October 21, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder Marathon talks to end the Chicago teachers’ strike stalled again, meaning 300,000 students will miss a third day of classes Monday. The Chicago Teachers Union and city officials negotiated through the weekend but couldn’t […]
October 23, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder Dizzy Gillespie, with his signature puffed cheeks, horned-rim glasses, beret and bent-bell trumpet, used this musical talent to become a world-renowned figure in the world of jazz. The late trumpeter was born October 21, […]
October 23, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder At least 11 people have died in Chile, according to the mayor of capital city Santiago, as protests and violence in the country continued. Mayor Karla Rubilar said eight people died Sunday, the most deadly […]
October 24, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—aka the Notorious AOC, aka key member of the House’s progressive “Squad”—set Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg back on his heels Wednesday when she grilled him about the social media giant’s […]
October 16, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder Fela Kuti was a pioneer of the Afrobeat musical movement whose intense and pointed lyrics made him a target of the Nigerian government. The late musician was born October 15, 1938. Kuti was born […]
October 17, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder Rep. Elijah Cummings — the Baltimore-area Democrat who chaired the powerful House Oversight Committee and drew the ire of President Donald Trump — died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from […]
October 10, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder Turkey began a planned military offensive into northeastern Syria on Wednesday, launching airstrikes and artillery fire across the border just days after the Trump administration announced it was pulling US troops back from the […]
October 11, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder Bringing new life into the world can be a perilous journey for any woman, but especially for black women, who, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are at least 3 times […]
October 14, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder It was another instance of that most common of events: a woman, diminished. Earlier this week, Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate, was asked about a story that she’s mentioned often […]
October 15, 2019 Edit Edit with WPBakery Page Builder BEIRUT — American troops began pulling back on Monday from positions in northeastern Syria ahead of an expected incursion by Turkey into the area, the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said. The Syrian Kurdish fighters warned […]
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