World & Nation
West African mediators late Saturday hinted at a breakthrough in Burkina Faso’s political crisis after a military coup brought a general to power less than a month before scheduled elections.
Sept. 19, 2015
African Union tells Central African Republic rebels to end uprising
Dec. 31, 2012
Movies
Movie review: French writer-director Claire Denis’ understated triumph depicts the spiky relationship of 2 teenage siblings.
Oct. 31, 1997
“Nenette and Boni” is another understated triumph for gifted French writer-director Claire Denis.
Oct. 24, 1997
In 1989, French filmmaker Claire Denis won international acclaim with her debut film, “Chocolat,” set in the waning days of French colonial Africa and focusing on a tender relationship between a pair of outsiders, the daughter of a white French district officer and the family’s black servant.
Oct. 23, 1997
Travel & Experiences
Thomas “Beans” Bowles, 73, who played the saxophone and flute on several Motown hits by such artists as Marvin Gaye and the Supremes.
Feb. 1, 2000
With such films as “I Can’t Sleep,” “Nenette and Boni” and “Beau Travail,” Claire Denis over the last decade has risen to the first rank of French directors with her incisive, sharply perceptive films.
Nov. 30, 2001
Fossils of a previously unknown type of horned dinosaur have been discovered in the 75-million-year-old Judith River Formation in south-central Montana, paleontologist Peter Dodson of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences announced Thursday.
Dec. 19, 1986
Real Estate
Actor, writer and comedian Thomas Middleditch, who stars in the HBO series “Silicon Valley,” has bought a house in Hollywood Hills for $1.5 million.
May 2, 2016
Science & Medicine
Recent reports indicating that Neanderthals were able to speak were wrong, researchers say.
Feb. 18, 1999