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When Barbara Johns was just 16 years old, she led a walkout at her high school to protest poor and unequal school conditions. The moment is one that many historians believe helped launch the desegregation movement in the US. Now, Johns — who died in 1991 — will be memorialized at the US Capitol, replacing

K.T. Oslin, a country music singer and songwriter who came to fame with her anthem “80’s Ladies,” has died, according to a statement from the Country Music Association. She was 78. Oslin became the first woman to win the CMA Award for song of the year in 1988 for “80 Ladies.” She also won multiple

For six months, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself. Winter solstice 2020, the shortest day of year and the official start of winter, is on Monday, December 21. How it all works has fascinated people for thousands of years. First

It’s official: Disney+ will be offering two series featuring armored stars, and neither one of them is Iron Man. As teased in a post-credit sequence during “The Mandalorian” season finale, “The Book of Boba Fett” will debut in December 2021, featuring the bounty hunter introduced in the first “Star Wars” sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back.”

In a year that many of us spent indoors or hidden behind a mask, the way we think about beauty has changed more profoundly than, perhaps, at any other time in living memory. The pandemic posed plenty of new and unexpected challenges for the image-conscious, from shuttered salons to the scourge of “maskne.” Yet it

It was an unusual year marked by unusual events: an unprecedented global pandemic, youth-led protest movements, impassioned Black Lives Matter demonstrations, a divisive US Election. The list goes on. Amid all the negative news, and just when we needed nourishment and escape the most, Covid-19 devastated the creative industries: Broadway lights went out, the Met

Ed Sheeran fans, rejoice! The singer released a new song, “Afterglow” on Monday. It’s his first new music since welcoming his first child in August. In it he sings, “We were love drunk waiting on a miracle/Trying to find ourselves in the winter snow/So alone in love like the world had disappeared.” Sheeran shared the

Lizzo is spreading holiday cheer. The singer surprised her mom with a new car over the weekend and shared the sweet moment with her millions of followers in a video on Instagram. Her mom is seen crying tears of joy after Lizzo surprises her with an SUV. “Got my mommy a brand new Audi for

Actor Elliot Page is expressing gratitude to supporters after sharing that he identifies as non-binary and transgender. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Your love and support has been the greatest gift,” Page wrote in a post on Sunday. “Stay safe. Be there for each other. If you are able, support @transanta and

Somewhere on that 7 a.m. Greyhound bus journey between Port Authority and Albany, I started crying. Being stranded by a blizzard in New York had been fun at first: crunching through piled-high sidewalks was a Christmas movie come true. But the record-breaking snowfall in the Eastern United States from December 16 to 20, 2009, caused

Canada has become the latest country to halt flights from the UK following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19, which is said by officials to spread faster than others. The new coronavirus variant, which prompted the UK government to impose a Tier 4 lockdown in London and southeastern England, and tighten restrictions for

Rohingya children raised amid political turmoil have few opportunities to see themselves represented in the media. Sesame Workshop is helping to change that. The nonprofit organization, best known for producing “Sesame Street,” unveiled its first Rohingya Muppets on Thursday: 6-year-old twins Noor and Aziz. The siblings will be featured in Rohingya-language educational media along with

Employees at a restaurant in Ohio received a Christmas gift they didn’t see coming when a customer left a $5,600 tip for the entire staff to split. The guest, who asked the restaurant to allow him to remain anonymous, was dining at Souk Mediterranean Kitchen in Toledo on December 12 when he left the massive

It’s George Bailey’s crucial moment. Disheveled and desperate, he offers up a Hail-Mary prayer to a God he’s not sure is listening: “I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me, show me the way. I’m at the end of my rope.” Actor Jimmy Stewarts’ emotion is palpable in

Connie Chung is not holding back. The former anchor spoke to Andrew Goldman, host of “The Originals” podcast for Los Angeles magazine, and discussed a wide range of topics including guest-starring on HBO’s “The Undoing,” her time at CBS Evening News and ABC News. (Chung also briefly worked at CNN, hosting a show in 2002

Looking for a holiday gift but still not found the perfect one? Here’s a last-minute idea: a home in Italy, yours for less than the price of a cup of coffee. Yes, another month, another set of idyllic Italian village cottages up for sale — and yes, it’s all part of the bid to breathe

New York City is no stranger to head turning, over-the-top fashion — but its biannual Fashion Week brings boldness in spades. Each year, design-savvy folk — designers, fashion lovers, the rich and famous — flock to the city to witness firsthand the styles of the future. This year fashion show producer Jessica Minh Anh’s event