A nine-year-old boy from northwestern China who bravely confronted bullies during a class meeting has received praise online and apologies from his tormentors. According to the mainland media outlet, Shanshi News, the boy, Mao Shilin, is from Xian in Shaanxi province and is a primary school class monitor. His mother, surnamed Zhang, described him as…
UPDATE: Demetrius Norwood III, the 21-year-old man involved in a hit-and-run, died on November 2, 2025. Norwood served in the U.S. Air Force and was awarded an Air and Space Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Air and Space Training Ribbon. Norwood was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and died in Dade County,…
Sally Kirkland, a onetime model who turned to acting and was best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” has died, her representative confirmed to the Associated Press. She was 84. Her representative, Michael Greene, told the AP…
Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died on Thursday, his family and agent said. He was 74. Frehley died peacefully surrounded by family in Morristown, New Jersey, following a recent fall, his agent told The Associated Press. Family members said in a statement to AP that…
In the wake of Diane Keaton’s death, her history as a trailblazer professionally and socially has come back into focus as friends, colleagues, and the public remember the beloved actress. Keaton was an Oscar-winner who starred in such film classics as the The Godfather and Annie Hall, the latter of which earned her wins for Best Actress at…
Jane Goodall, the iconic British primatologist and conservationist who died Wednesday at age 91, once compared President Donald Trump’s behavior to that of “a male chimpanzee,” while also expressing deep concern for the “divisiveness” in America. Goodall, renowned for her chimp field research and environmental advocacy, in 2022 told MSNBC’s Ari Melber that Trump displays…
The sudden death of a promising young Princeton University Chinese researcher and innovator in the field of AI-powered electronics has shocked academic and online communities in the United States and China. Twenty-eight-year-old Li Haoran was found dead in his home in West Windsor, New Jersey, on Thursday, according to the university. Li’s death was confirmed…
Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen who flew in World War II, has died at 100, the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. National Office announced on Friday. Hardy was 19 when he flew his first combat sortie over Europe, the office said. He was the youngest Red Tail fighter pilot to do so….
Academy Award-winning actor and director Robert Redford, one of the biggest movie stars to ever grace the screen and whose startlingly magnetic charisma in such films as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Way We Were” and “The Sting” made him an icon, has died. He was 89. Cindi Berger, CEO of the publicity…
President Donald Trump mocked the “horrible rumor” that he had died, which spread across social media at the end of August. In remarks to journalists on Friday at the recently renovated White House Rose Garden, the president blamed the viral rumor on the media. Why It Matters In January, Trump became the oldest person to…