Katherine Lee

Arts & Entertainment, Business, Nation & World

Taylor Swift helps Alibaba plug world’s biggest shopping spree

by Lulu Yilun Chen Bloomberg October 28, 2019October 28, 2019

Swift is the highest-profile act to feature at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Nov. 11 extravaganza since its inception over a decade ago.

Arts & Entertainment

Robert Evans, iconic producer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89

by JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer October 28, 2019October 28, 2019

Robert Evans, producer of ‘Chinatown’ and former chief of Paramount Pictures who revitalized the studio with hits like ‘The Godfather,’ died on Saturday.

Nation & World, News

Photos: Thousands flee California wildfires in Los Angeles, wine country

by DON THOMPSON and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press October 28, 2019October 29, 2019

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says its power lines may have started 2 wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, Eric Swalwell, Carolyn Maloney

Nation & World, News, Politics

House Democrats plan 1st formal vote on impeachment inquiry

by MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press October 28, 2019October 29, 2019

Also Monday, a former national security official defied a House subpoena, escalating a standoff between Congress and the White House over who will testify in the impeachment inquiry.

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Arts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News, Sports

Trump critic José Andrés will throw 1st pitch at World Series game Trump will attend

by Associated Press October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Chef José Andrés has repeatedly opposed Trump’s immigration policies and his government’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Nation & World, News, Religion and Values

Pope asks forgiveness for theft of Amazon statues

by NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press October 25, 2019October 25, 2019

Pope Francis has asked forgiveness from Amazonian bishops and tribal leaders after thieves stole indigenous statues from a Vatican-area church and tossed them into the Tiber River in a bold show of conservative opposition to Francis.

Business, Nation & World, News

Census report: U.S. growth will slow as population ages

by MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press October 24, 2019October 13, 2020

The United States will add 79 million people in the next 40 years, but growth will slow down as the U.S population gets older.

Arts & Entertainment

Kanye West premieres ‘Jesus is King’ album and film

by Mikael Wood Los Angeles Times (TNS) October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

“Jesus Is King,” a 30-plus-minute IMAX film, captures a Sunday Service performance held inside James Turrell’s Roden Crater land-art project in Arizona.