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LAPD Chief Apologizes For Officer Who Protected CBS Exec Les Moonves
The commander, Cory Palka, allegedly shared details of a sexual assault report with CBS and Moonves. - Los Angeles Times
Peru Closes Machu Picchu And Inca Trail Indefinitely
"Hundreds of people who were stuck for hours at the foot of the 15th Century Inca citadel have now been rescued. ... Rail services...
The Ambitious Second Novel Of Nigerian Author Ayobami Adebayo
Adébáyò's first novel, Stay With Me, "told a closely focused story about the impact of childlessness and sickle-cell disease on the life of a...
Dick Polich, Whose Foundry Made Artists’ Visions Into Reality, Has Died At 90
"The notably petite Ms. Bourgeois did not herself forge her looming metallic arachnids. For that, she — along with many of the world’s ...
How Did Anime Come To Be Everywhere In Culture?
It's all going to plan. But also, "Anime's fans are largely online, and the pandemic — when people were suddenly able to focus on...
Elon Musk Is Ending Twitter’s Use To Publications
Basically, what referrals Twitter provided - and the percentage wasn't large for most publishers - has dropped to near nothing after Musk's recent decisions....
Sculptor Hank Willis Thomas On The ‘Strange’ Backlash To His MLK Sculpture
Thomas says he "focused on the Kings’ arms 'an embodiment of the ‘beloved community,’' a term the civil rights leader often used to...
Wikipedia’s Thoughtful Dealing With Cultural Hot Topics
"Wikipedia’s editors are no longer simply citing dated sources; instead, they are hashing out how someone would want to be understood. But even though...
Why An Indian Action Spectacle Film Is Charming The West
Maybe the reason is that blockbusters churned out in the U.S. have been hit with a similarity stick, or with a cynicism audiences can...
If You Missed Broadway Musicals Last Year, Don’t Worry; Listen
Almost every show, even ones that closed relatively quickly, created a cast album. And "some improve on the shows they preserve merely by jettisoning...
British Artist Rachel Whiteread Says It’s Time To Hit Pause On Fourth Plinth Sculptures
Why would Whiteread say that? Well, the Trafalgar Square program has led to a lot of large-scale sculptures with no place to go. "Three-quarters...
This Year’s Book Resolution Is To Stop Worrying About Books You’ll Never Read
That's one writer's resolution, anyway: "After a lifetime of climbing, I’m happy to stop and just enjoy the view. For so long, I, like...
Watch Out, New York Times, The Dictionary Just Bought Quordle
The Wordle knockoff - though perhaps harder, since it has four five-letter words to guess at once, with only nine guesses - "now redirects...
When The Closed Captioning Device Failed, Sundance Jurors Walked Out
The problem illustrated a much larger issue: "According to multiple sources, the jury has repeatedly expressed concerns to both Sundance and filmmakers that movies...
English Museum Finally Removes Skeleton Of Man Called Irish Giant
Before Charles Byrne "died by the time he "died at in 1783, at the age of 22, he had told his friends to bury...
Science Fiction May Come Into Its Own This Awards Season
For instance: "It is not often that a movie featuring alternate universes, kung fu and a Chinese-American owned laundromat is in the running for...
Good Book News From Florida
That is to say, some libraries are still doing their darnedest to serve their communities - including creating a library on wheels, with mobile...
Why We Need Civics
"We are not tied together by a single religion, race, or ethnicity. Instead, America is organized around a set of ideas that needs to...
African Music Stars Say They Are Routinely Denied Visas For Europe
Performers have to meet all kinds of requirements for visas, ranging from the precise addresses where they're staying to financial statements to tickets home...
Betty Lee Sung Brought Serious Study Of The Asian American Diaspora To The US
The scholar, teacher, and language lover died at 98. She wrote scripts for the Voice of America, founded the first Asian Studies program in...
Regal Is Closing Many Movie Theatres Across The US, Including In NY’s Union Square
The plan is to reject the nearly 40 theatres' leases after a bankruptcy filing. "The Chapter 11 process makes it easier for companies to...
What We Can Learn From The Letters Of Poets
"You might be desperate to find a grant ... to allow you to write for two weeks. Or you might have all the money...
Kimmel Center Follows Through, Evicts Philly Pops
The arts presenter removed the Philly Pops as a resident company, "shutting the group out of Verizon Hall and removing customers’ ability to buy...
The Olympics Have A Detailed Plan For How To Score Breakdancing
"Officials compare each battle dancer’s moves and style to their opponent’s, with special scrutiny paid to categories called 'body' (physical moves), 'mind' (creativity in...
With The Alec Baldwin Charges, What Will Happen To The Set Of Rust?
"Producers and Hutchins’ family members have been eager for the film production to resume," but that was before the charges were revealed. -...
