BANGKOK (AP) — Thais marked one year since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej with solemn ceremonies and acts of personal devotion Friday before an elaborate five-day funeral later this month. Official commemorations of Bhumibol were organized at Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital, where he died, and at Government House and the ornate royal palace. But many … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland observed the seventh anniversary Monday, Apr. 10 of a plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others, marking the day with wreath-laying ceremonies and prayers — and renewed suggestions from those in power that foul play was involved. Poland’s ruling party, Law and Justice, … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With wreath-laying ceremonies and prayers, Poland on Monday observed the seventh anniversary of a plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and 94 others. Poland’s ruling party, Law and Justice, is headed by Kaczynski’s twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who has led regular commemorations of the tragedy and … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is hosting a memorial on Friday for Russian sailors buried more than a century ago in a naval cemetery. The Navy says the Russians were part of an official delegation that sailed to Hampton Roads in 1877. Six of the Russian ship’s sailors died of typhus. They were buried … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — It was the most searing racial clash in a generation in the nation’s biggest city, spiraling out of the deaths of a black child and a Jewish doctoral student. Yet the 25th anniversary of the Crown Heights riot is being marked with games, rides and “fun for all ages.” It’s meant … Continue reading
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In 1966, someone tossed a garland around Robert F. Kennedy’s neck after he arrived at the Johannesburg airport at the height of white minority rule in South Africa. The American senator and civil rights advocate removed it and gestured at a “Yankee Go Home” sign, saying he was delighted that people were … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Kurt Deutsch didn’t intend to become the Clive Davis of Broadway when he converted a second bedroom into the headquarters of a new record company. He was just hoping to help friends make rock ‘n’ roll albums. That was back in 2000, and the first albums he made were on … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge from faith-based groups that object to an Obama administration effort to ensure their employees and students can get cost-free birth control. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday, March 23, on the sixth anniversary of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in a case at … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — George Clooney joined the Coen brothers and stars Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro at a special 15th-anniversary screening of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” at the New York Film Festival. Clooney remembered he had just left a successful television series when the opportunity came up. “Listen I was an actor … Continue reading
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — As his talk show celebrates its silver anniversary on Monday, Jerry Springer knows better than to wheel a cake onstage with him. No sense tempting fate. He didn’t anticipate he’d be fighting back tears as he addressed his audience. “Know this,” said Springer, who wore a tuxedo for the show’s taping. … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Relatives of Sept. 11 victims marked the anniversary of the terror attacks Friday at ground zero with grief, gratitude and appeals to keep the toll front of mind after the passage of 14 years. Over 1,000 people — fewer than thronged the observance in its early years — gathered for what … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is marking the fifth anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 members of his presidential entourage on a visit to Russia, the worst catastrophe to strike the Polish state since World War II and an event that deepened historical strains between the two Slavic neighbors. … Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The “Saturday Night Live” 40th anniversary special apparently is bursting at the seams with talent. NBC said Thursday it’s expanding the special by a half hour, to a total of 3 1/2 hours. Everyone who has been an “SNL” regular, guest host or musical guest has been invited. Attendees announced so … Continue reading
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