KINGSTON, Jamaica — An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway in heavy rain, bouncing across the tarmac and injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the Caribbean Sea, officials and witnesses said. Panicked passengers screamed and baggage burst from overhead bins as Flight 331 from Miami […]
WASHINGTON— Three accused al-Qaida associates taken to New York on Friday are charged with plotting to ferry drugs through the Sahara desert to raise money for terror attacks — evidence of what prosecutors say is a dangerous, growing alliance between terror chiefs and drug lords. The arrests mark the first time U.S. authorities have captured […]
From NYTimes.com: POLOKWANE, South Africa — Men in Westenburg Township went hunting Zimbabweans. They prowled its dirt roads by the truckload as night fell recently, brandishing clubs and throwing stones. At dawn that day, the body of Steven Hamilton, a 24-year-old local man, had been found near a tavern. In a flash, word spread that […]
Africa is catching up to the U.S. in terms of computer animation. South African animator, Dumi Gumbi. has created his own virtual band called Dhovas and Sam. The duo is two South African dogs who run away from their master. Their music is a mix of hip-hop and South African kasi music. Their music haas […]
From NYTimes.com: Let’s play Double Jeopardy. Presidential Headaches for $2,000, please, Alex. It was the contentious debate over which Barack Obama declared on Friday, “The time to talk is over.” RELATED: Climate Change Could “Spark African Civil Wars” – What is the Senate health care reform bill? Wrong. – What is Wall Street’s latest high-handed […]
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West. The test stoked tensions between Iran and the West, […]
Season 3 of WeTv’s hot, hit show Mary Mary just ended. It ended with a cliff hanger to end all cliff hangers too. After a…
It was just a couple of months ago when I was finally able to interview Annie Simons for Women’s History Month about her place in history. I attempted to interview her for Black History Month but was postponed due to what I now know was ongoing health issues. I finally got her to consent to […]