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‘Captain Underpants’ Spin-Off Pulled for ‘Passive Racism’
NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic novel for children that was a spin-off of the wildly ...
Some Medical Experts Unconvinced About Holding Tokyo Games
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has ...
Banksy Painting Raises $23 Million for UK Health Charities
LONDON (AP) — A Banksy painting honoring Britain's health workers in the pandemic has sold for ...
California Adopts First Statewide Ethnic Studies Curriculum
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and ...
Calming Us Down or Revving Us Up, Music Can be Good for the Heart
Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached ...
6 Dr. Seuss Books Won’t Be Published for Racist Images
BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including "And to Think That I Saw It ...
Mr. Potato Head Drops the Mister, Sort of
NEW YORK (AP) — Is it Mr. Potato Head or not? ...
Dolly Parton asks Tennessee Not to Put her Statue at Capitol
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would ...
Ancient Shell Horn Can Still Play a Tune After 18,000 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought ...
Amanda Gorman, in a First, Brings Poetry to Super Bowl
NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of ...
Celebrated Hoop Dance Contest in Arizona Will Go Virtual
PHOENIX (AP) — Hoop dancing has rarely ever been about competition for Scott Sixkiller Sinquah ...
Dolly Parton on Super Bowl Commercial and COVID-19 Vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton has been singing about everyday office employees working "9 to ...
Super Bowl Week Helps ‘Shine a Light’ on Human Trafficking
One night when Kirk Cousins was 16, as he listened to a presentation at his family's ...
Edgar Wright Explores ‘Glam Rock Anomaly’ Sparks in Doc
Ever heard of the band Sparks? If you haven't, you're not alone. If you have, it's ...
NBCUniversal Vows Auditions for Actors with Disabilities
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actors with disabilities will be included in auditions for each new film ...
No Mardi Gras Parades, So Thousands Make ‘House Floats’
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — You just can't keep a good city down, especially when Mardi Gras ...
Indian Village Cheers for Harris During Swearing-in As US VP
THULASENDRAPURAM, India (AP) — Residents of a tiny Indian village surrounded by rice paddies flocked to ...
Climate Activist Thunberg to Appear on Swedish Postal Stamp
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that ...
Harris Team Says it Was Blindsided by VP-Elect’s Vogue Cover
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February ...
Social Platforms Flex Their Power, Lock Down Trump Accounts
After years of treating President Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric with a light touch, Facebook and Instagram ...
Pandemic-Era Mardi Gras: No Big Crowds, But Plenty of Cake
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A subdued Carnival season begins Wednesday after the coronavirus pandemic put an ...
After a Year Like This, Expect a Strange New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might ...
Theater Uses Its Creativity to Defy Pandemic and Stage shows
NEW YORK (AP) — There's theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights ...
The Pandemic is Changing Hollywood, Maybe Forever
NEW YORK (AP) — "No New 'Movies' Till Influenza Ends" blared a New York Times headline ...
John Boyega Isn’t Going to ‘Take the Money and Shush’
NEW YORK (AP) — John Boyega is only 28, but being a professional actor of 10 ...
Play ‘Thoughts of a Colored Man’ to Get a Broadway Run
NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Keenan Scott II's play "Thoughts of a Colored Man," a work ...
Study Suggests Video Games Can Help Mental Health
LONDON (AP) — Time spent playing video games can be good for mental health, according to ...
Pandemic Pushes Steep Drop in Foreign College Students
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Just two semesters short of earning a cybersecurity master's degree in the ...
Massive Simone Leigh Sculpture Now Greets Penn Students
HOUSTON (AP) — The Trump administration is trying to deport several women who allege they were ...
Colder Months Can be Perfect Time to Photograph Gardens
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus has led more people to spend time outdoors, and many ...
Museums Face Calls to Better Represent People of Color
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As young as 5 years old, La Tanya Autry loved visiting local museums ...
US Voters Mark End of Election Like No Other at the Polls
Voters marked the end of an election like no other at the polls on Tuesday, casting ...
VMI to Remove Statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute's board voted Thursday to remove a statue of ...
On Pandemic ‘Learning Loss,’ Schools Look Forward, Not Back
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A complete picture has yet to emerge of how much learning was ...
Girl Scouts Tweet, Then Delete Post About Amy Coney Barrett
A tweet by the Girl Scouts congratulating new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett drew such ...
US Vetted Stars’ Politics to Showcase Trump Virus Response
WASHINGTON (AP) — Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted ...
Coronavirus Dims Mexico’s Bright Day of the Dead Celebration
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's a hole in Anderson, South Carolina. It opened suddenly in August ...
Art Exhibit in Chadwick Boseman’s Hometown Honors Legacy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's a hole in Anderson, South Carolina. It opened suddenly in August ...
Black Men’s Votes Courted, as Some Search for Political Home
NEW YORK (AP) — For Phillip Agnew, engaging Black male voters ahead of the general election ...
Voting by Mail Isn’t So Easy on Native American Reservations
MISSION, S.D. (AP) — The small, brick post office in Mission, South Dakota, sees steady business ...
