Give: The Emmys happened last night, with some predictable wins and many upsets. (LATimes) Take: The siege on a mall in Nairobi is continuing on for the third day, with explosions and gunfire still erupting. (Washington Post) Give: James Levine is on track for a triumphant return to conducting at the Met.  (NYTimes) Take: Farewell, […]

Al-Shabaab militants have killed 59 and injured 175 in a mall in Nairobi.  30 hostages and some dozen gunmen are still inside the shopping center.  This is the deadliest terror attack in Kenya since 1998. (CNN) A suicide bomb in a church in northwest Pakistan killed at least 75 people, one of the worst attacks […]