Dolly Parton was a lifelong ally of the LGBTQ+ community.
Month: August 2026
Dozens of people fell victim to an elaborate fraud ring, with some losing their life savings. Federal agents say the criminal network, called the “Honeybun Boyz,” made off with millions of dollars.
Cities across the country have teamed up with Dolly Parton’s nonprofit, Imagination Library, which provides free books to children from newborns to age 5.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Slava ‘Sal’ Veder, best known for his picture of a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel joyfully reuniting with his family after five years in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam, died Aug. 22. He was 99.
A judge has found three North Miami City Council members violated the city charter while trying to remove a former city manager, but ruled there was insufficient evidence to find they violated Florida’s Sunshine Law.
Attorney David Winker is representing Bonnie Bolton in her fight to preserve the Garden of our Lord in Coral Gables.
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the smug concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died. He was 80.
A Maryland court has ruled against a proposed constitutional amendment that could have paved the way for Democrats to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the 2028 elections.
Three U.S. Secret Service officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday, pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Canada have ramped up their trade war, hitting each other with steep new tit-for-tat tariffs. Despite the bravado coming from both sides of the border, though, analysts suspect the longtime allies will eventually strike a deal to end a conflict neither really wants.