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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 […]
The galaxy next door to the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), could be hiding a monstrous secret. This dwarf galaxy, a satellite of our galaxy, may have its own supermassive black hole. Evidence for this hidden cosmic titan was delivered via hypervelocity stars at the edge of the
Billionaire Leon Black gave more money to Jeffrey Epstein than known, Senate committee says. According to the US Senate Finance Committee, he transferred $170 million to Epstein’s accounts. Black has said he paid the accused sex trafficker for tax advice. Sen. Ron Wyden is skeptical. Billionaire Leon Black was more responsible for
Captain America: Brave New Word North America Box Office: Inches Away From Surpassing Black Adam (Photo Credit – Instagram) Captain America: Brave New World is trying its best to achieve several milestones at the domestic and global box office despite a slow run. It is expected to surpass Captain America: The First Avenger’s US haul […]
The Trump administration is immediately pulling $400m (£310m) of federal funding from Columbia University, saying it failed to fight antisemitism on campus. A statement by four federal agencies said the funding cut was due to “continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students”. The New York college was the epicentre of pro-Palestinian […]
Expro, a provider of energy services has been awarded major contracts from OMV Petrom, totalling more than US$10 million for the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea. The contracts involve Expro’s subsea landing string (SSLS), SeaCure® cementing technology, tubular running services (TRS) and Coretrax Advance drilling tools to support the project in offshore […]
Take two proud hockey countries in a best-on-best final, add a massive dose of geopolitics into the equation, and then conclude the matchup with a historic overtime goal by the game’s best player. It’s a recipe for a historic viewership number — and that’s what we saw with Canada’s 3-2 overtime win over the United […]
Nepal, the small Himalayan nation bordering China, was negotiating with Beijing over a major injection of infrastructure financing when the United States stepped in with a lucrative offer. Over five years, the American government would give the country $500 million in grants to expand its electricity grid and improve its roads — a huge sum […]
An Illinois county has agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman who was fatally shot by a white sheriff’s deputy last year after she called 911 because she thought a prowler was outside her home. The Sangamon County Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the settlement […]
Washington: The family of a Black woman shot dead in her home by a police officer in the US state of Illinois has reached a $10 million settlement with the local sheriff’s department and county board. Sonya Massey, 36, a mother of two, was killed by a sheriff’s deputy last July in a case that […]