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A Black woman has been awarded in Rome after helping to raise $150 million to preserve U.S. history. Monica Rhodes was awarded the Adele Chatfield-Taylor Rome Prize in historic preservation and conservation by the American Academy in Rome. The Academy supports innovative artists, writers and scholars. Its Rome Prize has for more than a century […]
Baristas at another Starbucks in Colorado Springs have voted to unionize, upping the total number of organized stores to six out of several hundred statewide. The results, announced by the National Labor Relations Board Thursday, were just the latest development in a statewide labor organizing campaign among the coffee giant’s employees. Last month, baristas at […]
CHICAGO — Temperatures barely climbed past 32 degrees Celsius and only for a couple of days. But the discovery of the bodies of three women inside a Chicago senior housing facility this month left the city looking for answers to questions that were supposed to be addressed after a longer and hotter heat wave killed […]
When news broke that Russia invaded Ukraine, Pittsburghers reacted with a question: How can we help? Though the devastation is thousands of miles away, local organizations immediately mobilized to support Ukrainian refugees and rebuilding efforts. For organizations with a global reach, that meant leveraging existing relationships to direct funds toward Ukraine. For a local small […]
“I’ve had it with this guy,” McCarthy told fellow GOP leaders days after the attack, according to the report. With Democrats moving forward with plans to impeach Trump for a second time, McCarthy reportedly said he planned to call the president and tell him, “I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation […]
U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel drew swift condemnation this week after he filmed a campaign ad attacking critical race theory against the backdrop of a civil rights landmark in Selma, Alabama. The backlash also fueled false claims that the former state treasurer photo-edited his face onto the body of a Black Marine.
Russian rouble banknotes are seen in this illustration picture shot September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American […]
When Afghan treasures, including necklaces and earrings decorated with turquoise stones, surfaced on the black market in Iran last year, guardians of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage feared that the country’s takeover by the Taliban would trigger a wave of looting of ancient artefacts. The pieces that showed up in neighbouring Iran were reportedly from Afghanistan’s jewellery-rich […]
Photo courtesy of McDonald’s McDonald’s strong sales recovery and a healthy stock price performance earned its chief executive a hefty pay increase last year. Chris Kempczinski received a pay package of just over $20 million in 2021, according to new SEC documents filed on Monday. That was nearly double the $10.8 million he was paid […]
Shady Side Academy freshman Avery Litwin found a new friend when she began tutoring English online to a 14-year-old Ukranian girl named Daria. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. Litwin was shocked by the reality of Daria’s new living conditions. Litwin said Daria had to hang black curtains over her windows, and armed guards were outside manning […]