Disney’s newest theme park will be in Abu Dhabi
The Walt Disney Company announced on Wednesday that the seventh Disney theme park will be in Abu Dhabi. This rendering shows the plans. Disney hide…
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‘James’ wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Percival Everett has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel James. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Henry Nicholls/AFP via…
‘Breakfast on the Bridges’: a monthly Portland commuter tradition
Bicycle commuters stop to grab a cup of coffee and a chat on their way into work as part of Portland’s “Breakfast on the Bridges.”…
An autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease
Actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, arrive in January 2003 at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Mark J.…
Artists wanted for Trump’s National Garden of American HeroesÂ
Ronald Reagan, Amelia Earhart, Kobe Bryant and Albert Einstein will be among those honored in the National Garden of American Heroes. Getty Images hide caption…
Records show Gene Hackman’s wife researched symptoms of illness days before her death
This is an undated image provided by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office during the course of their investigation and search of the home of…
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author, dies at age 89
Mario Vargas Llosa speaks at a news conference and presentation of his new book Tiempos recios (Harsh Times) in Madrid, Spain, in 2019. Manu Fernandez/AP…
Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research
Lefty O’Doul shakes hands with Crown Prince Akihito (at that time future emperor, now abdicated emperor) during the 1949 SF Seals Goodwill Tour to Japan…
This YouTube show explains climate change to the kids who have to live with it
Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick and co-host Sprout are on a mission to inspire young children to learn about and take action on climate change.…
The artist behind ‘the worst’ Trump portrait defends her work
President Trump’s portrait in the Colorado Capitol in August 2019. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption toggle caption Thomas Peipert/AP After President Trump said how much he…