Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico pleads for assistance
Puerto Rico remains consumed by devastation. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG THINK By DANICA COTO Associated Press COROZAL, Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles …
Cuba opens first government-sanctioned wholesale market
Cuba’s wholesale market provides limited access. PHOTO COURTESY OF FINANCE APPRISE Associated Press HAVANA – Cuba has opened its first wholesale market, lending a hand …
Breaking up with Facebook? It’s harder than it looks
By BARBARA ORTUTAY NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook’s latest privacy scandal, involving Trump campaign consultants who allegedly stole data on tens of millions of users …
Can industry’s self-driving cars withstand its first fatality?
By TOM KRISHER DETROIT (AP) — The deadly collision between an Uber autonomous vehicle and a pedestrian near Phoenix is bringing calls for tougher self-driving …
Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. dies; he was 95
Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. PHOTO COURTESY OF LEGACY.COM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Floyd Carter Sr., a Tuskegee Airman who was awarded a …
Actress Yara Shahidi hopes to inspire tiny acts of good
Actress Yara Shahidi in 2011 PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Actress Yara Shahidi wants young people to …
Historic black church with W.E.B. Du Bois connection gets grant
W.E.B. Du Bois PHOTO COURTESY OF FAMOUS BIOGRAPHIES GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) – Preservationists for a 130-year-old black church with ties to civil rights pioneer …
Week in Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA SURVIVOR OF SCHOOL SHOOTING TO USE ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ MIAMI – One of the students who survived last month’s …
Ask a designer: Going glam without going too far
STOCK PHOTO By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press New York interior designer Young Huh has always added touches of glamour to the rooms she designs. Lately, …
Q&A: Holding drugmakers accountable for the opioid crisis
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Hundreds of communities in the U.S. are suing the makers and distributors of …