Mar 10 Watch 6:40 Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet Advocates are sounding the alarm about a set of measures that they say target teaching and writing related to LGBTQ issues, race and freedom of speech. Around the country, efforts to ban specific books or even whole categories of books… Continue watching
Mar 10 Jussie Smollett faces sentencing for staged attack conviction By Don Babwin, Associated Press Actor Jussie Smollett is scheduled to return to court in Chicago to learn if a judge will order him locked up for his conviction of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated or allow him… Continue reading
Mar 09 Sheltering from bombs, Ukraine's 'cellar violinist' plays to lift spirits By Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press Vera Lytovchenko has become an internet icon of resilience as images of the accomplished violinist playing in a basement bomb shelter in the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have inspired an international audience via social media. Continue reading
Mar 09 Novelist Cormac McCarthy to publish two fiction books this fall By News Desk Cormac McCarthy has two novels coming out this fall, his first fiction releases since the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Road" in 2006. Continue reading
Mar 08 McDonald's to temporarily close all Russian locations in response to Ukrainian war By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press McDonald's said Tuesday it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the country's invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 08 Poet Sonia Sanchez to receive Edward MacDowell Medal By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others. Continue reading
Mar 07 Supreme Court won't review decision that freed Bill Cosby By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press The high court -- whose nine members include two men accused of sexual misconduct themselves -- declined to review a stunning decision out of Pennsylvania that released Cosby from prison in June over the word of a former prosecutor who… Continue reading
Mar 04 Judge approves plan between NFL, players to eliminate racial bias in concussion settlement By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press A federal judge in Philadelphia has approved new rules that seek to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout of NFL concussion claims. Continue reading
Mar 04 Supreme Court reimposes death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has reinstated the death sentence for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Continue reading
Mar 04 Russian lawmakers approve prison for what they deem to be 'fake' war reports By James Ellingworth, Associated Press Russians could face prison sentences of up to 15 years for spreading information that goes against the Russian government's position on the war in Ukraine, a move that comes as authorities block access to foreign media outlets. Continue reading