Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon
The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.
Read more ...Ex-Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will appear before the Jan. 6 panel
The House committee investigating the Capitol attack had threatened Meadows with a criminal contempt referral because he had previously refused to cooperate.
Read more ...The new Miss USA is Elle Smith, a local TV reporter from Kentucky
Elle Smith traded in her Miss Kentucky sash for a Miss USA crown on Monday night. She is slated to compete in the Miss Universe pageant in Israel next month.
Read more ...Conservationists flew 30 white rhinos to Rwanda in a huge operation to protect them
The roughly 2,000-mile journey took the rhinos to their new home in Akagera National Park, where advocates hope the animals will be able to establish a new breeding stronghold and evade poachers.
Read more ...Barbados breaks with the queen and becomes the world's newest republic
With cheers and fireworks, the island nation became a parliamentary republic, swore in its first president and declared Barbadian-born Rihanna a national hero.
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