Kansas City Star apologizes for racially biased coverage: 'The sins of our past still reverberate today'

Filip Benkovic as the defender closes in on a move to Belgium. The Leicester City defender spent the 2018-19 campaign at Parkhead and helped to win a domestic treble.

Media City store in the coming months, it has been confirmed.  The northern supermarket chain said the Salford branch has suffered “significant losses” since opening in 2011.  Sales have also been heavily impacted by customers working from home due to the pandemic. In a statement, the firm revealed it is exploring options to protect the 62 jobs currently at risk. A consultation has now begun with colleagues who are being “supported through this process”. A statement posted on the Booths website

One of the big hits of Christmas has been the Olympia Panto which, of course, went online this year. And it has been revealed that thousands from all over the world have watched the show — Once Upon A Panto — which can be seen online right up until Sunday as the virtual run has been extended due to demand.

River City star Iain Robertson started hillwalking because he didn’t want to look “like a kind of weirdo” walking around Glasgow parks on his own. The 39-year-old, who also starred in the gang film Small Faces and appeared in Grange Hill, took to the Scottish hills almost four years ago after the death of his beloved dog, Lightning.

River City actor Brian Cowan has died at the age of 58. The actor, who played Murray Crozier in the BBC soap is believed to have died of natural causes.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOver the weekend, indie-rock fans of a certain age were surprised to learn that “Bean Dad” — a man who posted a long Twitter thread about refusing to teach his hungry, crying daughter how to operate a can opener — was John Roderick, frontman of the veteran Seattle band the Long Winters and currently a podcaster. Many were even more disturbed to learn that Roderick’s Twitter history included racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic language.

Terri Nunn, the lead singer of the band Berlin, is speaking out after receiving backlash for playing a New Year’s Eve gig at President Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

straight to your inboxRoy Keane believes Kevin de Bruyne is capable of playing any midfield or attacking position on the field after raving about Manchester City's "world-class" star.De Bruyne was at the centre of a vintage Manchester City performance, which saw them beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. City led 3-0 after a little over a half-an-hour with De Bruyne taking centre stage.

straight to your inboxManchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is confident that Kai Havertz and Timo Werner 'will improve' after a difficult start to life at new club Chelsea.Frank Lampard's side were the summer's heavy spenders after they splashed out over £200million on new signings, with nearly £150miilion of it being spent on the highly-rated German duo.

Meredith Marks and husband Seth Marks are back together after a separation that rocked their Real Housewives of Salt Lake City costars.Speaking with Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, December 31, the reality TV star said the issue between her and her husband wasn’t lack of love.“I mean, we always have loved each other — that was never the issue. It was just we were completely disconnected and it was like a wake-up call,” Meredith, 48, shared.

on his Facebook page Wednesday. “About two months ago he had a left side stroke that gave him right sided weakness and damage to the speech center of his brain,” she wrote.

straight to your inboxManchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has taken to social media to react to the postponement of Monday's match against Everton, urging everyone to continue following coranvirus rules.City were set to play their second Premier League match in just two days following Boxing Day's 2-0 victory over Newcastle United, but it was announced at the 11th hour that the game had been postponed due to further positive COVID-19 tests in the Blues' squad.

straight to your inboxJamie Redknapp has demanded more from Bernardo Silva as Manchester City search for more creativity going forward. Whilst Pep Guardiola's side have had a positive first half to the season and are well in the title race, their football has lacked the fluency of previous seasons, having netted the lowest amount of goals among the clubs in the top half of the Premier League table.

NEW YORK -- The first significant attention that the Kansas City Star gave to hometown hero and jazz legend Charlie “Bird” Parker came when he died in 1955 — and the newspaper spelled his name wrong.That detail came to light when the Star investigated, and apologized for, its mistreatment of Black citizens over many decades in a self-reckoning that came in a series of stories published on Sunday.In its blunt self-assessment, the Star found that for many decades of its 140-year history, Black