgan Chalup, the hero who saved his life with a stem cell transplant. NBC News’ José Díaz-Balart has that story and more in this week’s Good News Wrap-Up.
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#ÚltimaHora Apagón total en #Cuba. Según el Ministerio de Energía y Minas "se ha producido una desconexión total del Sistema Eléctrico".
Corriente no hay pero la represión está por todos lados... #Cuba#SOSCuba
Duncan Sheik, who had a pop smash with “Barely Breathing” in the 1990s but then found his biggest success with the long-running stage musical “Spring Awakening,” has died. He was 56.
The death was confirmed by his mother, who revealed he died of organ failure. Sheik had previously been reported to be in critical condition in a Manhattan hospital.
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Breaking News: Peter Max, whose trippy Day-Glo artwork expressed the blissed-out exuberance of the countercultural 1960s, has died at 88. https://t.co/rJqSJRBBPS
Twenty-five years ago, everything changed.
This is dedicated to the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice, and to the lives we lost and continue to lose to World Trade Center–related illnesses.
We will never forget.
🚨CUBA ALCANZA UN NUEVO RÉCORD: 1.339 PRESOS POLÍTICOS
Reclamar agua y electricidad, protestar pacíficamente, grabar a agentes estatales o denunciar abusos puede llevar a prisión y extender el castigo a familias enteras.
Al cierre de agosto de 2026, Prisoners Defenders documenta:
▪️ 19 nuevas incorporaciones en agosto
▪️ 281 en doce meses: la cifra más alta en tres años
▪️ 155 mujeres bajo condenas o medidas restrictivas por motivos políticos
▪️ 38 personas detenidas siendo menores; 14 siguen encarceladas
▪️ 463 presos con patologías médicas graves
▪️ 54 presos de conciencia con trastornos graves de salud mental sin atención adecuada
Madres separadas de sus hijos por denunciar la falta de agua y los apagones. Un adolescente de 16 años golpeado, enfermo de hepatitis y recluido con adultos peligrosos. Presos sometidos a trabajo forzoso, violencia y abandono médico.
Un enfermo de cáncer condenado a siete años, aún bajo fianza, afronta el regreso a prisión mientras necesita tratamiento.
La represión castiga a quienes denuncian y utiliza el sufrimiento de sus familias para silenciarlos.
🔎Casos, testimonios y cifras en el informe completo:
https://t.co/GSd7hVPQmX
#Cuba #PresosPolíticos #DerechosHumanos
Ten years in prison for speaking out. A video denouncing blackouts, shortages, and government mismanagement could cost Cuban dissident Virgilio Mantilla a decade behind bars. Freedom House calls for his immediate, full, and unconditional release.
Hoy se cumplen 7 meses de la detención injusta y arbitraria de los muchachos del 4TICO.
Ernesto y Kamil fueron de los primeros en apoyarnos cuando comenzamos. Hoy levantamos la voz por ellos.
7 meses no borraran sus nombres ni apagaran su lucha.
🇨🇺 ¡LIBEREN AL 4TICO!
Two of MIA’s four runways are operational again, per county Aviation spox Greg Chin. On a departure board jammed with delays, there are scattered mentions of planes that recently took off https://t.co/QGeGz83SXU
#MDFR INCIDENT UPDATE #1: SEPT. 6 - 3:25 P.M.
Over 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units are on scene of an incident involving a plane that overran a runway and struck multiple vehicles near Miami International Airport. Units arrived to find an airplane that had caught on fire as a result of this crash, with heavy flames and smoke showing. Firefighters are working on extinguishing the fire and assessing patients.
For airport operations, monitor @iFlyMIA.
21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 6. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The FAA will investigate. Contact the airline for additional information.