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3 cats have outmaneuvered their 2 humans to hold a blender hostage for weeks
Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves don’t want to end the standoff that has brought joy to so many people. But they also want to use their blender, which has been in a box in their kitchen since December.
‘Reframed’ revisits Marilyn Monroe’s life and legacy, from an all-women point of view
During her career and after her death, Monroe was objectified and scrutinized — mostly by male writers, biographers and historians. CNN’s new docuseries tells her story from a fresh perspective.
Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage turns a triple play in New York City
Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies
But the court upheld a separate mandate for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers that receive federal funds.
More than 1 million fewer students are in college, the lowest enrollment numbers in 50 years
People are sitting out college in droves. During the pandemic, undergraduate enrollment has dropped nearly 7%. The long-term effects of this decline could have a dramatic impact on the economy.
Virginia’s first Black woman lieutenant governor says we need to move on from slavery
Winsome Sears, a Republican, will be sworn into office Saturday in Virginia alongside Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin. Sears ran, in part, on the idea that the country’s racial reckoning has gone too far.
Saxophonist Tony Malaby’s unlikely pandemic practice space: the New Jersey Turnpike
Saxophonist Tony Malaby, unlucky at the beginning of the pandemic after catching a very early case of the virus — the subsequent isolation imposed on his playing led him to a unique solution.
