Daily Archives: June 19, 2020
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An online tool can help tell you when your stimulus money is coming. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. You’re sure the IRS is sending you a coronavirus stimulus check of up to $1,200. What you don’t know is, when […]
HAVANA — When Gilberto heard cooking oil had become available at his neighborhood store, he got on a long line to wait. Gilberto said he’s busy working as an electrician and does not really have the time to wait on the endless lines that have become customary in Cuba during […]
Stephanie Keith/Getty Attorney General William Barr announced late Friday evening that he had nominated a Trump appointee to replace the U.S. Attorney who had investigated and convicted some of President Donald Trump’s closest associates. It was a shocking announcement even to the attorney he intended to supplant, Geoffrey Berman. “I learned […]
Lena Waithe, Tessa Thompson, John Legend, Gabrielle Union… They are just a few of the over 1,000 Black artists who’ve signed the demands listed on the new website for the Black Artists for Freedom, which describes itself as “a collective of black workers in the culture industries.” Included among the list of signees are actors, fashion designers, […]
Juneteenth is one of the most important days in American history — and celebrities are using their platforms to remind their fans of just that. The holiday falls on June 19 each year and commemorates the end of slavery in America in 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln passed […]
Ian Holm played Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, but the role of the hobbit was just one of his acclaimed roles. Cambridge Jones/Getty Images Ian Holm, an acclaimed British stage and film actor whose performances included everything from hobbits and androids to iconic […]
Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, plans to step down and President Donald Trump will nominate the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to succeed him, Attorney General William Barr announced Friday evening. But Berman said he learned of the plan in a Justice Department press release […]