ST. PAUL, Minn. – A movement to ban book bans is gaining steam in Minnesota and several other states, in contrast to the trend playing out in more conservative states where book challenges have soared to their highest levels in decades. As a queer and out youth, Shae Ross is encouraged. The 18-year-old senior in … Read more
The movies start at 10 a.m. and will take place at every Santikos location in the area. Santikos is bringing back its free Summer Movie series this June and July and has released the full lineup of showings. On Tuesdays and Wednesday in June and July, families can watch kid-friendly movies at no charge. The movies … Read more
The movies start at 10 a.m. and will take place at every Santikos location in the area. Santikos is bringing back its free Summer Movie series this June and July and has released the full lineup of showings. On Tuesdays and Wednesday in June and July, families can watch kid-friendly movies at no charge. The movies … Read more
LONDON – It’s springtime in Europe — time for the annual blossoming of spectacle and sound known as the Eurovision Song Contest. Taking place in May in Malmö, Sweden, the 68th annual competition will see acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s pop crown in a feelgood extravaganza that strives — not always successfully … Read more
HAVANA – His novels recount gruesome murders, thefts, scams, bribes and humiliating secrets. But those are not even the most important themes in the stories told by award-winning Cuban writer Leonardo Padura. For the last four decades, Padura, 68, has managed to turn his series of detective thrillers into a social and political chronicle of … Read more
More than $8 Million has been raised to go towards the Alamo Texas Education Center. SAN ANTONIO — More than 250,000 people gathered downtown Monday night for the 79th Texas Cavaliers River Parade. The theme was Viva America: Great American Landmarks. More than 60 floats demonstrating American landmarks made its way down the San Antonio … Read more
NEW YORK – They watched from the courtroom or via closed-circuit television in an overflow room — roughly 140 reporters, most with laptops or other silenced electronic devices, serving up news at its most elemental and in rapid-fire fashion. There were utterances posted a few seconds after they left a lawyer’s mouth. Observations on how … Read more