Joel Andre is a 17-year-old immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a soccer-obsessed high school junior who now lives just outside of Portland, Maine. At the moment, for Joel and his younger sister, Estafania, homework is taking a back seat to this summer’s World Cup – which is the perfect distraction at this dinner …
Watch CBS News “Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins.
For more than a century, one of Washington’s best-kept secrets lay beneath the Lincoln Memorial: the Undercroft, a soaring 50,000-square-foot foundation built to keep the landmark from sinking into D.C.’s swampy ground. Beginning in June, the public will be able to visit the space, now with a museum tracing the memorial’s history, from its construction …
Gallery Books We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “View From the East Wing” (to be published Tuesday by Gallery Books), former first lady Jill Biden writes of her four years in the White House, her husband’s debate performance, her advocacy, and the challenges facing the Biden presidency, …
To call Washington a “swamp” is a metaphor, but also the literal truth. So, when planning began for the Lincoln Memorial in the early 1910s, builders faced a real sinking problem. Their solution led to one of Washington’s best-kept secrets, hidden for over a century … until now. Underneath the Lincoln Memorial is what’s known …
Weldon Owen We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In July 1962, Marilyn Monroe gave what would be her final interview, with Life Magazine writer Richard Meryman, and her last formal photo shoot, for photographer Allan Grant. She died shortly after the article was published, and the majority of …
TAIPEI, May 31 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s presidential office condemned China on Sunday after the New York Times said one of its reporters was expelled from the country following an interview the newspaper did with Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and Lai as a “separatist.” He rejects Beijing’s …
What is The Human Library? The Human Library is a non-political and non-religious not-for-profit based in New York City. Co-founded 26 years ago by Ronni Abergel, The Human Library offers 30-minute conversations with living books – volunteers who share their knowledge and experience in a wealth of subjects – in free 30-minute sessions. Begun in …
May 31 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s prostate cancer drug Erleada used with hormone-blocking therapy six months before and after prostate surgery improved the chances of eliminating the cancer and reduced the risk of disease progression or death, according to data from a late-stage trial presented on Sunday. The study, which followed patients for over …
Tensions between protesters and New Jersey State Police boiled over Saturday for the second night in a row outside Delaney Hall, a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey. Multiple rounds of tear gas were shot into the crowd, ending what was already a chaotic day in Newark. Things quickly spiraled out of control outside …