Twenty-four people from the arts and sciences have won this year’s “genius grant” awards from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The prize comes with $625,000 over the next five years that can be used any way the recipient likes. The winners are: —— Patrick Awuah, 50, Accra, Ghana. An educator and entrepreneur […] More
Lawyers for a Virginia serial killer asked a U.S. judge to halt his scheduled execution on Thursday, arguing that one of the drugs to be used might not work. Attorneys for the inmate, Alfredo Prieto, 49, argued that pentobarbital, the first drug to be administered in the three-drug lethal injection, lacked a sterility test. Prieto, […] More
A U.S. C-130 transport plane crashed near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, early Friday, two defense officials told NBC News. The crash happened shortly after midnight local time near Jalalabad Airport. There is no immediate information on how many passengers were on the transport plane or whether there are casualties. Source: NBC News This is a developing story […] More
A gunman killed at least 13 people and wounded as many as 20 at a community college in southwestern Oregon, according to law enforcement officials. The first 911 calls reported a shooting at 10:38 a.m. Pacific. Police said the gunman was killed. He was 20 years old. A 20-year-old man went on a shooting […] More
Scientists have for the first time confirmed liquid water flowing on the surface of present-day Mars, a finding that will add to speculation that life, if it ever arose there, could persist now. That represents a shift in tone for NASA, where officials have repeatedly played down the notion that the dusty and desolate landscape […] More
A mother-of-five made £1.5million running a high-class escort agency with former TOWIE star Maria Fowler on its books while claiming £117,000 in benefits and tax credits, a court heard. Janine Adeleke, 42, claimed state handouts while running agency Carltons Of London from her seaside home Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex. One of her children was sent to the […] More
A party organized by gay lovers in Benin City last Tuesday turned violent after one of the organizers caught his man with a friends they have in uncommon mood. The party in Benin was organized in a hotel located around Oben, off Sapele Road and the gay lovers were said to have deceived residents of […] More
Two other prominent Nigerians were yesterday confirmed to be among several others who lost their lives in last Thursday’s stampede in Muna, near Makkah, while the pilgrims were on their way to Jamarat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil. The two Nigerians are: Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, an Appeal Court justice and Emir […] More
Tension mount in Onitsha Main Market, Anambra state (Nigeria) as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stormed the market after arresting seven traders at the Enugu International Airport for alleged money laundering. It is reported that the development sparked fears especially among importers and operators of Bureau de Change in the market. […] More
Zimbabwe is reportedly facing widespread food shortages, with the situation said to be critical in the country’s rural areas. At least 16% of the country’s estimated 13 million population face food insecurity, according to a new report from the United Sates-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet). Vast areas of southern and western Zimbabwe suffered crop […] More