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Seeking the source of get-up-and-go.

A tour through a century of climate-change documentaries.

A just-published study connects funerary objects with women’s participation in polo, hunting, warfare, and the Mongol postal system, among other activities.

Stéphane Breitwieser stole several billion dollars worth of art from more than 150 museums before he was caught in 2001.

American artist Thomas Eakins painted realist art in the late-19th century when impressionism and photography turned some artists away from traditional art.

The Children & Family Resource Center will host Art in the Park at Bill Moore Community Park on Friday, April 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

A GRATEFUL mother from Durdar is raising funds for the child cancer community which supported her when her son died.

Testingfg of Ads ATLANTA, GA— When a family of five Birmingham, Alabama children lost both parents to COVID-19 late last year, the mother’s sister, who has seven children of her own, became their guardian.   Christian and Amber Fletcher, co-founders of the Atlanta-based Fletcher Fund for Equality and Education, were moved to lend their support. The Fletcher Fund immediately made donations of full-ride scholarships to each of the oldest three children for the college of their choice. Additi...

Share this article Share this article ATLANTA, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fletcher Fund for Equality and Education – a nonprofit focusing on providing scholarships, mentorship, and other critical support to students from underserved communities seeking higher education – awarded its first round of full-ride scholarships to three students from a family who recently suffered the loss of both parents to COVID-19. Christian Fletcher and Amber Fletcher, co-founders of the Fletcher Fund, w...

Children who lost both parents to COVID receive Christmas gifts Christmas gifts for family who lost parents to COVID-19 By Cassie Fambro | December 20, 2020 at 9:47 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 9:52 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - There will be an emptiness on Christmas Day for five local children who lost both parents to COVID-19 this year. Their aunt took them in as her own children and is now responsible for a family of thirteen. Francesca McCall might be raising a dozen children now, b...