Apr. 10—In accepting the first Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service, former Secretary of Defense and retired Gen. James Mattis on Tuesday called on those in the audience to reject political division and cynicism for this country. “I trust some of you young folks in the audience will leave tonight refusing to adopt […]
Boston 25 Investigates and KFF Health News received a 2024 Goldsmith Award yesterday from The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School during the annual Goldsmith Awards ceremony. Boston 25 and KFF Health News were honored for their joint reporting titled “Overpayment Outrage.” The series exposed how the Social […]
Action News Jax Investigates, investigative teams from our parent company Cox Media Group (CMG), and KFF Health News received a 2024 Goldsmith Award Tuesday from The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School during the annual Goldsmith Awards ceremony. CMG and KFF Health News were honored for their joint […]
Before we begin the new week in earnest, we’re taking a look back at the week that was, and the stories that led the news with Taunton Daily Gazette readers. Top stories this past week included: A look ahead at the local softball season. Here are 15 Greater Taunton area softball players to look out […]
Booker prize shortlisted author Paul Murray has been awarded the top gong at the inaugural Nero Book Awards. The Dublin-born author took home the book of the year prize and £30,000 (€35,000) for his fourth novel The Bee Sting, which follows an Irish family facing financial and emotional troubles following the 2008 banking crisis. He […]
Feb. 26—Marysville’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has been present in the Yuba-Sutter region for 170 years and never before held a community celebration honoring February as Black History Month. This year, local organizers and members of the church decided to change the previous narrative by hosting a series of events throughout February honoring […]
Leaders of over 160 countries will be invited to the global Peace Summit, which is expected to take place in Switzerland; no invitation for the Russian Federation is expected at this time. Source: Andrii Yermak, head of Ukraine’s President’s Office, at Ukraine. Year 2024 forum Quote: “The first inaugural summit will be held soon in […]
Feb. 23—Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and four — star Marine Corps General James Mattis will be the inaugural recipient of the Thomas S. Foley Award for Distinguished Public Service. Mattis, who was born in Pullman in 1950, will be honored by the Washington State University institution on April 9 during a ceremony at the […]
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty plans to host a felony-level expungement clinic next week to assist those with eligible convictions with sealing their court records. The clinic will take place Feb. 28 from noon to 8 p.m. at Urban League Twin Cities, 2100 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis. The local nonprofit and other organizations such as […]
Feb. 19—Today, five Indiana State University students will make history as the first Esports team in university history as a part of the Missouri Valley Conference. From Feb. 19 until April 8, Indiana State will play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch against other MVC schools. Games will take place at the WZIS […]
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens was recently honored with the inaugural Virginia B. Toulmin Leadership Scholarship in partnership with Selby Gardens president and CEO Jennifer O. Rominiecki, who will serve as the scholarship’s first mentor. The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation envisions a world where all people have equal opportunity to fulfill their potential, reflecting the legacy […]
Ukraine has announced plans to hold two summits for state leaders on the Ukrainian Peace Formula, and preparations for this world’s inaugural summit are underway, Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak announced at a briefing in Davos on Jan. 14, Interfax-Ukraine reported. “We started the process and opened the next nine international summits at multiple levels,” […]