Norman Abramson, the leader of a group of scientists and engineers who pioneered the development of wireless computer networks, died on Dec. 1 at his home in San Francisco. He was 88. The cause was skin cancer that had metastasized to his lungs, his son, Mark, said. Professor Abramson’s project […]
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In the early aughts, fans grew to know and love Zach Braff for his character, J.D., in the medical comedy Scrubs. But did you know that the actor, 45, had to audition six times for the beloved role before finally landing the job? The star of the upcoming film The […]
ATLANTA — It’s no secret Atlanta is one of the nation’s great culture capitals, home to many power brokers in music, fashion and the arts — a city that, since the 1980s, has produced some of the biggest names in rap, R&B and hip-hop, and over the last decade, seen […]
After three consecutive years of injuries, Sarah Fuller was just hoping to piece together her first full season for Vanderbilt University women’s soccer team in 2020. On 28 November she did a bit more than that when, as a last-minute replacement due to a Covid-19 outbreak, the 21-year-old goalkeeper became […]
Attitudes about the LGBTQ community and same-sex marriage started to shift, thanks in part to television personalities like Ellen DeGeneres and the late “Real World” cast member and AIDS activist Pedro Zamora, and the sitcom series “Will & Grace.” Now, celebs like Page are helping to further educate people about […]
The multiple Oscar winner tells People that she enjoyed playing a Broadway diva who finds a connection with Key’s high school principal character. “It was that thing where you’ve watched someone for so long and you’re a little bit in love with them,” Streep told the publication, adding, “Keegan — […]
Welcome. Yesterday I received a parcel in the mail containing a four-pound bag of deluxe birdseed. No receipt, no note, a plain brown box containing only a sack of sunflower-and-safflower mix. I thought it must have originated with my friend Kate Wong, a science writer who’s recently taken up bird-watching. […]
Daina Dias was a teenager working as a bar dancer in Goa, India, when her manager told her to go to a man’s house to entertain him. Dias said she didn’t bother reporting the attack to police — as a transgender woman, officers wouldn’t have taken her seriously anyway, she […]