NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of murdered journalist James Foley is writing a book about her son.
Blue Rider Press announced Thursday that it had acquired the memoir by Diane Foley, whose son was a freelance reporter executed publicly by Islamic State in 2014. The book is scheduled for early 2017 and is currently untitled.
BOSTON – As debates about official symbols that some may consider inflammatory or even offensive pop up across the country, a push to change the Massachusetts state seal and flag is losing steam.
The seal, prominent on the flag, depicts a sword-wielding arm above an American Indian holding a bow and down-turned arrow with the Latin motto, "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam," which loosely translated means "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty." The imagery has long vexed local American Indian tribes and activists, who see it as a callous and inaccurate representation of the relationship between natives of the region and European settlers.
