See Photos of Hurricane Helene’s Devastation in North Carolina
North Carolina has been devastated by flooding and mudslides after the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through the state. At least 42 people have died in North Carolina, per CNN,…
Gavin Creel, Tony Winner and Broadway Veteran, Dies at 48
NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Creel, a Broadway veteran who won a Tony Award for Hello, Dolly! and nominations for Hair and Thoroughly Modern Millie, died Monday of a rare…
10 Years Later: Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution
In 2014, Hong Kong protesters used umbrellas as a form of passive resistance to the city police’s use of tear gas and pepper spray as they demanded a more transparent…
How Dikembe Mutombo’s Charm Made the World Smile
Perhaps Dikembe Mutombo’s finger-wagging went a bit too far? The beloved NBA big-man—who died on Monday, of brain cancer, at 58—started his signature move sometime in the mid-1990s, as he…
I Quit Teaching Because of ChatGPT
This fall is the first in nearly 20 years that I am not returning to the classroom. For most of my career, I taught writing, literature, and language, primarily to…