Feb 24 Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment By Michael Sisak, Tom Hays, Associated Press Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault against two women and could be sent to prison for decades. Continue reading
Feb 24 WATCH: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, celebrated in 'Hidden Figures,' dead at 101 Johnson was one of the so-called “computers” who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits by hand during NASA’s early years. Continue reading
Feb 24 Auschwitz Museum upset over scene in Amazon series 'Hunters' By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press The museum is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no such thing took place at the camp. Continue reading
Feb 21 Marie Yovanovitch, former diplomat pushed out by Trump, will write a memoir By Hillel Italie, Associated Press According to the publisher, the book will trace her long career, from Mogadishu, Somalia, to Kyiv and “finally back to Washington, D.C. — where, to her dismay, she found a political system beset by many of the same challenges she… Continue reading
Feb 21 WATCH: Trump disparages Oscar win for 'Parasite' By Associated Press “What the hell was that all about?" Trump said. “We've got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of that, they give them best movie of the year."… Continue reading
Feb 20 Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner replaces Adam Smith on UK banknote By Associated Press A new British banknote features 19th century English painter J. M. W. Turner, best known for his oil paintings and watercolors of seascapes and other landscapes. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 6:53 This novel makes fun of your child's meltdown A new, acclaimed novel takes a young child's meltdown and turns it into a surreal satire of modern life. In "Nothing to See Here," author Kevin Wilson uses a universal experience of parenthood to explore some incendiary family dynamics. Wilson… Continue watching
Feb 19 A museum thought it had a Rembrandt knockoff. Only it was real By Associated Press A nearly 400-year-old painting that had long been attributed to someone in Rembrandt’s workshop has now been judged to have been a work of the Dutch master himself. Continue reading
Feb 19 'Parasite' director says he's happy that a story about wealth inequality found fans By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Bong told reporters that the movie's story has not only "funny, comic" elements but also "bitter, painful natures" of the disparity between the haves and have-nots in modern society. Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: New historic footage of Marines shows larger battle at Iwo Jima By Greg Wilsbacher, The Conversation When most Americans think of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima – if they think of it at all, 75 years later – they think of one image: Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, the island’s… Continue reading