Prairieville’s great-grandmother takes on challenge to write first children’s book…
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August 2021
Former reporter recovers from COVID-19 in Norfolk: ‘It’s not a hoax’
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - From the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to the destructive waters of Storm Sandy, to real estate scams in Queens, Debbie Cohen covered stories - big and small - in her hometown of the city for eight…
Nanaimo Overdose Awareness Day berates politicians over rising death toll
“The comfortable consensus seems to be that our drug policies and addiction issues are just complicated issues that require millions of dollars and years of performative talk in order to get the care and programs that are really needed.…
Harvard jumped the shark with an atheist “chaplain”
It has just been said that Harvard University has elected its very first atheist chaplain. Yes, you read that right: Greg Epstein, who identifies as a "humanist rabbi," has been chosen as chaplains chaplain for the…
Sudanese journalists network: harassment of journalists as frequent as in Al Bashir’s time
The Sudanese Journalists Network publicly condemned "the brutal attack on journalist Mohamed El Mustafa by the regular armed forces on Saturday" in a statement released yesterday. He called on the journalistic community to…
How Simon Rich became the world’s most ambitious comedy writer
Ais the youngest writer ever hired at Saturday Night Live, Simon Rich realized his biggest dreams ridiculously early in life. Everything that followed, including a switch to Pixar writing Upside down, directing his own shows at FX and TBS,…
Who lost Afghanistan? Why politicians and pundits are asking the wrong question
In 1949, Washington was plunged into a great geopolitical debate. Who lost China? The Communist takeover of the mainland was blamed on Harry Truman, and Skemonger Joe McCarthy told Secretary of State Dean Acheson "that magnificent…
Female octopuses throw things at itchy males, and look, we totally got it
When it comes to getting rid of an annoying parasite, sometimes subtlety isn't enough. Sometimes it is enough to throw anything or everything at hand, bombarding the offender with shells and debris until he rushes to his hole.
OK, this…
Leading Democratic politicians speak out against MPD ballot issue
If passed in November, a voting initiative would replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Public Safety Department under city council control.
MINNEAPOLIS - Thanks to the scene in Powderhorn Park…
“And if… ?” Marvel’s cliffhangers may not be resolved by writer AC Bradley
Those Who Watched Marvel What if…? on Disney + be aware that each episode has a scene at the end that teases potential follow-up stories. These sequences - which conjure up the vibe of mid-credit scenes from the MCU movies -…