Day: April 2, 2024

To raise mental health awareness, Nigerian swims length of Lagos’ longest bridge

1:55 pm April 2, 2024

Nigerian swimmer Akinrodoye Samuel has tried to raise awareness of mental health in Africa’s most populous nation, swimming nearly 7.45 miles, the length of the longest bridge in Lagos where many people have jumped to their deaths. Samuel, a swimming coach, said he was moved by the experience of a friend who nearly took his […]

Rashida Tlaib accuses Israel of intentionally killing 7 humanitarian aid workers

1:51 pm April 2, 2024

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is accusing Israel of killing seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza on purpose. “The Israeli government knew that humanitarian workers were in this vehicle,” Tlaib wrote on her Instagram Story on Tuesday morning. Alongside the text, she shared a video of a badly damaged car with […]

Acclaimed novelist Maryse Condé, known as ‘Grande Dame’ of Caribbean literature, dies at 90

1:47 pm April 2, 2024

Maryse Condé, an acclaimed French-language novelist from Guadeloupe who in novels, stories, plays and memoirs imagined and redefined the personal and historical past from 17th century New England to contemporary Europe, has died at age 90. The death of Condé, winner in 2018 of an “alternate” Nobel Prize, was announced by publisher Buchet Chastel. Additional […]

Hillary Clinton tells voters dreading Trump-Biden rematch to ‘get over yourselves’: It’s not a ‘hard choice’

1:08 pm April 2, 2024

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a blunt message to those dreading the forthcoming rematch between President Biden and former President Trump. Appearing on Monday’s “The Tonight Show,” Clinton was asked by host Jimmy Fallon what she’d say to voters “upset that those are the two choices.” “Get over yourself. Those are the two […]

White House urges Congress to extend internet subsidy program before funds run dry

1:02 pm April 2, 2024

The White House plans to renew a push in April to convince Congress to extend an internet subsidy program used by 23 million American households just weeks before it runs out of money, officials said. In October, the White House asked for $6 billion to extend the program through December 2024, but Congress has not […]