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Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. He was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history and, at the age of 73, is the oldest person to ascend the British throne.

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards. Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 American action drama film directed by Joseph Kosinski. It is the sequel t...

The Cuomo family is an American political family. It includes Mario Cuomo and Matilda Cuomo and their five children: Margaret, Andrew, Maria, Madeline, and Christopher. Mario Cuomo and his son Andrew Cuomo both have served as governor of New York. Chris Cuomo is a television journalist anchor at NewsNation, based in New York City. Cuomo was previously best known as the former presenter of Cuomo Pr...

Toxic positivity is the act of avoiding, suppressing or rejecting negative emotions or experiences. This may take the form of denying your own emotions or someone else denying your emotions, insisting on positive thinking instead. Although setting aside difficult emotions is sometimes necessary temporarily, denying negative feelings long-term is harmful because it can prevent people from processin...

Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, satirist, political commentator, actor, activist, and television host. He hosted The Daily Show, a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015. He now hosts The Problem with Jon Stewart, which premiered September, 2021 on Apple TV+. 

Elizabeth Lynne Cheney (born July 28, 1966) is an American attorney and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2017. She chaired the House Republican Conference, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership, from 2019 to 2021. Cheney is the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Second Lady Lynne Che...

Before Central Park was created, the landscape along what is now the Park’s perimeter from West 82nd to West 89th Street was the site of  Seneca Village , a community of predominantly African-Americans, many of whom owned property. By 1855, the village consisted of approximately 225 residents, made up of roughly two-thirds African-Americans, one-third Irish immigrants, and a small number of indivi...

Phan Thị Kim Phúc OOnt, referred to informally as the girl in the picture and the Napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.

No other high-income country has suffered such a high death toll from gun violence. Every day, more than 110 Americans die at the end of a gun, including suicides and homicides, an average of 40,620 per year. Since 2009, there has been an annual average of 19 mass shootings, when defined as shootings in which at least four people are killed. The US gun homicide rate is as much as 26 times that of...

The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated in 2022 in the Commonwealth of Nations to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.

Twenty-five years after his murder, the music and life of Biggie remain cultural touchstones of hip-hop. Biggie so impressed his peers in the mid-1990s that almost every New York rapper has recorded a song that includes a shout-out to him. "Big influenced a generation. This whole generation took pieces and bits." "Everybody took a piece out of Big that's on the charts right now. Ev...

The country's stock of baby formula was significantly curtailed after a February recall by Abbott worsened coronavirus pandemic-related supply chain issues among the product's manufacturers, leaving parents with fewer options on store shelves to nourish their children.

May is a time to raise awareness of those living with mental or behavioral health issues and to help reduce the stigma so many experience. Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in May in the United States since 1949. The month is observed with media, local events, and film screenings. Mental Health Awareness Month began in the United States in 1949 and was started by the Mental Health Am...

We discuss the life of Sean Justin Penn, an American actor, director, and activist. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River and the biopic Milk. Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie on December 4, 1974, directed by his father Leo Penn. We ask the question: has Sean Penn "jumped t...

Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model and one of the top supermodels from the 1990s. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers.

Robert Strange McNamara was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36th president of The United States following the assassination of President John Kennedy. LBJ promised to remake America under "The Society Programs" but despite his best intentions Johnson became embroiled in the Vietnam War and the tumultuous social transformations taking place in America and the wider global community during his presidency. 

The Godfather versus Goodfellas which is the better movie and why? We'll tell you!! 

A refreshing take on the factors and events that made the 1990s unique from other periods in the American experience. 

After 2+ years of COVID-19 restrictions, what will America look like in the post-covid surge years?