Today: September 23, 2024
Today: September 23, 2024

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Tiffany Haddish arrested on suspicion of DUI in Beverly Hills

Police say Tiffany Haddish was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence

Tiffany Haddish arrested on suspicion of DUI in Beverly Hills
Business|Entertainment

Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books

Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes

Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books
Entertainment

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been separated since 2016, she says

Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith have lived what she says are “completely separate lives” since 2016

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been separated since 2016, she says
Entertainment

Mateo Askaripour's 'This Great Hemisphere' is a novel about power set 500 years from now

Mateo Askaripour is set to publish a follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel “Black Buck.”

Mateo Askaripour's 'This Great Hemisphere' is a novel about power set 500 years from now
Entertainment

Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards

Geraldine Brooks’ “Horse,” a novel about race and forgotten history, and Robert Samuels’ and Toluse Olorunnipa’s “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” have won awards from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

Geraldine Brooks' 'Horse' and biography of George Floyd win Dayton literary awards
Entertainment

Chris Colfer's new book series for young people will launch in 2024

The hero of Chris Colfer’s next book series is no ordinary boy

Chris Colfer's new book series for young people will launch in 2024
Entertainment

'Saturday Night Live' returns after strike, with Pete Davidson and Bad Bunny slated to host

“Saturday Night Live” is ready to make its return, five months after ending its season early due to the writers strike

'Saturday Night Live' returns after strike, with Pete Davidson and Bad Bunny slated to host
Entertainment

George Takei picture book on his years in internment camps will be published next spring

“Star Trek” actor and political activist George Takei has a picture book scheduled for next spring that draws upon his early childhood years spent in internment camps for Japanese Americans

George Takei picture book on his years in internment camps will be published next spring
Entertainment

Rihanna, A$AP Rocky debut photos of their second child, a son named Riot Rose

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are giving the world the first look at their second child together, a boy they’ve named Riot Rose

Rihanna, A$AP Rocky debut photos of their second child, a son named Riot Rose
Entertainment

Million-selling novelist Isabel Allende has a deal to write 3 children's books

At age 81, Isabel Allende has decided it's time to try writing children's books

Million-selling novelist Isabel Allende has a deal to write 3 children's books
Entertainment

An end in sight? Striking writers and Hollywood studios spend second full day in negotiations

Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters have spent a second full day in talks that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt

An end in sight? Striking writers and Hollywood studios spend second full day in negotiations
Entertainment

Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row

Giorgio Armani has closed Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and a front row that included frequent guests such as Cate Blanchett and Juliette Binoche

Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row
Entertainment

Anthony Freud to retire as head of Lyric Opera of Chicago at end of 2023-24 season

Anthony Freud will retire as general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago at the end of the season, ending a 13-year tenure

Education

Double take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school

Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class

Double take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school
Education

Howard University cuts ties with Sean 'Diddy' Combs after video of attack on Cassie

Howard University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship program in his name

Howard University cuts ties with Sean 'Diddy' Combs after video of attack on Cassie
Education

Columbia University and a Jewish student agree on a settlement that imposes more safety measures

Columbia University has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus

Columbia University and a Jewish student agree on a settlement that imposes more safety measures
Business|Education

Workers at Georgia school bus maker Blue Bird approve their first union contract

Workers at a Georgia school bus manufacturer have approved their first union contract

Workers at Georgia school bus maker Blue Bird approve their first union contract
Education|Entertainment|Lifestyle

A college puts the 'cat' into 'education' by giving Max an honorary 'doctor of litter-ature' degree

A Vermont university has bestowed the honorary degree of “doctor of litter-ature” on a cat named Max who has become a beloved member of its community

A college puts the 'cat' into 'education' by giving Max an honorary 'doctor of litter-ature' degree
Education

A greasy, monumental ritual at the Naval Academy ends after more than 2 hours

A first-year U.S. Naval Academy student has stood victorious on classmates' shoulders and placed an upperclassman’s cap atop the Herndon Monument after a grueling, slippery struggle

A greasy, monumental ritual at the Naval Academy ends after more than 2 hours
Education

A Chicago teen entered college at 10. At 17, she earned a doctorate from Arizona State

Dorothy Jean Tillman's participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10

A Chicago teen entered college at 10. At 17, she earned a doctorate from Arizona State
Environment

Young bear spotted relaxing on a hammock in a Vermont yard

Noah and Kristen Dweck have seen a number of black bears around their home in Vermont but this was a first

Young bear spotted relaxing on a hammock in a Vermont yard
Environment

The last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall

The last U.S. zoo to have pandas in its care is preparing to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall

The last pandas at any US zoo are expected to leave Atlanta for China this fall
Environment

DeSantis, amid criticism, signs Florida bill making climate change a lesser state priority

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill making climate change a lesser priority under state law and banning offshore wind turbines near the state's long coastline

DeSantis, amid criticism, signs Florida bill making climate change a lesser state priority
Entertainment|Environment

Tom Steyer has written a guide to fighting climate change, 'Cheaper, Faster, Better'

Billionaire businessman-environmentalist Tom Steyer has a book out this spring that combines personal and professional stories with a message on how to battle climate change

Tom Steyer has written a guide to fighting climate change, 'Cheaper, Faster, Better'
Entertainment|Environment

Climate protesters twice interrupt Wagner's `Tannhäuser' at Metropolitan Opera

Climate protesters caused a pair of interruptions totaling 22 minutes during the opening night of a revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at the Metropolitan Opera

Climate protesters twice interrupt Wagner's `Tannhäuser' at Metropolitan Opera

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