The tribes wanted to promote their history. Removing William Penn’s statue wasn’t a priority
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The National Park Service’s proposal to remove a William Penn statue from a historic site in Philadelphia wasn’t a priority for some of the Native Americans the agency was required to consult with as it prepared to renovate the deteriorating plaza.
Uprooting the statue of Pennsylvania’s founder from Welcome Park also wasn’t a major point of discussion as park service officials and tribal representatives met to plan the renovation over video last year, said Jeremy Johnson, director of cultural education for
New list scores TV, streaming series for on-screen and behind-the-scenes diversity and inclusion
NEW YORK (AP) — The hundreds of on U.S. broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, and the executive producers creating them, are the subject of a new list — one that scores them for the diversity and inclusion of the people working both on screen and behind the scenes.
The for episodic programming, being released Thursday by the and the , ranks the 100 highest-scoring broadcast and cable series that aired in the 2021-2022 television season and the 1
Veteran sports, broadcasting executive Keith Pelley back home in charge of MLSE
TORONTO — Some eight-plus years after the departure of larger-than-life leader Tim Leiweke, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has turned to another big personality to take the helm.
On Thursday, the sports and entertainment conglomerate confirmed Keith Pelley, a veteran sports and broadcasting executive, as its new president and CEO.
Pelley, who has been CEO of golf’s European Tour Group since the summer of 2015, starts his new job on April 2.
He previously served as president of Rogers Media
Man stabbed in Rexdale apartment building
A man has been taken to hospital after he was reportedly stabbed in a Rexdale apartment building.
Police were called to Albion Road and Kipling Avenue just after 5 a.m. for reports of a stabbing.
Investigators say the man was found with multiple stab wounds in a common area of apartment building and the victim stated that the stabbing had happened hours prior.
He was taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating the incident and no suspect details have been released.
US applications for jobless benefits fall to lowest level in 3 months
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits inched down to its lowest level in three months last week as the U.S. labor market continues to flex its muscle in spite of elevated interest rates.
Jobless claim applications fell to 202,000 for the week ending Jan. 6, down by 1,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week volatility, ticked down
New funds will make investing in bitcoin easier. Here’s what you need to know
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a dozen new bitcoin funds began trading in U.S. markets for the first time Thursday, providing increased access to the cryptocurrency for everyday investors.
The new exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, give investors an asset that closely tracks the price of bitcoin.
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 funds from asset managers such as Blackrock, Invesco and Fidelity late Wednesday. The wave of approvals may work in your favor as fund managers seek to attract investors by competing on fees
Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir will be published in October
A memoir that Lisa Marie Presley had been working on will be published this fall. The book, currently untitled, was completed with the help of actor , the eldest of Presley’s four children.
“Few people had the opportunity to know who my mom really was, other than being Elvis’s daughter,” Keough said in a statement released Thursday by publisher Random House. “I was lucky to have had that opportunity and working on preparing her autobiography for publication has been a privilege, albeit a bittersweet one
Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe to ease privacy fears
LONDON (AP) — Microsoft said Thursday that it is upgrading its cloud computing service to let customers store all personal data within the European Union instead of having it flow to the U.S. where national privacy laws don’t exist.
The changes apply to services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, the Seattle-based tech company said.
Cloud computing companies have been moving to localize data storage and processing amid tightening requirements in the 27-nation European Union
Gambia’s soccer team makes emergency landing after plane loses oxygen flying to tournament
SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — A plane carrying Gambia’s national soccer team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.
A chartered flight Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realized there were technical problems, Gambia’s Football Federation said in a statement on Facebook.
“Upon landing, preliminary investigations indicated that there was loss of cabin pressure and oxygen,”
US pastors struggle with post-pandemic burnout. Survey shows half considered quitting since 2020
is at worrying levels among Christian clergy in the U.S., prompting many to think about abandoning their jobs, according to a new nationwide survey.
More than 4 in 10 of clergy surveyed in fall 2023 had seriously considered leaving their congregations at least once since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, and more than half had thought seriously of leaving the ministry, according to the survey released Thursday by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
About a tenth of clergy