Tag Archives: Rainbow

Young readers can once again be like butterflies in the sky. “Reading Rainbow,” a show that previously aired on PBS and was hosted by the beloved actor LeVar Burton, is returning nearly two decades after it ended its original run. This time around, a new host is taking the helm: Mychal Threets, the internet’s favorite librarian and literacy advocate. Threets, …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An Orlando restaurateur on Monday turned over 49 parking spots outside her eatery for artists to color as a protest against a state mandate removing rainbow-colored crosswalks and other art on Florida streets, including one outside the LGBTQ-friendly nightclub where 49 people were killed in 2016. Se7en Bites owner Trina Gregory said she received 1,000 applications …

Remote, freezing, and wrapped in mystery, Antarctica was the last continent to be explored and remains one of the most difficult environments on Earth to access. Its landscape of endless white, broken only by rocky outcrops and ice ridges, covers nearly 5.275 million square miles (14 million square kilometers), an area almost twice the size of Australia. Yet this stark …

With ‘Weather Hunters,’ Al Roker Finally Brings the Rainbow Home  The New York Times Al Roker’s ‘Weather Hunters’ Will Empower Kids: ‘Weather Can Be a Little Scary, But It Can Also be Fun’  Parents ‘Today’ Star Al Roker’s New TV Show Premieres Next Week  PopCulture.com “Weather Hunters,” New, Animated STEM Series, To Debut On PBS KIDS  Forbes Brand New PBS KIDS Show: Weather Hunters  Mountain …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale city leaders will host an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the state’s order to remove rainbow-colored crosswalks and other street art throughout Florida or risk losing millions of dollars in funding. The Department of Transportation under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered communities to remove the crosswalks and other street art …

University students might soon have something other than black-light posters to brighten their dorm rooms. Researchers have created glow-in-the-dark plants by injecting succulents with materials similar to those that make the posters light up. The fleshy plants shine as brightly as a night light, and can be made to do so in a wide variety of colours — a first …

The Florida Transportation Department on Sunday once again painted over a rainbow crosswalk in Orlando that was part of the Pulse Memorial after protesters filled it in with multicolored chalk. The Transportation Department initially painted the rainbow crosswalk black and white late Wednesday. The multicolored crosswalk was created in 2017 as part of a memorial for the 49 people fatally …

Hawaii opened the 2025 season with a thrilling 23-20 win over Stanford on Saturday to cap off Week 0 action. Hawaii kicker Kansei Matsuzawa drilled a 38-yard field goal with no time remaining to give the Rainbow Warriors their first win over a Power Four team since 2019.  Hawaii (1-0) had lost its last nine games against Power Four opponents …

Florida Paints Over Rainbow Memorial for Victims of Pulse Nightclub Shooting  The New York Times Defiant protesters repaint Pulse Memorial crosswalk in rainbow colors after state covers it  FOX 35 Orlando FDOT orders Tallahassee remove artistic crosswalks after federal order  WCTV Fort Lauderdale mayor, Miss Bouvèè speak out against Florida order to remove rainbow crosswalks — even at Pulse memorial  WPLG Local 10 Florida …

A crowd gathered at the site of Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub massacre Thursday evening to protest the state’s removal of a rainbow-colored crosswalk meant to honor the 49 people gunned down at the LGBTQ+ venue nine years ago. Joe Byrnes / Central Florida Public Media The crosswalk had been painted over during the night. But on Thursday, people colored it again …