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The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey from France
LONDON | After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could have spelled disaster. On loan from its […]
Movie Review: ‘Evil Dead Burn’ goes full brutality, without humor, artistry or verve
French filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček vowed when he took charge of the sixth installment in the “Evil Dead” film series that it would be the most brutal. Mission accomplished, mon ami. Not the most artful or clever or scariest. Brutal. Vaniček has certainly delivered — a relentlessly violent, overlong, one-note, meandering grindhouse that lacks its predecessors’ […]
Fire at a music bar in Bangkok kills at least 27 people
BANGKOK | A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalized in critical condition in the Thai capital’s most deadly blaze in 17 years. Photos from the Rong Beer Na Ladprao bar in a northern part of the Thai capital showed people fleeing as […]
EDITORIAL: Trump strikes at the heart of American freedom by targeting reporters
While it’s difficult for Americans to even keep track of all the corrupt, incompetent and illegal schemes and scams of President Donald Trump and his regime, Americans can’t turn away from a recent move that could push the nation into becoming another authoritarian dominion. Trump’s Department of Justice subpoenaed at least three New York Times […]
UK says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community, bans Revolutionary Guard
roup controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, as a national security threat. LONDON | A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday. The government said it is banning the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the […]
Support for Israel isn’t a high priority for younger Jewish Americans, an AP-NORC poll finds
Support for Israel is a key component of the religious identity of many Jewish adults ages 45 and older in the United States, but younger Jewish adults are more likely to prioritize other forms of connection, like celebrating Jewish holidays, according to a new AP-NORC poll. That suggests the generational divide on Israel’s actions since […]
Toon in Monday
Read more MONDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video Read more State scrutinizes 42 homeschool enrichment programs amid new law, one from Aurora Read more Giants overcome McCarthy’s 2nd inside-the-park homer this year, beat Rockies 3-1
MONDAY NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in today’s NewsMinute video
Read more State scrutinizes 42 homeschool enrichment programs amid new law, one from Aurora Read more Giants overcome McCarthy’s 2nd inside-the-park homer this year, beat Rockies 3-1 Read more Lindsey Graham’s journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power
State scrutinizes 42 homeschool enrichment programs amid new law, one from Aurora
This story was originally published by Colorado Chalkbeat. DENVER | Responding to recent changes in state law, Colorado officials are scrutinizing 42 homeschool enrichment program applications submitted by a controversial education group whose past practices spurred the changes. The Colorado Department of Education on Thursday sent a four-page letter to the group — Education reEnvisioned […]
Giants overcome McCarthy’s 2nd inside-the-park homer this year, beat Rockies 3-1
SAN FRANCISCO | Rafael Devers scored the tiebreaking run in a two-run eighth inning when catcher Hunter Goodman threw wildly into center field on a stolen-base attempt, and the San Francisco Giants overcame Jake McCarthy’s second leadoff inside-the-park home run this season to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 Sunday. San Francisco won three of four […]