Chemical weapon for sale: China’s unregulated narcotic
By ERIKA KINETZ and DESMOND BUTLER For a few thousand dollars, Chinese companies offer to export a powerful chemical that has been killing unsuspecting drug users and is so lethal…
Theater
Overseas, Obama begins the long goodbye
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY Back home, President Barack Obama has eight months, a dogfight over the Supreme Court and scores of campaign speeches for a successor ahead of him. But overseas,…
Legendary musician David Bowie dies of cancer at 69
By MESFIN FEKADU David Bowie, the chameleon-like star who transformed the sound — and the look — of rock with his audacious creativity and his sexually ambiguous makeup and costumes,…
‘Boyhood’ tops Globes; ‘Grand Budapest’ upsets ‘Birdman’
By LINDSEY BAHR The Golden Globes inched closer to legitimacy in its 72nd show, giving awards not just to A-List celebrities, but to the edgier productions that unequivocally deserved recognition,…
Bill Cosby jokes woman should be careful drinking near him
Bill Cosby jokingly warned a woman in the audience during a show in Canada Thursday night to be careful drinking around him. Cosby made the remark at his second performance…
Mary Wilson talks possible Supremes reunion
By MIKE CIDONI LENNOX FILE – In this Thursday, June 12, 2014 file photo, Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes, poses in a studio of the Capitol Records building…
Interview with WDAF Fox Film Critic, Shawn Edwards
WDAF Fox Film Critic, Shawn Edwards Discusses African Americans in Film Today and His Role As Movie Reviewer PART ONE
ACTIVIST POET-PLAYWRIGHT AMIRI BARAKA DIES AT 79
By HILLEL ITALIE FILE – This Oct. 2, 2002 file photo shows Amiri Baraka, New Jersey’s poet laureate during a ceremony at the Newark Public Library in Newark, N.J. Baraka,…