Tag: Media

Watchdog urges release of media workers held in Ethiopia

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KAMPALA, Uganda — The Committee to Protect Journalists is urging Ethiopian authorities to free journalists and media workers detained in the Tigray region, where...

Online review platform Trustpilot chooses London for IPO

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LONDON — Online review platform Trustpilot said Monday it plans to sell shares in London, in a stock offering that helps shore up the...

Review: Elk hunters become the hunted in novel ‘Dark Sky’

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“Dark Sky,” by C.J. Box (Putnam) Steve Price, the billionaire left...

Newspaper photographer attacked, seriously hurt in France

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PARIS — Authorities in France have opened an investigation for attempted murder after a news photographer was attacked and seriously injured while reporting on...

Indiana official apologizes for blackface Halloween costume

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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana City Council member and police officer has apologized after photos recently surfaced of him in blackface nearly 20...

Professor in Michigan fired after racist, homophobic tweets

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BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — A science professor at a university in central Michigan who claimed sinister forces were targeting him and breaking into his...

Libya authorities free journalists detained after PM presser

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CAIRO — Authorities in western Libya on Sunday released two local journalists who had been detained in the capital last week following a news...

Libya media authority: Journalist detained after PM presser

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CAIRO — Authorities in western Libya on Saturday revealed that they had detained a local journalist, two days after he disappeared in the capital...

Pujols says he’ll decide future after season with Angels

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols woke up from a nap last Monday in Arizona to find several hundred messages and missed calls on his...

Hulu sets Mike Tyson miniseries, but the boxer punches back

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LOS ANGELES — Hulu announced it has ordered a limited series dramatizing the life of boxing great Mike Tyson, who quickly slammed the production...