Stereogum and NPR both carried the country's mourning for Dolly Parton, dead at 80, Tennessee moving to rename Nashville's airport in her honor and her own catalog returning to Apple's charts within a day of the news.
The New York Times covered the second week of the Tupac Shakur murder trial and reported critics blasting the Met's plan to honor John Galliano, while the Atlantic covered a Kennedy Center court fight over a demolition threat.
Merriam-Webster's word of the day, kith, and Language Log's Unusual risks post kept language's own thread quiet, several interpreter outlets running light over the weekend.