i i Charlie Brown and Linus pick out a scrawny tree in A Charlie Brown Christmas, a TV special based on the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. The beloved show is airing for the 50th year Tuesday. United Feature Syndicate Inc./AP hide caption itoggle caption United Feature Syndicate Inc./AP Charlie Brown and Linus
i i Ferguson Commission Co-Chair Rev. Starsky Wilson makes his opening remarks as Co-Chair Rich McClure and other commissioners listen during the commission’s first meeting in Ferguson, Mo., Monday. Bill Greenblatt/UPI /Landov hide caption itoggle caption Bill Greenblatt/UPI /Landov Ferguson Commission Co-Chair Rev. Starsky Wilson makes his opening remarks as Co-Chair Rich McClure and other
An Ohio State University student who went missing Wednesday was found dead Sunday, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. The Associated Press reports that Kosta Karageorge, 22, was a senior defensive tackle on the OSU football team and a former Buckeyes wrestler. Karageorge’s mother told police he has had multiple concussions and sometimes
i i Pro-democracy protesters set up a new roadblock close to the chief executive office in Hong Kong late Sunday. Tyrone Siu/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption Tyrone Siu/Reuters/Landov Pro-democracy protesters set up a new roadblock close to the chief executive office in Hong Kong late Sunday. Tyrone Siu/Reuters/Landov In Hong Kong, thousands of pro-democracy protesters
i i Greg David, a 24-year-old employee at Urban Outfitters in Washington, D.C., says he has masculine days and feminine days. Jimmy Page III/Greg David hide caption itoggle caption Jimmy Page III/Greg David Greg David, a 24-year-old employee at Urban Outfitters in Washington, D.C., says he has masculine days and feminine days. Jimmy Page III/Greg
i i Mike (left) and Matt (right) Gragnani are 25-year-old identical twins. Together, they’ve been able to buy an apartment and start a business before many of their peers. Courtesy of Mike Gragnani hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of Mike Gragnani Mike (left) and Matt (right) Gragnani are 25-year-old identical twins. Together, they’ve been able
i i Some kids know they want to be doctors or pilots or professional sports players— Andrea Nguyen knew by the time she was 10 she wanted to be a sandwich maker. She says she’s been making sandwiches and fooling around with the recipes and the ingredients since elementary school. The sandwich she fell for
i i Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, shown during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown, has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, the AP reports. Wilson has been on administrative leave since the Aug. 9 shooting. AP hide caption itoggle caption AP Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, shown during his medical examination
i i Chad Coleman, left and Sonequa Martin-Green star as Tyreese and Sasha on AMC’s The Walking Dead. Frank Ockenfels /AMC hide caption itoggle caption Frank Ockenfels /AMC Chad Coleman, left and Sonequa Martin-Green star as Tyreese and Sasha on AMC’s The Walking Dead. Frank Ockenfels /AMC Language advisory: Quotes from The Walking Dead in
i i A photo from 2011 shows Roberto Gómez Bolaños and his wife Florinda Meza at the 25th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards at The John F. Kennedy Center in Washington. Bolaños reportedly died on Friday at age 85. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption itoggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP A photo from 2011 shows Roberto Gómez
Since George Zimmerman was found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin, I’ve been repeating these words by the poet Audre Lorde like a prayer. She writes: For those of uswho were imprinted with fearlike a faint line in the center of our foreheadslearning to be afraid with our mother’s milkfor by this weaponthis illusion of
The World Trade Organization has received the unanimous backing of its 160 member nations for a first-ever multilateral trade deal, an agreement that has been years in the making and that the organization claims could add $1 trillion annually to global commerce. India had been a sticking point on the Trade Facilitation Agreement. New Delhi