Day: March 4, 2024

Blackberry Smoke drummer Brit Turner dead at 57

9:05 pm March 4, 2024

American rock band Blackberry Smoke is mourning the loss of their beloved drummer and co-founder, Brit Turner. The musician passed away at 57, after an almost two-year battle with brain cancer, more specifically glioblastoma. “It is with the deepest sorrow that we inform everyone that our brother Brit Turner has moved on from this life. If […]

‘Spring training’ for Christians is what Lent is all about, says college chancellor in Colorado

9:04 pm March 4, 2024

Lent, the 40-day period of preparation prior to the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday, should be viewed as an essential “spring training” for Christians as they prepare themselves for the Easter season, said Dr. Donald Sweeting. Sweeting is chancellor of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado. “Christians measure time, not […]

France enshrines abortion as a constitutional right in wake of Dobbs ruling, activists declare ‘a victory’

8:12 pm March 4, 2024

France has amended its constitution to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion, calls for which gained momentum after the United States reversed Roe v. Wade in 2022. French lawmakers on Monday convened at the Palace of Versailles where they approved the bill in a 780-72 vote. Monday’s vote makes France the first country to […]

US sanctions Zimbabwe president for alleged human rights abuses

8:09 pm March 4, 2024

The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, its first lady and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human rights abuses. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on three entities and 11 people, including the Mnangagwas, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and retired Brig. Gen. Walter […]

South Carolina police fatally shoot showerhead-wielding double homicide suspect

8:08 pm March 4, 2024

A man who had beaten his mother and girlfriend to death inside a burning house and who reportedly told relatives he wanted to be killed by police was fatally shot by eight officers as he held a chrome shower head they thought was a gun, according to a police department presentation of evidence in the […]