A devastating fire Thursday night destroyed up to 85,000 artifacts at New York’s Museum of Chinese in America, a repository of significant cultural materials documenting Chinese life in America. “It was like how I felt when someone passed away,” museum president Nancy Yao Maasbach said of her first thoughts upon hearing of the fire at…… MORE
The Des Moines Register’s editorial board endorsed Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president on Saturday, nine days from the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. “Elizabeth Warren will push an unequal America in the right direction,” the headline of the endorsement reads. The editorial board called Warren “the best leader for these times,” and said she “is not…… MORE
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s wife Louise Linton on Saturday showed support for climate activist Greta Thunberg, days after her husband took a jab at the teenager. Mnuchin was dismissive of the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and said Thunberg should go study economics in college before weighing in…… MORE
A US soldier has died in Syria, the US Defense Department announced Saturday. Army Spc. Antonio I. Moore, 22, from Wilmington, North Carolina, died Friday in Deir ez-Zor Province, Syria, according to a release by the department. Moore died “during a rollover accident while conducting route clearing operations,” and the incident is under investigation, according…… MORE
A nearly 90-minute recording released Saturday of President Donald Trump at a 2018 donor dinner that included indicted businessmen he has claimed he doesn’t know includes Trump speaking animatedly about removing the US ambassador to Ukraine — at one point stating, “Get rid of her!” The tape was shared publicly by an attorney for Lev…… MORE
An Indiana teenager is being honored after a distressed parent left a newborn child in a baby drop-off box he raised money to install. Hunter Wart, 19, spent more than a year mowing lawns and scrapping metal to raise the $10,000 needed to purchase a Safe Haven Baby Box for the Seymour Fire Department. Wart…… MORE
Taylor Swift won’t be attending the Grammys on Sunday, a source close to the singer told CNN. While it’s not clear why the superstar will not be attending the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, she is still nominated for song of the year, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album. Earlier this week, the…… MORE
Never heard of a “witch bottle”? Step right in, friend, sit a spell (not the evil kind) and we’ll tell you why archaeologists believe a broken bottle found in Virginia just might be one. Back in the day (beginning around the Middle Ages), people in the British Isles and elsewhere would try to ward off…… MORE
Before US Army Sgt. Martin LaMar was killed in Iraq, he spent his weekends cheering on the San Francisco 49ers. Next week, LaMar’s service will be honored during Super Bowl LIV. 49ers tight end George Kittle is bringing two members of LaMar’s family to Miami with the help of financial services company USAA and the…… MORE
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has a track record of outbursts and outright hostility toward members of the news media. His treatment of NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly is just the latest in a pattern that has alarmed press advocates. Historically, the State Department has promoted the values of a free press all around the world.…… MORE
