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MUSIC MONDAY: “Fresh Reggae Tracks” Summer Playlist (LISTEN) By goodblacknews on July 14, 2025 by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and...
Campus & Community Local fun, a beach retreat, and a treat for your brain Photo illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff November 13, 2025 3 min read Sleep scientist shares tips on recreation and rest Part of the Favorite Things series Recommendations from Harvard faculty Tony Cunningham is an ass...
Comedic actors know how to deliver lines in just the right way with just the right timing to make an audience laugh. But true comedians are often funnier when they’re allowed to go off-script and let their gift for spontaneous humor shine. Enter Billy Crystal, whose ad-libbed scene in “The Princess ...
A spectacular Victorian era mausoleum commissioned by General Sir Thomas Monteath Douglas stands on Gersit Law, overlooking the village of Ancrum below. Thomas Monteath was born in 1788, in Jamaica, to a Scottish father and an English mother. Thomas grew up to serve in the British Army, starting out...
Austrian sculptor Heinrich Krippel had already designed and produced a few statues of Ataturk to help cement the iconography of the newly founded Republic of Turkey. The idea was to portray a self-confident new country, led by a great man and claiming its place as peer to the modern nation-states of...
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Join Citizens Committee for Children and the Family Homelessness Coalition Wednesday for an online panel discussion, moderated by City Limits, on policy-based solutions to New York s housing crisis. A family outside the city’s congregate shelter for immigrants at Floyd Bennett Field (now closed) at ...
David Deming (left) and Christopher Eisgruber.Photo by Anna Lamb Nation & World Princeton leader defends campus free speech efforts amid ‘civic crisis’ Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer November 12, 2025 4 min read U.S....
At Meta, we’re focused on building industry-leading infrastructure that supports our most ambitious AI workloads and connects billions of people around the world. As we progress on this journey, today, we’re excited to announce that we’re adding another AI-optimized data center to our fleet in Beave...
The exhibition spotlights more than 200 works by the 92-year-old artist, from provocative early works to more recent creations...
The Church of England has been deeply divided in recent years over whether to perform same-sex marriages, which were made legal in England in 2014. In 2023, a compromise of sorts was made when priests were allowed to offer blessings or prayers of thanksgiving and dedication to same-sex couples, whic...
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Yes, Prince George has a very big future ahead of him. His father, Prince William, will soon be king, and one day it will be his turn. Of course, that’s all fine and good, but we have to remember he’s still a 12-year-old kid. And when you’re that age, kids start wanting what their friends have and m...
Oscar-nominated actress Sally Kirkland passed away at age 84. She spent decades in Hollywood, starring on stage and screen. Following her death, many stars paid tribute to the legendary actress on social media with photos and stories. Jennifer Tilly shared a touching memory of Sally on X. “So sad to...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, land...
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. People power America is unique among wealthy countries in its endless struggle with gun violence. Schools pre...
From left to right, Sheldon Gooch, Kari Rittenbach, Connie Butler, Jody Graf, Andrea Sánchez, Elena Ketelsen González, and Ruba Katrib. Photo Noel Woodford/Courtesy MoMA PS1 With its 50th anniversary looming, MoMA PS1 has revealed details for the 2026 ed...
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During the Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century, the city of Bradford in West Yorkshire underwent a dramatic transformation from a rural market town with a population of about 13,000 people to an industrial powerhouse with a population of over 100000 people. Consequently...
Sometimes, the best reassurance during anxious times is simply a reminder that we're all human and completely in this together. That is exactly what a Delta airline pilot did for his passengers when he took to the intercom to let them know they were in good hands. When the U.S. government shut down,...
Though many teachers are leaving the profession, not all of them are making national news. Maggie Perkins, 32, made headlines in 2022 when she quit the teaching profession to work at Costco, and showed no interest in looking back. "The conditions were worsening rapidly, and I realized they weren't g...
Indigenous activists in central Sarawak state in Malaysian Borneo have declared victory, at least temporarily, after palm oil firm Urun Plantations agreed to a moratorium on clearing land in a disputed area. Penan and Kenyah residents of the Long Urun region alleged that the plantation, which is cer...
You’re at a party and find yourself talking to someone stuck on a boring topic. They’ve been ranting on and on for the past 10 minutes about how they ran a marathon, and you have to find a polite way to exit the conversation without making them feel bad. In fact, you’d actually like them to feel gre...
