‘Essence’ honoree Ruth Carter’s accidental Hollywood career
By LINDSEY BAHR “Selma” costume designer Ruth E. Carter never set out to work in Hollywood. Even while living in a tiny apartment in Los Angeles’ Koreatown in the 1980s,…
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OUTSIDE MONEY CAN BE KEY FACTOR IN 2014 ELECTIONS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Virginia Gov-elect, Terry McAuliffe, gestures during a news conference in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 18, 2013. McAuliffe’s successful campaign for governor in Virginia might provide a playbook…
Obama, Clinton families pay tribute to JFK
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and his wife former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with members of the Kennedy…
2 Civil War museums in US team up for new center
By STEVE SZKOTAK Christy Coleman, left, director of the American Civil War Center at Tredegar Iron Works, left, and Waite Rawls of the Museum of the Confederacy, pose in front…
AP Essay: For boomers, JFK death ripples still
By TED ANTHONY FILE – In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 file photo, a woman looks a mural of photos in the exhibit “Hotel Texas: An Art Exhibition for the…
DEATH OF FILM CRITIC EBERT ELICITS WIDE REACTION
By The Associated Press FILE – This May 17, 2004 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize winning film critc Roger Ebert at the 57th International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.…