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Queen Latifah Receives Harvard Black Culture Award
Music artist and actress Queen Latifah was among the honorees recognized by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture. Harvard awarded the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Queen Latifah and six other recipients on Tuesday, according to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, school’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
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UK Leader Johnson Renews Vow to Leave EU by Deadline
British Prime Minister on Sunday renewed his vow to take the country out of the European Union by the Brexit deadline, in an apparent contradiction of a government pledge in court days earlier to ask for an extension if there’s no withdrawal deal. “We will be packing our bags and walking out on” Oct. 31, Boris Johnson wrote in The...
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UK's Johnson Denies Wrongdoing as Allegations Mount
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson battled to fend off allegations of improper patronage and groping a woman as he prepared a final push Monday to fulfill his pledge to lead his country out of the European Union in just over a month — and, he hopes, move British politics beyond its fracture over Europe. Johnson sought to energize Conservative members...
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Meghan Markle May Guest Edit September Issue of British Vogue
There is a lot of speculation about the Duchess’s role in the most important issue of the fashion season.
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All the Details on Meghan Markle's Rumored Collab With British Vogue
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is getting into the magazine business. Meghan is set to guest edit the September edition of British Vogue, multiple outlets report. While the new mom is still on maternity leave, it seems as though she’s taking on a new venture. So, what can we expect from the September issue of the magazine? According to the Daily...
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Glitter, Bible Verses Mailed to Boston Straight Pride Parade Organizers, Source Says
Suspicious letters were sent to the main organizers of the Boston Straight Pride Parade Monday, one of the organizers told NBC10 Boston, bringing out specialists to investigate. Bomb squads responded to locations in Woburn, Salisbury and Malden, but the FBI has said there was no danger to the public.
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3 People Arrested in Proud Boys, Antifa Clash in Oregon
Competing demonstrations spilled into the streets of downtown Portland on Saturday, with fights breaking out in places as marchers clashed. At least three groups had planned rallies or demonstrations at different sites in the city, including members of the so-called Proud Boys and anti-fascist groups that include “antifa,” and the fights occurred when participants of the opposing groups met, according...
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Angelina Jolie Joins Time in Editorial Role
Actress, director and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie can now add a new title to her resume – contributing editor. Edward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and CEO of Time, announced last week that Jolie will be writing for the magazine monthly on a variety of topics including displacement, conflict and human rights, TIME reported. Before her most recent advocacy role, Jolie began...
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‘Tonight': Elaine Welteroth on Women Being ‘More Than Enough'
Elaine Welteroth discusses her journey from small-town California girl to the youngest editor of Teen Vogue and reveals what she wants people to take away from her book, “More Than Enough.”
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Caught on Cam: Man Shot by Detective in Car
Editor’s note: This video could be disturbing to some viewers. Surveillance video from a business shows the moments leading up to and after the shooting of a man. Police say a detective in a car mistook the man as armed. The video has been paused to not show the actual shooting.
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Fresh From the Oven: New ‘Joy of Cooking' Out in November
Scribner announced Thursday that the first revision of the classic cookbook since 2006 will be published Nov. 12.
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2019 Met Gala Fashion: Red Carpet Pictures
Photos from the red carpet of the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s theme is ‘camp’ and is co-chaired by Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles, along with Gucci designer Alessandro Michele and Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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2019 Met Gala Fashion: Red Carpet Pictures
Photos from the red carpet of the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s theme is ‘camp’ and is co-chaired by Lady Gaga, Serena Williams and Harry Styles, along with Gucci designer Alessandro Michele and Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
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Stepfather of Missing Houston Girl, 4, Says She Was Abducted by 3 Men
A Houston man told investigators that his 4-year-old stepdaughter was abducted by men in a pickup truck who beat him but then let him and his 2-year-old son go free, police said.
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Apps Could Help Your Child Get a College Scholarship
Scholarships are a useful resource in assisting students pay for higher education. Downloading one of these apps could help in the process of finding additional money for college.
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Pope Francis: Women Have ‘Legitimate Claims' for Justice, Equality
Pope Francis said Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more justice and equality in the Catholic Church, but stopped short of endorsing more sweeping calls from his own bishops to recognize the “urgency of an inevitable change” to give them leadership roles. Francis issued a document inspired by an October 2018 meeting of the world’s bishops on better...
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Founder, Board of Vatican Women's Magazine Quit
The founder and all-female editorial board of the Vatican’s women’s magazine have quit after what they say was a Vatican campaign to discredit them and put them “under the direct control of men,” that only increased after they denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by clergy. The editorial committee of “Women Church World,” a monthly glossy published alongside the Vatican...
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Black Editor Resigns From Newspaper That Urged KKK Revival
An African-American woman who took over the helm of a small-town Alabama newspaper that recently called for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” has stepped down after a few weeks, citing interference from the newspaper’s owner. Elecia R. Dexter told The New York Times on Friday that she stepped down because of continuing interference from the newspaper’s owner who...
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Calling Gloria: Julianne Moore on the Delight of Tackling ‘Gloria Bell'
Over the course of dozens of films, Academy Award winner Julianne Moore has shown no hesitation in peeling back the layers and revealing her character’s innermost vulnerabilities and desires.
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‘The View' Host Joy Behar Under Fire for Use of Blackface
A new posting of a 2016 segment of “The View” is drawing attention to co-host Joy Behar, who in it shows a photo of herself in costume as an African woman.