Celebrity Life

(MINNEAPOLIS) — The former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright was sentenced Friday to two years in prison, a penalty below state guidelines after the judge found mitigating factors warranted a lesser sentence. Kim Potter was convicted in December of first- and…

In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, rumors of sabotage and imminent further attacks found fertile ground in the minds of a nervous American public. In a press conference shortly after inspecting the damage, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox attributed (without evidence) their precision in hitting military targets…

First-time filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz’s delightful documentary 'The Automat' features Mel Brooks

From Jay Z to Talib Kweli

Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks

In Vienna, an eighth round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program continues with little cause for hope that a deal is near. The Biden Administration wants a return to the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal agreed to in 2015 by Iran, the Obama Administration, France, the U.K., Germany, Russia, and…

The wreck of the Clotilda, the last ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States, remains buried in mud on the bottom of the Mobile River in Alabama, exactly where I discovered the long-lost ship three years ago. When I found the Clotilda in April of 2018 with a team from the University of…

The 2008 blasts left more than 50 dead and 200 wounded in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, which has a history of sectarian strife

The avocado crunch is the latest disruption in a food supply chain roiled by the pandemic, with labor shortfalls and shipping headaches

Authorities said last week that one in every two people in the Pacific nation's capital Honiara has COVID-19 symptoms

She is now the first action-sports athlete to capture three medals at the same Winter Games.

'Dog,' starring Channing Tatum, is largely a comedy, and only partly a tearjerker