Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Speaking in the capital, a spokesman for China’s Hong Kong affairs office said protesters will be “held accountable” and said that Beijing had “tremendous power” to put down the protests.
An international consortium planning the Thirty Meter Telescope still prefers to site it atop the Big Island’s Mauna Kea. But local protests may drive the project to the Canary Islands.
Carrie Brownstein joins the All Songs gang to chat about relentless earworms, annoying novelty songs and other songs our hosts think of as quite possibly the worst of all time
The Trump administration made the declaration after Beijing allowed its currency to drop sharply. China’s move triggered a sell-off on Wall Street.
Cesar Sayoc blamed his attempted bombing spree on his mental illness and excessive use of steroids. His attorneys said he was obsessed with President Trump.
In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. “We are not helpless here,” he said.
“I want to praise the defendant’s grandmother, who saved lives by interrupting this plot,” said a federal prosecutor. She was able to persuade her grandson to go to a hospital.
As more cities and states try to cut carbon emissions, natural gas is becoming a target. The city of Berkeley, Calif., just became the first to ban it in new homes, but it may not be the last.
“At some level firing 8chan as a customer is easy,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said. Before the Texas shooting, the suspect is believed to have posted a white nationalist, anti-Hispanic screed.
The national average in the U.S. is 4.43 deaths per 100,000. By contrast, in Canada, the figure is 0.47 per 100,000. In Bangladesh, it’s 0.07 deaths per 100,000.
Turns out the departing “visitor” wasn’t a woman at all – but a drug trafficker sentenced to decades in prison and boldly trying to escape. He was reportedly caught because he was acting nervous.
Many advocates for changing America’s gun laws spoke out on Sunday with a simple command to their public servants: “Do something!”
World stock markets saw sharp sell-offs after China let its currency slide, the latest move in its trade war with the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 767 points, or 2.9%.
Nobody else has ever tried to cross the body of water by hoverboard, which is powered by a backpack full of fuel. The last time he tried, he plunged into the sea.
The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach.
Studies show poor children living in “high opportunity” areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.
As millennials continue to fuel the decline in wine sales, some alcohol brands are making health claims as a way to attract consumers. But this has scientists and health researchers on edge.
In the days ahead of the move, India placed local politicians under house arrest, ordered tourists to evacuate and sent tens of thousands of troops into the region.
An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare.
He was seen as a chief architect of the regime’s brutal collectivist policies that led to the deaths of some 1.7 million people. He was found guilty of war crimes by a U.N.-backed tribunal last year.
The China’s central bank appears to have orchestrated the renminbi’s fall against the U.S. dollar. A weaker currency makes Chinese goods more competitive on the world market.
The unidentified vessel was reportedly taken last Wednesday near Farsi Island, where Iran maintains a naval base. Iraq’s oil ministry has denied it has any connection with the ship.
The nine people who died in the shooting early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, range in age from 22 to 57. They include four women and five men.
The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, John Bash, said the investigation into the deadly attack is proceeding with a “view towards bringing federal hate crime charges.”
Most famous for his Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back and Bill Clinton presidential campaign chronicle, The War Room, Pennebaker died of natural causes on Aug. 1.
The government asked sunscreen manufacturers do safety studies on the active ingredients in sunscreens — by November. In the meantime, what do you need to know about the goo you slather on your skin?
When parents in the U.S. paid huge sums to secure places for their children in top schools, it was a scandal. In India, it’s acceptable for parents to pay private universities for this purpose.
Officials named those killed in the attack on Sunday morning; their ages range from 22 to 57. Among them is the suspect’s sister. It was the second major mass shooting in the U.S. in under 24 hours.
Pro-democracy demonstrators have continued to voice opposition to an extradition bill. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has suspended the legislation, but protesters have additional demands.
More than two dozen were also injured in the shooting, according to state and local officials. A white man was taken into custody without incident.
Demonstrators have been demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to register in city elections. The entire city council is up for re-election in September.
Sen. Josh Hawley’s Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology, or SMART, Act would ban features that encourage prolonged engagement such as infinite scrolling and autoplay.
Thirty years ago, if you walked into a deli in Washington, D.C., you might find a dish called “Watergate Salad.” And it’s not bad. Soft. Tangy. You can taste why this caught on. And why it went away.
“Environmental personhood” was once considered a fringe issue, but several countries have granted rivers within their borders legal person status. Bangladesh became the latest in July.
The Phanatic was created 41 years ago to help entertain Phillies fans. Now a dispute about the genesis of its creation and licensing rights threatens the mascot’s future.
