John Otis

1 week ago | nytimes.com | John Otis

found in the filesThe crash occurred 88 years ago this Tuesday. Take a look at a pair of images from the event. This image of the Hindenburg crash first appeared in The New York Times on May 7, 1937. Credit... The New York Times Nearly 88 years ago, on the evening of May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg passenger airship met its fiery fate. The German dirigible, which had departed from Frankfurt days earlier, was moments away from landing at a naval air station in Lakehurst, N.J., when it burst into flames.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Mini Docs |John Otis

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.

1 month ago | wxxinews.org | John Otis

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1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | John Otis

Venezuela's economic malaise and political paralysis under the country's increasingly authoritarian government is impacting its most beloved national pastime - baseball.

1 month ago | btpm.org | John Otis

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:Stopping illegal immigration is one of President Trump's top priorities. That's why one of his administration's first big attention-getting moves in the name of cutting government - dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID - could actually work against that goal. That's because some of the agency's programs discourage migrants from heading to the U.S. Reporter John Otis has more.