After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely you
If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former “Saturday Night Live” star ...
This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists and storytellers
The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and storytellers ...
US sanctions extremist West Bank settler group for violence against Palestinians
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Hilltop Youth, a group of extremist settlers in the Israeli -occupied West Bank who ...
Shohei Ohtani is looking to top himself in his first playoff appearance with the Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani was already a superstar with his hitting and pitching accomplishments over six years with the Los Angeles ...
DreamWorks Animation at 30: Painting a bright path forward with ‘The Wild Robot’
Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked “The Wild Robot.” Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot ...
Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists
Salman Rushdie’s memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett’s revisionist historical novel, “James, ...
31 holidays in October to get into the Halloween spirit
Halloween might be the most anticipated holiday in October, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate these other holidays in ...
Port strikes extend a new era of American labor activism
The U.S. dockworkers who went on strike early Tuesday are just the latest unionized group to back their demands for better ...
Harris will tour Helene devastation in Georgia, North Carolina as storm scrambles campaign schedule
Vice President Kamala Harris will tour damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia and North Carolina as the deadly storm roils the political calendar just over a month from ...
Appreciation: Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Fame player, had impact far beyond the game
The finger wag. The enormous smile. The unmistakable voice. Dikembe Mutombo played defense at a level and with a flair that ...
Justice Department finds Georgia is ‘deliberately indifferent’ to unchecked abuses at its prisons
Georgia prisons are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department said ...
Two Texas school districts named to list of the best in the US, report finds
Choosing where to live could come down to the strength of the school district for many parents, and a new study ranks the top 50 in the nation.