Category: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Baseball-Legendary Dodgers Broadcaster Vin Scully Dies at 94

LOS ANGELES—Vin Scully, one of baseball’s most revered broadcasters who called Dodgers’ games for a record-breaking 67 years and narrated some of the sport’s greatest moments, died on Tuesday at the age of 94, the team announced. “We have lost an icon,” Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten said. Scully joined the Dodgers’ broadcast crew…


Legendary Dodgers Broadcaster Vin Scully Dies at 94

LOS ANGELES—Vin Scully, one of baseball’s most revered broadcasters who called Dodgers’ games for a record-breaking 67 years and narrated some of the sport’s greatest moments, died on Tuesday at the age of 94, the team announced. “We have lost an icon,” Dodgers President & CEO Stan Kasten said. Scully joined the Dodgers’ broadcast crew…


‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Sentenced to 25 Years on Terror Charges

KIGALI, Rwanda—The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of his countrymen from genocide was convicted of terrorism offenses Monday and sentenced to 25 years at a trial that human rights watchdogs and other critics of Rwanda’s repressive government have described as an act of retaliation. Paul Rusesabagina, credited with sheltering ethnic…


Trump Awards Golfers the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday, the highest civilian honor, to retired golfers Annika Sörenstam, Gary Player, and the late Babe Zaharias. The White House released a statement in March 2020 saying that Trump would present the Medal of Freedom to Sörenstam and Player later that month, but the event…