‘A day without women’ planned in Mexico
BY KATE LINTHICUM AND JULIA BARAJAS
LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
MEXICO CITY — After a string of gruesome killings of women, feminist activists here began wondering: What...
FROM ‘HIDDEN’ TO HERO
Katherine Johnson, the legendary NASA mathematician, dies at 101
BY MIKE HOLTZCLAW
DAILY PRESS/TNS
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Katherine Johnson, the NASA Langley Research Center mathematician who...
‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101
BY KATE FELDMAN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS/TNS
Katherine Johnson, a trailblazing NASA mathematician whose story was told in the “Hidden Figures” book and movie, died Monday...
‘Parasite’ pulls off Oscar upset, winning four awards
BY JOSH ROTTENBERG
LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
LOS ANGELES — In a surprise upset and a historic milestone, director Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” — a darkly comic...
Some facts vs. myth on the coronavirus
Researchers try to clear up information on the origin and cause of the virus.
BY DYLAN BOUSCHER
AND LISA M. KRIEGER
THE MERCURY NEWS/TNS
MYTH: The coronavirus is...
Mfume wins Democratic nomination for Cummings’ seat
BY JEFF BARKER
THE BALTIMORE SUN/TNS
BALTIMORE – Kweisi Mfume took a major step toward reclaiming the Baltimore-area U.S. House seat he held for 10 years,...
New hurdle for Nigerians seeking US visas
Trump’s extended travel ban takes effect on Feb. 21
TRICE EDNEY NEWSWIRE/GIN
She’s your pediatrician. He’s your surgeon. She’s a civil engineer. He has a doctorate....
Holocaust survivors meet at Auschwitz for 75th liberation anniversary
BY JAWEED KALEEM LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
OSWIECIM, Poland – It was 3 p.m. on Jan. 27, 1945, when the 322nd Rifle Division of the Soviet...
Much more than a basketball legend
Sports fans in the United States and around the world – plus people who are not necessarily sports-oriented – are mourning the sudden death...
Can you get coronavirus from package delivered from China ?
BY LISA M. KRIEGER THE MERCURY NEWS/TNS
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Residents at the epicenter of China’s mysterious viral outbreak are quarantined. But their mailed...
