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In the months leading up to last week’s vote on Kyrene School District’s $161 million bond and $8.5 million annual capital override, officials on several occasions called out the community

Actor, writer, director, and producer Jon Favreau, a Flushing native who attended Queens College from 1984 to 1987, received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at Queens College’s 99th commencement exercises on June 1. Favreau’s work in such films as Elf, Zathura, Iron Man and Iron Man 2, Cowboys and Aliens, Chef, The Jungle Book,

Flushing native and actor-director Jon Favreau received an honorary doctorate of fine arts at the Queens College 99th commencement ceremony on Thursday, June

<p>Heumann translated her own battle for inclusion into a movement to advance the rights and standing of people with disabilities in the United States through protest and legislation. </p>

She spent the rest of her life fighting, first to get access for herself and then for others, her brother recalled.

Heumann lobbied for legislation that eventually led to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act.

She was a leader in a historic, nonviolent occupation of a San Francisco federal building in 1977

She was a longtime advocate on behalf of disabled people through protests and legal action.

Judy Heumann, the 'mother of the disability rights movement' who advocated through protest and legal action, has died.

Judy Heumann, who died Saturday, was a disability rights activist. Her efforts led to the implementation of important legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Rehabilitation Act.