Liz Carr was accepting an award for her work on a BBC documentary of the same name. She’s an actress and a disability rights activist, who’s been using her platform to highlight the evils of legal medically assisted suicide, the topic of the documentary.
Down by the Fraunces Tavern, the city doesn’t fully resemble the New York of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the Empire State Building. Some of the New Yorkers among a group of “public intellectuals” had no recollection of being at the landmark before. George Washington had his farewell address here? Or slept here? We knew both were wrong. But we should get partial credit. Washington was here, on Dec. 4, 1783, for a farewell to troops. The point of the story: Americans are so awash in history, we can’t even keep track of it.
It’s been three years since the Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade. Can we begin to start to talk about it?
My favorite early fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother, John. Local reporters found John right away as the world met Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Francis making snow angels. That image adorned the cover of an issue of The New Yorker in December 2013. I have a coffee mug I picked up in Rome early on in his pontificate depicting him as a superhero, cape and all – you could trip over similar souvenirs in the Eternal City during his first years as pope. However you look at it, Pope Francis has gotten people’s attention.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian territory.
(AP) — Pope Francis said in a letter published Tuesday that his lengthy illness has helped make “more lucid” to him the absurdity of war, as his top deputy rejected any suggestion of resignation and Buckingham Palace announced plans for an upcoming audience with Britain’s King Charles III.
For decades, religion-beat journalists in the mainstream press knew how to produce stories that would land on the front page.
CHICAGO (AP) — At age 90 and 95, this Catholic nun dynamic duo have been “peacefully and respectfully” fighting for immigrant rights for more than 40 years. And they never take no for an answer.
As a rule, Jeff Foxworthy never refuses autograph requests, but the redneck comedy legend hit a wall during a funeral home visitation for someone in his extended family.