Tag: Social affairs
Study: Lack of diversity in Hollywood costs industry $10B
NEW YORK — For years, researchers have said a lack of diversity in Hollywood films doesn’t just poorly reflect demographics, it’s bad business. A...
Ski racer once funded by World Cup Dreams now joins group
<p>Tommy Biesemeyer experienced a dream so vivid that he just couldn’t shake it: He won the famed Hahnenkamm downhill race in Austria.</p>
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Soleil Moon Frye’s doc ‘Kid 90’ is a time capsule for Gen X
<p>NEW YORK — One thing to understand about Soleil Moon Frye is that she is a historian of her life.</p>
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Copy of Voting Rights Act signed by Lyndon Johnson auctioned
<p>BOSTON — An official printing of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson has sold for $85,332, according...
China blasts BBC report after summoning UK ambassador
BEIJING — China is complaining anew about recent reporting by the BBC, days after summoning the British ambassador to Beijing to register displeasure over...
Report: German lawmaker resigns after Azerbaijan claims
BERLIN — A lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party is stepping down following allegations he was involved in questionable lobbying activity for Azerbaijan, German...
Sweden royals hold church service for COVID-19 victims
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia held a church ceremony Thursday to honor the victims of the coronavirus.
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Texas cop charged with murder in shooting released on bond
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting last year of an unarmed Austin man was booked into...
Kansas picks Emmett Jones as interim football coach
<p>LAWRENCE, Kan. — Emmett Jones was picked as the interim football coach at Kansas on Thursday as the beleaguered school searches for a new...
LA opens its first tiny home village to ease homeless crisis
LOS ANGELES — Amy Skinner took notice when brightly colored structures started taking shape earlier this year on a drab patch of asphalt across...