2019-02-23 A Look at the 2019 Best Picture Oscar Nominees
Actors, directors, producers and other American movie industry stars gather Sunday in Los Angeles for the yearly Academy Awards. It…
2019-02-20 ‘Free Solo’ Film Brings Climber Alex Honnold to Hollywood
Alex Honnold lives life dangerously. Honnold, who is 33, is one of the best-known “free solo” rock climbers in the…
2019-02-16 Win or Lose at the Oscars, Glenn Close Is Loving the Moment
Glenn Close is laughing hard as she stands in the doorway to her New York City home. Her loyal little…
2019-02-14 Westminster Dog Show Has a New ‘King’
At the Westminster Dog Show in New York, wire fox terriers continue to win. A wire fox from Brazil who…
2019-02-11 Bobblehead Museum Opens in Wisconsin
A new museum in the American state of Wisconsin may hold the largest collection of bobbleheads anyone has ever seen.…
2019-02-12 Women ‘Step Up’ at Grammy Awards
This year’s Grammy Awards seemed to be all about women. The Recording Academy held the event Sunday night in Los…
2019-02-10 Argentina’s Female Soccer Players Fight Sexism, Inequality
Almost 90 years after men’s soccer turned professional in Argentina, the women’s game is still played by amateurs. They make…
2019-02-09 Resort Keeps Tradition of Harvesting Ice from Lake Alive
In modern times, most people choose to use electrical devices, like refrigerators, to keep drinks cool. But summer visitors at…
2019-02-05 Asians Celebrate Lunar New Year Around the World
The traditional dragon and lion dances greeted several hundred Asian-Americans over the weekend at Fair Oaks Shopping Center in northern…
2019-02-02 A #MeToo Sensibility in Workspace for Women
ModernWell is a shared workspace in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Outside the building, the city is covered with snow and the temperature…
2019-02-04 Using Her Camera, Artist Looks at Cancer Survivors in New Ways
When we think about people with cancer, the images that usually come to our minds may be dark and sad.…
2019-02-04 Belgium’s Museum of Africa Tries to Fight Images of Colonialism
Belgium has long struggled to deal with its colonial past. The small European country controlled large parts of Central Africa…
2019-01-31 Enslaved African Muslims Helped Build America
In the year 1807, a wealthy scholar was captured in West Africa, brought to the United States and sold into…
2019-01-26 Lebanon’s Star Filmmaker Makes Oscars History
Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has become the first female artist in the Arab world to be nominated for an Academy…
2019-01-25 Naomi Osaka Sponsor Drops Ad after Criticism
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka says she hopes companies she represents will talk with her about how to present her…