Pioneer actress Cicely Tyson has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson. “With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please allow the family their privacy,” said a statement issued through Thompson, who described his time …
Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk of breast cancer for women without a family history of the disease, and how common these flawed genes are in the general population. Doctors say the results published by the New England Journal of Medicine can help women make better …
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP): The father of the Baton Rouge native who designed Kamala Harris’ dress for last Wednesday’s inauguration said watching the vice-president take the oath of office in a purple dress his son designed is one of the proudest moments of his life. Christopher John Rogers II, who has his own clothing line …
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They say a picture accurately captures the character of the subject. This belief aligned perfectly for Melissa Robinson when she saw the love of her life for the first time in a photo. She told Island Wedding, “My first impression was actually from a photo a few weeks prior to our meeting. I thought he …
TALLINN, Estonia (AP): Estonia’s two biggest political parties clinched a deal on Sunday to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month. The party councils of the opposition, centre-right …
“Happiness doesn’t have just one address.” Kevoy Burton discovered this little known fact, quoted by Nicole Johnson, on his trip to Africa. Known for his breakout role in the 2011 movie Ghett’a Life, the Jamaican actor first travelled to Ghana back in 2019 to shoot the film, Joseph. It was on this business trip that …
When his chosen career in information technology was unable to satisfy the call for something more, Ryan Wilson traded in programming for morning glory, throw pillows and accent walls. The youngest son, of seven children, the 36-year-old recalls summer holidays spent on construction sites helping to carry materials, cleaning up after the crew and learning …
British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir may not be a household name yet, but that’s poised to change with his scene-stealing performance as Malcolm X in Regina King’s One Night in Miami. The film, which imagines an electric meeting between the civil rights icon, Sam Cooke, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown in February 1964, is currently available …
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris showcased American designers at their inauguration Wednesday, and Harris gave a nod to women’s suffrage, Shirley Chisholm and her beloved sorority in pearls and purple. Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush also donned hues of purple. Harris has cited Chisholm, a Democrat from New York, as an inspiration for …
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WASHINGTON (AP): Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the United States’ second-highest office. Harris was sworn in as the nation’s first female vice president — and the first black woman …
