Movies
Day: August 24, 2019
Entertainment
Child Musicians
North Carolina’s governor proclaimed a day in honor of soul musician Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, NC in 1933). Nina was what we often call a child prodigy: she started playing piano MORE
Last Call
Last Call-August 24, 2019
So, it’s Saturday night and it’s that time to let it all go. Let go of all the negative stuff that happened this week. Keep the good but let go of the bad. It’s Day MORE
News
“Keep Marysville White!”
A candidate for Marysville, Michigan’s City Council shocked the audience and other candidates with comments she made at a meet the candidates forum on Thursday. Sixty-seven year old Jean Cramer responded to a moderator’s question MORE
2020 Elections
Mitch McConnell Challenger Amy McGrath Releases Blistering Ad In Kentucky: He ‘Left Our Coal Miners Behind’
Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath released an ad Friday attacking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for having “left our coal miners behind years ago.” The ad, currently running in Kentucky, features a group of coal MORE
News
African-American employee’s office vandalized at Dept. of Education
Earlier this week, an African-American employee with the US Department of Education had her office vandalized; other employees claim the act was racially motivated. According to a few employees and a congressional aid, African art MORE
Entertainment
Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is directed and written by, as well as starring Edward Norton, adapted from Jonathan Lethem’s novel of the same name. Also starring Bruce Willis, Michael Kenneth Williams, Leslie Mann, Willem Dafoe, Ethan Suplee, MORE
News
Appeals Court rules couples can sue former County Clerk Kim Davis
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati dealt a crushing blow to former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. In a 3-0 ruling, the Court held two couples can sue Davis for damages after she MORE
Editorials
Leonard Pitts Jr. on the first slave ship to reach US land
No one knows the exact date of when the first slave ship actually touched land but it is believed to be August 20, 1619, 400 years ago this month. In his new article, Pitts talks MORE
Entertainment
Lady and the Tramp
In their attempt to make us all sick of “live action” remakes, Disney+ brings us a straight to streaming version of Lady and the Tramp, featuring the voices of Justin Theroux as Tramp, Tessa Thompson MORE
Local
Florida man found guilty of manslaughter in ‘Stand Your Ground’ case
In July 2018, Michael Drejka, a white Florida man shot and killed an unarmed black man, Markeis McGlockton, at a convenience store parking lot in Clearwater, Florida. The two men got into an argument over MORE
Environment
Watch bison stampede as one slams into tourists’ rental car in Yellowstone National Park
By Elisha Fieldstadt A family visiting Yellowstone National Park had a scary moment when a herd of bison stampeded past their car, with one crashing into the vehicle as the stunned occupants were inside. Yellowstone has MORE