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Sharon Jones, lead singer of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, has died. She was 60. Jones died after a "heroic battle against pancreatic cancer," reads a message on the band's website . "She was surrounded by her loved ones, including the Dap-Kings," her high-voltage backing band. |
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Republican President-elect Donald Trump's choices for leadership posts threaten national unity and promise to turn back the clock on progress for racial, religious and sexual minorities, civil rights leaders and others said Friday after his nomination of Alabama U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general. |
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But civil groups, among them the anti-Marcos August Twenty-One Movement, vowed to press their opposition via a massive protest that will be staged at still unannounced locations on November 25. Meanwhile, at least 2,000 supporters of the Marcos family visited the grave of the former president at the.... |
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It would be irresponsible to imply that the “fake news” phenomenon that skyrocketed on Facebook and other social media sites in the buildup to the Nov. 8 election actually swayed the outcome of the presidential race. Information on such an impact simply doesn’t exist. |
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YAZEED KAMALDIEN. Cape Town - Cape Town singer Jimmy Nevis is releasing new music independently as he is splitting with his record label. Nevis, who opens the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert series tomorrow, said he wants to “do things differently and on a bigger scale”. “Being a musician is a business,” said the articulate 24-year-old. |
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For months, Rose Aller kept her support for Donald Trump a secret from colleagues at the Northern Virginia school where she works as a substitute teacher. “You’re judged for your beliefs,” she said. “Our media branded you a racist, a bigot, a homophobe if you were Republican.” So Aller stayed quiet. |
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Women participate in a GirlTrek event in Tarrytown, N.Y., in 2013. The group now claims 80,000 members nationwide. (T. Morgan Dixon)
Angela White was a new director of program faculty and admissions for the American Studies Program at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2002. |
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URBANA — Rabbi Alan Cook and other members of the Interfaith Alliance of Champaign County have high hopes for its first Thanksgiving program Sunday. However, they realize that at the first program at 3 p.m. at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana, synagogue members might sit in one.... |
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After a short-lived, accidental but not insignificant stint in the Senate, Ricky Muir has learnt two lessons. "The one thing you can guarantee in politics is everybody lies," he says good-humouredly. The other? "So many people offer to do you a favour in politics but it comes with strings attached. |
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After a short-lived, accidental but not insignificant stint in the Senate, Ricky Muir has learnt two lessons. "The one thing you can guarantee in politics is everybody lies," he says good-humouredly. The other? "So many people offer to do you a favour in politics but it comes with strings attached. |
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After a short-lived, accidental but not insignificant stint in the Senate, Ricky Muir has learnt two lessons. "The one thing you can guarantee in politics is everybody lies," he says good-humouredly. The other? "So many people offer to do you a favour in politics but it comes with strings attached. |
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