AP News:“灵魂歌后”艾瑞莎·富兰克林去世

Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul" has died. An artist like no other, Franklin was the voice of a generation, a true American icon. She won 18 Grammies and was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Franklin died of pancreatic cancer in Detroit. She was 76.

America's newsrooms are pushing back at President Donald Trump's demonizing of the news media as the "enemy of the people". An estimated 350 newspapers coordinated a series of editorials speaking up for the necessity of a free press.

Stocks surged in Wall Street as China and the US prepare to hold their first trade discussions in months, a potential sign of progress toward ending the trade war between the two powers.

And finally, we leave you with a little bit of Aretha Franklin's last public performance.