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Our Top Stories for the Week of December 23, 2022
It’s been a busy week, from political strain to natural disasters. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories of the week. International News…Current Events This Week: October 2023
Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News It's a busy world out there, so that’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories for each week of October…Current Events This Week: April 2023
Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News It's a busy world out there, so that’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top stories for each week of April 2023…P.D. James
Name at birth: Phyllis Dorothy JamesOne of the most famous mystery novelists in the world, P.D. James was the author of several novels featuring the clever poet-detective, Chief Inspector Adam…Rebecca Solnit
Journalist Rebecca Solnit began her writing career in the late 1980s, but it was her 2014 essay collection, Men Explain Things to Me, that gained her an audience beyond alert readers of periodicals…Lenny Abrahamson
Name at birth: Leonard Ian AbrahamsonLenny Abrahamson is the iconoclastic Irish film director who was Oscar-nominated for directing the 2015 drama Room. Leonard Ian Abrahamson was born in Dublin and…Jason Kenny
Cyclist Jason Kenny has won six Olympic gold medals, tying him for the all-time lead among British athletes. He has won medals at three different Olympic games. Jason Kenny grew up in Bolton in…Alexa Chung
Alexa Chung is a former model, TV presenter, author and fashion hipster known on both sides of the Atlantic for her relentlessly camera-ready style. In America she may be best-known for hosting the…bell hooks
Name at birth: Gloria Jean WatkinsDr. bell hooks (who spelled her name without capitals) was one of the most widely published black feminist scholars in the United States. An outspoken cultural…Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle became an instant TV and Internet sensation in April of 2009, when she wowed viewers of the TV show Britain's Got Talent by singing the tune "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les…Trending
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