The bid comes at a time when Kohl’s management is under fire from activist investor Macellum Advisors, which has been urging Kohl’s to make board changes or consider a sale in a letter to shareholders in recent weeks. Read more
China has plowed through the obstacles that once made Beijing’s bid for the Olympics seem a long shot and faced down new ones, including an unending pandemic and mounting international concern over its authoritarian behavior. Read more
A video that circulated widely online of a TV reporter in West Virginia being hit by a vehicle during a live broadcast was met with outrage by broadcast journalists who said it underscored the risks of sending reporters to cover stories on their own. Read more
“My name is Zara Rutherford, a teenager,” she told the internet after leaving Belgium in August. “I’m attempting to fly solo around the world,” she said, aiming to be the youngest woman ever to do so. Read more
Lisala Folau had been at sea for about 12 hours, drifting among the islands of Tonga overnight after a tsunami hit his home, when he saw a police patrol boat. Read more
Who would pay more than $280,000 for a hulking, orange 57-year-old Staten Island Ferry boat whose engines don’t work? The answer turned out to be a group of investors that includes two of the most famous natives of the island, Pete Davidson and Colin Jost, cast members of “Saturday Night Live.” Read more
Rodolphe Jaar is the second foreigner charged and arrested in the U.S. for his alleged role leading to the July 7 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moise at his private residence. Read more
The U.S. Mint celebrated a milestone this month when it announced the first shipment of a new batch of quarters bearing the image of writer and poet Maya Angelou, the first Black woman to be depicted on the 25-cent coin. Read more
Findings of a study suggest there’s “a window of opportunity” early in life when treatment could have a lasting impact. Read more
A worker hung up persimmons at the Inaka Michi no Eki Yashimaya store in Marumori, Japan, in Novembder, where they were to dry for about 45 days to remove their astringency. Read more
With more and more young people aspiring to start innovative companies to tackle social problems, universities have begun teaching students entrepreneurial skills. The aim: to nurture a workforce that can revolutionize the business world. Read more
Even in death, Betty White is helping her beloved animal friends. Read more
Comedian, talk show host and political influencer Jon Stewart has been named the 23rd recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Award for lifetime achievement in comedy. Read more
President Joe Biden said he believes Vladimir Putin doesn’t want full blown war in Ukraine and would pay a “dear price” if he moves forward with a military incursion. Read more
Two Supreme Court justices say a media report that they were at odds over the wearing of masks in court during the recent surge in coronavirus cases is false. Read more
Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had battled racism at home to fight for freedom abroad, died Sunday. He was 102. Read more
The governor of Mexico’s Morelos state claimed Monday his predecessor and the previous police chief negotiated with a drug gang. Read more
Prince Harry has filed a claim for a judicial review against the British government’s decision not to let him personally pay for police protection while in the U.K. Read more
A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family. Read more
For decades renowned Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez kept the public from knowing about an intimate aspect of his life: He had a daughter with a Mexican writer, with whom he had an extramarital affair in the early 1990s. Read more
The Library of Congress said that Richie will receive the national library’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Read more
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