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WASHINGTON, DC — The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in grants to 30 historically Black Churches as a part of its third annual Preserving Black Churches grant program. Having raised more than $150 million in total funding since its founding in 2017, the Action Fund […]
ABC News has agreed to pay $15m (£12m) to US President-elect Donald Trump to settle a defamation lawsuit after its star anchor falsely said he had been found “liable for rape”. George Stephanopoulos made the statements repeatedly during an interview on 10 March this year while challenging a congresswoman about her support for Trump. A […]
Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he insisted for years he didn’t do. He was released in 2013 after a new trial and new DNA technology proved his innocence. Earlier this month, Sullivan was awarded $13m (£10m) from the state, though Massachusetts regulations cap rewards for wrongful […]
KULR Technology Group, Inc. HOUSTON, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KULR Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE American: KULR) (the “Company” or “KULR”), a provider of advanced thermal management solutions, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to advance its Internal Short Circuit (ISC) technology to activate at higher temperatures. This development, vital for […]
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been announced as winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation, the award-giving body said. The Nobel assembly said in a statement on Monday that the laureates discovered the new class of […]
Snowmobile experts share safety tips after deadly weekend on Minnesota trails Snowmobile experts share safety tips after deadly weekend on Minnesota trails 02:06 A judge ruled that the federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision that nearly killed a snowmobiler who struck a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail. U.S. District […]
BOSTON — The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni blamed both parties for the March 2019 crash in […]
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (AACHAF), a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced today that it is awarding $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve 30 sites significant to Black history across the United States, with a focus on modern architecture, education, sports, and Black women’s achievement. Individual […]
Courtesy of the Woodson family/AP Cpl. Waverly Woodson Jr. saved dozens of Allied troops on D-Day. CNN — A Black medic credited with treating many wounded soldiers on D-Day has been posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Monday. Army medic Cpl. Waverly Woodson, Jr., was part of the […]
CNN — The United States Figure Skating team will receive a gold medal for their team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was handed a four-year ban Monday over a long-running doping controversy. Valieva, now 17, had led the Russian Olympic Committee to first place in the team […]