Barbara Walters will leave The View on May 16 and retire from television, Variety reports.
Variety says it will run an interview with Walters on Tuesday and ABC will run a two-hour special about her on May 16.
US Supreme Court backs Alabama Black voters, bolsters civil rights law
Published by Reuters By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a major victory to Black voters who challenged a Republican-drawn electoral map in Alabama, finding the state violated a landmark law …Read More »
Pat Robertson, who made Christian right a political force, dead at 93
Published by AFP Pat Robertson, founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network, has died at the age of 93 Washington (AFP) – Pat Robertson, the soft-spoken televangelist who helped make America’s Christians a powerful political force while …Read More »
Uganda enacts repressive law putting LGBTQ+ communities at serious risk
Published by Global Voices Image of LGBTQ community protest in Uganda, on the Africanews YouTube Channel. May 2023 was a watershed period for Uganda’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community. On May 2, the …Read More »
Biden names coordinator to work on book bans issue
Published by AFP The graphic novel Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden has named a government coordinator to handle the thorny issue of book bans in schools — one of a series of initiatives announced …Read More »