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One of this year’s Oscar nominees, “Do Not Split,” is a documentary about the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests. But residents of Hong Kong who participated in — or were affected by — the movement cannot watch the awards ceremony this year. That’s because Hong Kong’s leading broadcaster, Television Broadcasts Limited (TBL), is not airing the
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he’s not a “roadblock” for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, even as he uses his key position in the Senate to push against some aspects of Biden’s massive infrastructure proposal. “I’m not a roadblock at all,” Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State
Continue ReadingIndia reported 349,691 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the fourth day in a row the country has set a world record for daily infections during the coronavirus pandemic, according to government and scientific tallies. The country also reported its highest daily death toll for the ninth consecutive day, adding 2,767 fatalities in the past
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Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said she would refuse to vote for new policing reform legislation that compromises on civil lawsuit protections currently afforded to police officers, as negotiations on a federal police accountability bill are underway on Capitol Hill. “We compromise on so much. You know, we compromise, we die. We compromise, we
Continue ReadingCustoms and Border Protection officers recently seized more than $4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility, the agency said. On April 17, CBP officers examined a tractor-trailer hauling a commercial shipment of fresh cucumber pickles into Texas with a non-intrusive imaging system and found it was hiding 114 packages
Continue ReadingHere is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army who helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain. He was
Continue ReadingAlthough 2020 was rough for most companies — to say the least — some bucked the trend. The pandemic forced consumers to learn, workout, socialize and more in new ways. That boosted businesses using technology to improve remote access to their services, and condensed years’ worth of digital adoption into several months. Those business models
Continue ReadingA reckoning with the deaths resulting from institutionalized racism, a resurgence of almost-daily gun violence and 3.1 million pandemic deaths worldwide, there has been trauma piled upon trauma upon trauma. It turns out these collective traumas are taking a toll on all of us, according to Roxane Cohen Silver, a professor of psychological science, medicine
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — A woman has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl in February 2019 outside Central High School. Jamya D. Norfleet, 28, was convicted of second-degree murder and 10 years for unlawful use of a weapon. The shooting
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A politician from the Queen City made a stop in the mountains Saturday. As part of his 100-county campaign for U.S. Senator, N.C. state Sen. Jeff Jackson held a town hall in Asheville Saturday afternoon, April 24. Jackson currently represents the 37th District, which
Continue ReadingThe wreckage of an Indonesian Navy submarine missing since Wednesday has been found on the sea floor and all its 53 crew are confirmed dead, Indonesia military commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said Sunday. The news came a day after debris believed to be from the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine was found floating about two
Continue ReadingLive from New York, it’s … Elon Musk? In one of the more surprising announcements in the recent history of “Saturday Night Live,” the NBC variety show said Saturday that its next host will be Musk, the eccentric CEO of Tesla and one of the richest people on the planet. Miley Cyrus will be joining
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At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday. Another 110 people were injured in the blaze at Ibn al-Khatib Hospital, according to ministry spokesman Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna. The fire started after oxygen tanks exploded, two health officials at
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, WI (WDJT) — A 10-year-old male died in a house fire that happened near 118th and Florist Avenue at approximately 10 p.m. in Milwaukee. Milwaukee police say other occupants of the residence are being treated at a local hospital for smoke inhalation. According to officials from the
Continue ReadingThe Oscars have always been an ad for going to the movies, but as we head into this year’s ceremony on Sunday, the future of movie-going and the Academy Awards themselves are as uncertain as they’ve ever been in the show’s 93-year history. Popular box-office hits have been few and far between when it comes
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — Newly elected St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones led a group of elected leaders on a tour of the Criminal Justice Center (CJC) and the Medium Security Institution, known as the Workhouse, on Saturday. The group emerged from the Workhouse and had harsh criticism
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Dresses — the pretty ones worn to work, cocktail hour or anytime a pick-me-up was needed in the “before times” — have been in hiding for the past year. But the clothing item that has been relegated to the back of people’s closets in the work-from-home era is moving back up. As social activities pick
Continue ReadingVice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden’s private dining room last week when the room let out a “collective exhale.” A Minnesota jury had found Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. As the large flat-screen television mounted on the north wall flashed three “guilty” counts, the
Continue ReadingThe world of English football is set to unite behind a social media boycott in a bid to combat the sustained racist abuse received by players online. Clubs in the Premier League, English Football League, Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship, along with the game’s governing bodies and organizations such as Kick It Out, will
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Everybody is talking about the “finish line.” After more than a year of trauma and heartbreak, state and local officials are pointing to an end point — a return to the normalcy we’ve craved for months — that they say is just around the corner. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said last month the state was
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