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From unhoused to high school grad: L.A. ceremony honors students who overcame the odds
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoOne student lived variously in a car, a homeless shelter, motels and with relatives. Another was...
HBO's 'STAX: Soulsville U.S.A.' recounts triumph, tragedy of legendary Memphis soul label
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoJones, David Porter and Carla Thomas, filmed variously in Memphis, Nashville, Los Angeles and other...
Fraud Trial to Begin for Chinese Billionaire Who Allied Himself With America’s Right
New York Times· 3 hours agoCharged with defrauding thousands of investors in the U.S. and overseas of more than $1 billion, Guo...
Vatican releases guidance on investigating 'supernatural phenomena'
Fox News· 4 days agoChurch published a document on Friday providing new guidance for the discernment of alleged...
A pest of our own making: Revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach
Phys.org· 17 hours agoGerman cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. They're one of the most common cockroach...
Prince Harry just doesn’t get America, says Don McLean
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe American Pie singer Don McLean said Prince Harry “just doesn’t get America” after Harry reported...
Cartoon of Palestinian Boy Inspires, Years After Creator’s Murder
New York Times· 5 days agoThe character is called Handala (variously transliterated as Hanzala or Handzala), a name derived...
She's an Irish heiress, a psychic, a witch... and about to be extradited to the UK on fraud charges
Boing Boing· 2 days agoA scammer who variously claimed to be an Irish heiress, a witch, a psychic and a celebrity shmoozer is to be extradited to the United Kingdom, which wants to prosecute her ...
Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK to US
Reuters· 2 days agoWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission on Monday to appeal against extradition to the...
Jenny Holzer Shines New Light in Dark Places
New York Times· 6 days agoThe targets of the texts Holzer wrote between the late 1970s and 2001 — variously excerpted and re-sequenced for the new sign — range broadly. “Optimism...