Category Archives: Entertainment
Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media
NEW YORK — An election systems worker driven into hiding by death threats has filed a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign, two of its lawyers and some conservative media figures and outlets. Eric Coomer, security director at th...
NYT’s ‘Caliphate’ podcast withdrawn as Pulitzer finalist
NEW YORK — A high-profile podcast on terrorism from The New York Times that had been a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize was withdrawn as a contest entry in the wake of the newspaper saying the claims of a man
Sales top 3 million for Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land’
NEW YORK — Just a month after publication, Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” is well on its way to becoming the bestselling presidential memoir in modern times. Crown announced Wednesday that sales have topped 3.3 million copies in the U.S. and
Record number of journalists jailed because of their work
NEW YORK — A record 274 journalists were in jail at the beginning of the month because of their work, nearly three dozen of them on charges of “false news,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. It has been
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s book ‘Persist’ to come out in April
NEW YORK — Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the Massachusetts Democrat's career: “Persist.” Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday that “...
Dutch court refuses to return painting to Jewish heirs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in
Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums
LONDON — A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts in the U.K. The National Heritage Memorial Fund, a
Does Electoral College end election for conservative media?
NEW YORK — Newsmax's newest star, Greg Kelly, sought to rally President Donald Trump's supporters after Monday's Electoral College vote confirmed their hero's defeat at the hands of President-elect Joe Biden. “My fellow deplorables,” he said, “it's not...
Biden, Harris named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’
WASHINGTON — Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year.” Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honour for “changing the American story, for showing ...
Biden, Harris named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’
WASHINGTON — Time magazine has named President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris its “Person of the Year.” Time's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says Biden and Harris won the honour for “changing the American story, for showing ...
