Bobby Dicks Re-elected to FOCAL International Board
CNN Collection Congratulates Bobby Dicks on FOCAL International Board Re-election
Please join us in congratulating CNN Collection's Vice President of Sales & Licensing, Bobby Dicks, on his re-election to Executive Director of the FOCAL International Board!
FOCAL International plays a vital role in advancing the global archive and media industries, and Bobby's leadership, vision, and expertise will no doubt make a lasting impact. Their dedication to championing archival excellence and fostering collaboration makes this a well-deserved achievement.
Congratulations, Bobby, on this new chapter. We look forward to seeing all the ways you’ll help shape the future of the archive community!
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dead at 76
Ozzy Osbourne, the hell-raising frontman of Black Sabbath and reality TV star, died on Tuesday, July 22. While details were not immediately available, it was later determined that Osbourne died of a heart attack.
Massive dust wall sweeps through Arizona
On August 25, a towering wall of dust, known meteorologically as a haboob, swallowed parts of metro Phoenix, plunging the city into near-zero visibility and leaving behind downed trees, wind damage, and widespread power outages.
From the archives: Hurricane Katrina twenty years later
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. The storm killed more than 1,800 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. Levee failures left much of New Orleans under water. The disaster exposed deep failures in emergency response and recovery. Twenty years later, the storm’s devastation continues to shape the region.
From the archives: Centennial Olympic Park bombing
On July 27, 1996, a pipe bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. The blast killed one person and injured more than 100. Eric Robert Rudolph was later convicted, though security guard Richard Jewell was first wrongly suspected.
