Farewell Natty Porch — Here Come MotoGP!
So after a 34-year wait, MotoGP races at Nationals Park on July 28, marking the latest attempt to revive one of the nation’s cycling capitals. You’ll have to wait until early next year for…
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Joanne Shenandoah, poet, musician and language activist, dead at 64
Updated with details of her death, Friday, Nov. 2, 2017. Joanne Shenandoah, a poet, storyteller, language artist, blues musician and political activist, died Nov. 1 at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Phoenix. She was…
Quebec judge rules ‘dog and pony show’ comment not protected by the Charter of Rights
Earlier this week, Quebec Superior Court Justice Edmond Terrasse, a judge who has served on the Quebec Superior Court since 2010, issued a ruling that brought Trudeau’s invocations of his daughter during a campaign…
China’s top tennis player sues retired former Communist Party leader for sexual assault
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has accused a retired former top Chinese Communist Party leader of sexually assaulting her, resulting in a libel lawsuit in which she and her agent are suing Yihan Li,…
An actress has been arrested in Amsterdam for yelling at men while she’s getting coffee
Ari Lennox, an actress who is based in Amsterdam, was arrested in Amsterdam on Wednesday following allegations of racist acts. The alleged incident occurred as a result of her profanity-laced tirade at a moving…
Robert Smithson, one of America’s most influential artists, made a massive gift to the Met
WASHINGTON—Just days after the Met reopened its ninth-floor world-class exhibition space, the museum announced a $125 million gift from an anonymous benefactor. The donation from Wharton and Columbia graduate Robert Smithson, who is widely…
Ontario Liberal leadership candidate strikes different tone in first appeal to voters as a general election looms
If Steven Del Duca is elected premier of Ontario, he plans to dismantle Ford Nation’s top-down approach to running his provincial government. “Liberals have our plans — a responsible plan that protects your pension…
Twitter stock in party mood as Jack Dorsey to stand down from CEO role
Jack Dorsey announced on Sunday that he would be leaving as Twitter’s chief executive, announcing his departure two years ahead of the company’s financial annual review. The announcement comes at a time when the…
Arlene Phillips, ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Let’s Do the Twist’ dance partner, looks back at life on ‘DWTS’
Dame Arlene Phillips is known for two things: from “dancing queen” to performer to choreographer to reality TV star, or as Mama June to “Curly Girl” – the latter a signature character she developed…
Teenage tennis player wins first round of US Open before pulling ‘cow-hoof’ joke
Cameron Norrie has no mercy when it comes to dealing with his opponent. After lopping off a man’s hair and brutally throttling him with an ace at Wimbledon last summer, a less volatile British…