Haitian earthquake: in pictures
Friday, January 15, 2010 Video from a US Coast Guard helicopter flying over Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. Please click the image to view it in full sizeHaiti was hit by a…
Read moreRuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art
Saturday, October 6, 2007 RuPaul: "There is a definite prejudice towards men who use femininity as part of their palette; their emotional palette, their physical palette."photo: David ShankboneFew artists ever…
Read moreWoman in Buffalo, New York accidentally sets herself on fire
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Buffalo, New York —A woman in Buffalo, New York in the United States is in critical condition tonight at Sisters Of Charity Hospital after she accidentally…
Read moreJudge orders residents and city to come to agreement on partially collapsed building in Buffalo, New York
Thursday, June 19, 2008 Buffalo, New York —Judge Justice Christopher Burns of the New York State Supreme Court has ordered a halt to an emergency demolition on a 19th century…
Read moreSweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
Monday, June 21, 2010 Victoria, and husband Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland lead the procession around Stockholm after marrying SaturdayImage: Prolineserver (Wikimedia Commons).Sweden's first royal wedding since 1976 took place…
Read moreOn the campaign trail in the USA, October 2016
Sunday, November 6, 2016 The following is the sixth and final edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous…
Read moreU.S. heiress, designer, and author Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95
Thursday, June 20, 2019 U.S. heiress Gloria Vanderbilt died on Monday at the age of 95, her son Anderson Cooper announced. She had advanced stomach cancer. Scion of the wealthy…
Read moreClashes in Nigeria kill hundreds, troops on alert
Monday, March 8, 2010 Location of Jos in NigeriaAccording to witness and media reports, at least two hundred people in Nigeria have been killed after pastoralists and villagers clashed near…
Read moreEdmund White on writing, incest, life and Larry Kramer
Thursday, November 8, 2007 Edmund WhiteAll photos: David ShankboneWhat you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a…
Read moreOn bereavement and acceptance: Yale study of grief process
Thursday, February 22, 2007 Grief captured at a funeral during the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992.Photo by Evstafiev Mikhail.Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. Originally formulated in 1973 by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross,…
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