LIFESTYLE

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony

LONDON  — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancée, Carrie Symonds, in a small private ceremony that came at the end of a tumultuous… Read more

At century mark, Tulsa Race Massacre's wounds still unhealed

TULSA, Okla. — The Black Wall Street Market is nowhere near Black Wall Street.

The original Black Wall Street vaporized a hundred years ago,… Read more

Wayne Brady and his Black experience

NEW YORK  — For years Wayne Brady had been working on a one-man show about being a young Black man growing up in Orlando, but he could never finish… Read more

Ewan McGregor won’t soon forget his fashion turn as Halston

NEW YORK — Imagine, if you will, a galaxy far, far away where the one-name fashion wonder Halston dresses Obi-Wan Kenobi in something fabulous from… Read more

Virus, Mideast turmoil stifle Eid al-Fitr celebrations

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr in a subdued mood for a second year Thursday as the COVID-19 pandemic again forced mosque… Read more

German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban

 Germany’s powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering… Read more

Personal ties: Harris’ family in India grapples with COVID

G. Balachandran turned 80 this spring — a milestone of a birthday in India, where he lives. If not for the coronavirus pandemic, he would have been… Read more

Ramadan in China: Faithful dwindle under limits on religion

Tursunjan Mamat, a practicing Muslim in western China’s Xinjiang region, said he’s fasting for Ramadan but his daughters, ages 8 and 10, are not. Religious… Read more