Do you like mysteries? Here are some Black female mystery writers you might find interesting. Alyssa Cole Megan Giddings Rachel Howzell Hall Eleanor Taylor Bland Paula L Woods Barbara Neely Grace F Edwards Valerie Wilson Wesley Nikki Baker (aka Jennifer Dowdell) Terris McMahan Grimes Nadine Matheson
Read More Some Authors to Read this SummerBy Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas May 15, 2021 at 9:38 p.m. EDT The county clerk immediately knew something strange was going on last fall. A mail ballot had arrived from Suzanne Morphew — a woman missing since May. The ballot didn’t have Morphew’s signature as required, Mitchell said. But someone had signed on the “witness” line: The woman’s…
Read More Man charged with wife’s murder illegally cast her ballot for Trump, officials say: ‘I just thought, give him another vote’BY RACHEL LANCE UPDATED: APRIL 7, 2020 3:42 PM EDT | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: APRIL 7, 2020 12:30 PM EDT Recently, a doctoral student at Duke University discovered that the oldest known copy of the Bible’s Gospel of John had been physically altered to reduce or remove the role of Mary Magdalene. Some long-dead misogynist at one point hunched over…
Read More How New Efforts Are Recovering the Stories of People Who Were Deleted From HistoryBy Lindsey Bever and Gillian Brockell May 8, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT Barely 5 feet tall and not yet 100 pounds, George Stinney Jr. sat so small in the electric chair that the straps were too big to contain him. The 14-year-old had to sit on books for his head to reach the headpiece. And when the switch was flipped,…
Read More South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exoneratedMy son has the sweatiest gym clothes. I mean, really, I’ve never smelled anything like them. And – if he forgets to wash them right away – well, we can’t be in the same room, maybe even in the same house. Here are some hints on washing stinky clothes. Empty your gym bag right away.…
Read More How to Wash Your Gym ClothesHave you ever had a dog that would chew anything? A puppy who had difficulty learning boundaries? I have had both of those kinds of dogs, and don’t have a crate because there isn’t anywhere to put one. So when I got my puppy, I had to figure out how to keep her safe. She…
Read More Pet Proof Your HouseBy Angela Kwan Updated May 02, 2019 As social media has evolved, so has the way we celebrate Mother’s Day: it’s transformed from a private day into a far more public display. But for some, the day is a difficult reminder of grief or pain—especially when faced with these constant reminders that everyone else seems to have won…
Read More How to Cope When Mother’s Day Is HardAgnes Erickson writes, “Tucker McNear Swanson Carlson was born in San Francisco in 1969, the oldest of two boys. The media may have been a popular dinner table topic for him growing up as his father, Dick Carlson, was a former CEO for The Corporation of Public Broadcasting (via Columbia Journalism Review). His mother Lisa…
Read More Just who is Tucker Carlson?According to Chris Williams, executive chef at Lucille’s in Houston, here are 11 ways to rev up taste without adding butter or salt. (from AARP Magazine April/May 2021, p. 10) roasted garlic lemon and/or lime shallots parsley flavored vinegar read the rest in the Magazine
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