NBA creates social justice award, named for Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar appreciates what today’s NBA players are doing in their attempts to make the world better, how they’re using their voices and plat...
NFL schedules get off to strong starts with Week 1 twinbills
An additional week of regular-season games will benefit NFL fans right from the start.
US hits China and others for repressing religious freedom
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Wednesday took aim at China and a number of other countries for repressing religious freedom as it forges ahe...
LA Sparks star Ogwumike adds executive producer to resume
LOS ANGELES — Chiney Ogwumike is already one of the busiest athletes in professional sports but the multifaceted basketball player and radio host adde...
Pervis Staples, member of famed Staple Singers, dead at 85
CHICAGO — Pervis Staples, whose tenor voice complimented his father’s and sisters’ in the legendary gospel group The Staple Singers, has died, a spoke...
Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return
NEW YORK — Silenced for 14 months by the pandemic and dealing with labor strife, the Metropolitan Opera will make a brief return Sunday.
Review: Angelina Jolie leads tense ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
It would be an understatement to say that Angelina Jolie is put through the wringer in writer-director Taylor Sheridan’s new film “ Those Who Wish Me ...
Andrew McCarthy taps into 80’s nostalgia with new memoir
NEW YORK — Andrew McCarthy admits he “fled” from his shaggy-haired 1980’s persona and didn’t look back for decades. Much like the slouchy blazers he w...
Stacey Abrams adds producer to her resume with book deal
LOS ANGELES — Stacey Abrams' new political thriller was snapped up for a small-screen adaptation.
2 Thai pro-democracy activists released on bail
BANGKOK — Two jailed leaders of a student-led pro-democracy movement that attracted both support and controversy last year when it called for reform o...
Report: Tebow-Meyer reunion on verge of becoming official
Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer are apparently getting back together, this time in the NFL.
Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022
NEW YORK — Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes in 2022.
Review: Witty friends bond in ‘People We Meet on Vacation’
“People We Meet on Vacation,” by Emily Henry (Berkley)
Review: CNN anchor Jake Tapper fails in covering a thriller
Devil May Dance,” by Jake Tapper (Little, Brown)
Myrtle Beach plans new beautification efforts before summer
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The next step in Myrtle Beach’s downtown beautification efforts has arrived.
2 Catholic bishops at odds over Biden receiving Communion
They share Roman Catholicism as a faith and California as their home base. Yet there’s a deep gulf between Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Fran...
Peter Jackson to make original animated content for Weta
Weta Digital, the Academy Award-winning visual effects company that made “The Lord of the Rings” and “Avatar” possible, is making original animated co...
Vatican: Climate change efforts go forward even without US
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican stressed Thursday that the movement to combat climate change is unstoppable and worldwide, although it said it would welcom...
Trump administration sues to delay release of Bolton book
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday to delay the publication of a book that the White H...
’60 Minutes’ aside, summertime escapism rules network TV
LOS ANGELES — Summertime escapism in the form of talent and game shows ruled on broadcast TV, with “60 Minutes” the exception.
Review: Dylan’s ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ masterful, reflective
Bob Dylan, “Rough and Rowdy Ways” (Columbia)
Review: Ottessa Moshfegh offers an eccentric murder mystery
“Death in Her Hands,” by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press)
Floyd’s death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
NEW YORK — Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like the one he lived in.
Famed Thai temple bars foreigners entry over COVID-19 fears
BANGKOK — One of Thailand’s major tourist attractions is barring entry to foreigners, professing fear that they could spread the coronavirus.
Family: Kids missing since September found dead in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — The bodies of two children uncovered in rural Idaho are a boy and his big sister who have been missing since September, relatives said,...
Easing restrictions in Indonesia’s capital triggers concerns
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Eva Rahmi Salama worries that authorities in Jakarta, Indonesia’s sprawling capital, are acting too soon to lift restrictions put...
Asia Today: India surge continues with nearly 10,000 cases
NEW DELHI — The number of coronavirus cases in India continued to rapidly increase Wednesday, with officials reporting nearly 10,000 new cases over th...
Amid unrest, songs continue to voice the black experience
NEW YORK — After watching the ghastly video of George Floyd dying as a police officer pressed a knee on his neck, Grammy-nominated R&B singer Trey...