Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
Arts
Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture
LONDON (AP) — Three climate activists appeared in a London court on Saturday on charges…
5 years on, key #MeToo voices take stock of the movement
Once again, disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein sits in a courtroom, on trial in Los Angeles…
UK: Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
LONDON (AP) — Climate protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National…
Wynton Marsalis joins forces with Michigan Marching Band
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Wynton Marsalis has done just about everything in the world…
New York’s Hamptons offer a feast of indoor, outdoor art
On the eastern end of Long Island, New York, lies a trove of art venues…
AP journalists honored for courage in documenting Mariupol
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Two Ukrainians who documented the horrors of the Russian invasion and…
Q&A: Lil Baby talks new album, Young Thug, rap lyrics
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Lil Baby’s new album blares loudly in the living room,…
Gooding Jr. avoids jail in touching case, angering accusers
NEW YORK (AP) — As Cuba Gooding Jr.’s forcible touching case faded to black Thursday…
Steinbeck’s tender letter to son sells for more than $32,000
BOSTON (AP) — A heartfelt letter written by author John Steinbeck offering paternal advice to…
Racist remarks: Hurt, betrayal among LA’s Indigenous people
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bricia Lopez has welcomed people of all walks to dine at…
Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before…
Alabama college picks 1st female president in school history
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Spring Hill College has chosen a woman to serve as its…
Anita Kerr, a key voice in the Nashville Sound, dies at 94
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning singer and composer Anita Kerr, whose vocal group the Anita…
IHSAA moves cross-county semistate from college facing suit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governing body for high school athletics has moved its upcoming cross-country…
Review: Birds and burdens in Lydia Millet’s ‘Dinosaurs’
“Dinosaurs,” by Lydia Millet (W.W. Norton) Besides moving on from a bad breakup, Gil, the…
Sheila Heti, Anne Carson among finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards
Sheila Heti and Anne Carson are among the well-known Canadian writers on the short list…
Star-backed measure for arts education on California ballot
SAN DIEGO (AP) — From Hollywood movies to the Beach Boys and Snoop Dogg, California…
US museums return African bronzes stolen in 19th century
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bronze sculpture of a West African king that had been…
TV and film actor Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn’s mother, dies
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Eileen Ryan, an actor who appeared on TV, in films and…
‘Rosie’ director Gail Maurice on the difficult road to making a queer Indigenous film
TORONTO – Métis filmmaker Gail Maurice fought for years to get her debut film “Rosie”…
Nobelist Annie Ernaux draws hundreds to New York bookstore
NEW YORK (AP) — Since Annie Ernaux won the Nobel literature prize last week, the…
Books on empire, migrant crisis up for Baillie Gifford prize
LONDON (AP) — Books about Britain’s imperial past and the human face of the present-day…
Review: History of movie academy favors facts over melodrama
“The Academy and the Award: The Coming of Age of Oscar and the Academy of…
EXPLAINER: A look at the Kevin Spacey-Anthony Rapp trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The second week of Kevin Spacey’s #MeToo-era trial starts Tuesday in…