BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania was rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach. More than a dozen rescuers worked in a harsh blizzard to save Vladislav Duda, 28, who was…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She was 81. WATCH: Nikki Giovanni reads…
Two days after Jay-Z and Beyonce were rocked by a lawsuit alleging that he and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a 13-year-old girl in 2000, the mega-star couple have to contend with an evacuation warning affecting their new $200 million Malibu estate, due to the rapidly spreading Franklin Fire in the oceanside community. Celebrities like Barbra…
One of the few things that unites Republicans and Democrats is their reaction to celebrity political endorsements. Republicans see them as a boon to their campaigns, as wealthy and out-of-touch entertainers endorsing liberal candidates like Vice President Kamala Harris often alienate average voters. Liberals, meanwhile, enjoy the star power, even if it doesn’t translate to…
I grew up in a dynamic and spirited household, shaped by the unique bond my parents shared as both doctors and business leaders. Despite their political differences — my mother, a proud Democrat, and my father, a steadfast Republican — they found common ground in their shared passions for healing and entrepreneurship. Our dinner table…
Four separate air strikes by Israeli forces, which killed at least 49 civilians and decimated entire families in Lebanon, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Under international law, direct attacks on civilians or civilian objects, indiscriminate attacks that kill or injure civilians, and disproportionate attacks that cause excessive incidental civilian loss…
Top Senate Democrat warns mass deportations ‘would damage our economy and separate American families’ Democratic Senate judiciary committee chair Dick Durbin kicked off the hearing into Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportations by warning that such an effort would inhumane, prohibitively expensive and harmful to the US military. Trump and his advisers have proposed using…
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From the moment the world saw the smiling, unmasked face of the young man in the New York City hostel, memes began spreading about his looks. In the days since Luigi Mangione was identified and charged in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, it has been impossible to escape his photo. Or…