Georgia’s controversial sweeping elections bill has been signed into law. And historians and critics are likening the measures to the start of a new Jim Crow era, saying it’s a direct attack on the right to vote for Black Georgians in future elections. According to Adrienne Jones, a political science professor at Morehouse College in
Continue ReadingAs more children get to head back to in-person school after a year of virtual learning, they bring with them the lessons learned from a year of living under the threat of a once-in-a-century virus. Our kids have learned a lot during the pandemic. Many have gotten closer to their siblings and others fought more
Continue Reading Human rights officials are calling on the international community to do more to stop the bloodshed in Myanmar after more than 100 civilians were reportedly killed by the Myanmar military junta that overthrew the country’s elected government. UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews said it is time for “robust, coordinated action,”
Continue Reading Human rights officials are calling on the international community to do more to stop the bloodshed in Myanmar after more than 100 civilians were reportedly killed by the Myanmar military junta that overthrew the country’s elected government. UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews said it is time for “robust, coordinated action,”
Continue Reading In card games, you play the hand you’re dealt. Maayan Segal wants that hand to be more diverse. At 16 years old, she’s released the second iteration of her gender-equal playing card deck, Queeng — this time, it embraces both diversity and gender equality. In the first version of Queeng, which was released three years
Continue Reading An inmate in the Oklahoma County Detention Center held a correctional officer hostage, took his radio and keys and released other inmates before being shot and killed by police on Saturday, the facility’s administrator said in a news conference. Oklahoma County Detention Center Administrator Greg Williams said the hostage situation took place during a med
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This is a tale of two crowds. The first is in Amsterdam’s Vondelpark, a magnificently landscaped green-space in the Dutch capital. Hundreds pack together to celebrate unseasonably warm February days. “It’s not allowed, but we’ll do it anyway,’ one young woman told Dutch TV. “This can’t go on. They can’t leave us at home. We’re
Continue Reading Tam Nguyen, one of several hundred demonstrators at a Stop Asian Hate rally in Koreatown, shook with rage as he held a racist letter. Nguyen said the note was sent to several Vietnamese-owed nail salons in California this week, but not his, and is a stark example of the hatred directed toward the Asian community.
Continue ReadingScreenwriter and director Ruchi Narain struggled for decades to find steady work in the Indian film industry. Even with two major, critically acclaimed films under her belt — “Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow,” a thriller she wrote and directed, and “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi,” a political drama that won Bollywood’s equivalent of an Academy Award — the
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Palm Springs hit a high of 84° this afternoon, that’s just a few degrees above seasonal. But, it’s about to get much hotter. A ridge of high pressure is building and will be raising temperatures this week. Breezy conditions return Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures will be above average all week, with the 90s returning Thursday
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The Palm Desert High School boys basketball team returned to regular indoor practices on Friday. “Let’s put it this way… practice was scheduled for two, two and a half hours and we went about… a little over three because we couldn’t get the kids out of the gym. It’s one of those ones… it felt
Continue Reading There is nothing like spending a rainy afternoon at a museum, soaking in the beauty and wonder of art and history. Now the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, is letting you do that right from home. The French museum has released an online platform featuring all of the museum’s artworks, consisting of more than
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The former chief of staff to ex-President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back against his former boss’ recent attempt to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot. Mick Mulvaney, who stepped down as Trump’s special envoy to Northern Ireland after the insurrection, called Trump’s comments that his supporters were “hugging and kissing” police
Continue Reading Reva-Lou Reva is worried. For the first time he can remember, he says hospitals around the Pacific Island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are so overburdened they are closing their doors to patients. “This is very frightening, to know that you don’t have any medical facilities open, or very limited, and you cannot easily
Continue Reading A North Carolina woman got a shock when she realized she won the lottery on her 20th wedding anniversary. Sadhana Patel of New Bern won $373,741 in the jackpot, according to a news release from the North Carolina (NC) Education Lottery. She purchased her ticket for $5 on January 16 and claimed the prize on
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(CNN Español) — Ya son 43 las personas afectadas tras el atentado en Corinto, Cauca, informó este sábado el ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Diego Molano. Detalló además que 11 de ellas son funcionarios públicos y hay 8 casas afectadas. Autoridades de salud reportaron 17 personas con aturdimiento, 20 con lesiones leves y 6 heridas
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Saturday marked the first day of Passover 2021. “Passover is universal. It’s the universal story of freedom,” said Rabbi Steven Rosenberg of Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs. Dozens of people joined the virtual meeting to partake in the seder, which is the ritual holiday feast that includes wine, song and readings. “It is the quintessential
Continue Reading New Year’s Eve 1979. Marianna Pennucci clinked glasses with the man sitting across from her. Together they toasted the new decade, which suddenly seemed golden with possibility. Marianna, a 32-year-old New York-based admin assistant, was vacationing aboard the Cunard Countess cruise ship. She’d boarded the gleaming vessel with a friend, excited to meander around the
Continue Reading The cutest thief was rewarded after he continued to steal a purple unicorn from a Dollar General. The business in Kenansville, North Carolina, called animal control on Sisu, a large male stray dog, because of his repeated thievery. He had come to the store five times to steal the same stuffed unicorn. However, instead of
Continue Reading A shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday night appears to have resulted from a fight among a group of people, police said in a press release Saturday afternoon. Another incident in which a woman died is still being investigated, but police say they do not believe it is related to the first shooting —
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