Gordis gets National Jewish Council Book Award
Novelist Michael Chabon has also been honored with a Modern Jewish Literary Achievement Award.
Novelist Michael Chabon has also been honored with a Modern Jewish Literary Achievement Award.
Jennifer Beals has landed a recurring role on Amazon’s upcoming drama “The Last Tycoon,” TheWrap has learned. It follows Hollywood’s golden boy, Monroe Stahr (Bomer) as he battles father figure and boss, Pat Brady (Grammer) for the soul of their studio. Beals will play the recurring role of Margo Taft, a Hollywood star who came up through the school of hard knocks and gets her way on every picture, playing mind games to establish her absolute supremacy on the set.
Ben Carson, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, refused to promise in his confirmation hearing Thursday that the president-elect or his family would not … Click to Continue »
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
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Owner Dean Spanos officially announced his plans to move the San Diego Chargers to Los Angeles after 56 seasons in San Diego.
A killer whale believed to be 72 years old. A study suggests that killer whales go through menopause due to mother-daughter reproductive conflict.
BMI has announced the panelist lineup its 19th annual Sundance Composer/Director Roundtable for Jan. 24 at Festival Base Camp in Park City, Utah. The...
“Treason” has a specific definition.
It didn’t take long after BuzzFeed leaked an intelligence dossier detailing shocking allegations of collusion between Russian officials and the Trump campaign (as well as claims that Russia has sexual blackmail against Donald Trump himself) for critics of the president-elect to start dropping the “t” word.
“With CNN confirming that intelligence chiefs consider this report credible, it's about time to start using the word ‘treason,’” tweeted Daily Kos’s Markos Moulitsas. Читать дальше...
What gaming hardware will rule the roost in 2017? It is impossible to say for sure, but findings from the latest edition of the annual State of the Industry Survey by the Game Developers Conference (GDC) offers some insight. Over 4,500 game developers participated in the survey, whose findings were shared with International Business Times, and the hardware trends seemed quite clear.
Legal experts and trial attorneys Dana and Keith Cutler will become the first-ever married couple to preside over a television courtroom, one in which couples come to share their stories of cheating. Graduates of the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, the apparently crafty Cutlers will use technology including GPS, DNA, deleted emails, video surveillance, cell phone forensics and surprise witnesses to confirm or dispel accusations of deception. “As we have seen with ‘Lauren Lake’s... Читать дальше...
BORNE – Ronald Smoes en Mathijs Beld bedachten, ontwikkelden en maakten samen een aangepaste fiets voor kinderen met een groeibeperking. Een bijzonder project van twee vrienden en oud-collega's uit Borne.
Major internet service providers in the U.K. are set to begin sending out piracy warning letters to suspected copyright infringers. According to...
All POWERS wants to do is "Dance" in their brand new visual for the genre-bending track and you'll be inspired to do the same. The...
It's prince versus prince. In this sneak peek from Sunday's all-new episode of The Royals, Liam (William Moseley) and Robert (Max Brown) square off over their sister's...
South Africa reached 338 for three at the close of play, with Amla unbeaten on 125 at the Wanderers Stadium.
After two years of study and debate, the Department of Defense has made a policy change, effective next November, to allow 16 million honorably discharged veterans to shop online for discounted military exchange products.
A tribunal judge has said the case of a former magistrate dismissed by the NHS for comments regarding gay adoption is 'crying out to be heard.'
A Kent MP has accused union bosses of an "assault on the public" over the ongoing strike by Southern rail employees.
A new study in rats suggests that adding blue corn to a high-sugar, high-cholesterol diet may help prevent some of the risk factors for metabolic syndrome.
The new Love's Travel Stop in Syracuse opened Thursday morning.
The public is invited to an open house Thursday on two sanitary sewer rehabilitation projects on Jefferson Avenue and South 44th Street in central Lincoln.
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On January 12, the Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee started confirmation hearings for Ben Carson, who President-elect Donald Trump nominated to lead the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
But not everyone is happy about the prospect of Carson leading the 8,300-person department.
Hundreds of architects, urban planners, housing experts, and academics across the US have signed an open petition in opposition to Carson's confirmation. Читать дальше...