Category : News

Shots Fired In Gros Islet – Teenager Among Two Injured

A teenager was among two individuals who sustained injuries following a shooting incident at Gros Islet. On Monday at about 4:45 am, officers at the Gros Islet police station received a report of the shooting at Massade, Gros Islet. The officers disc...

Love and Support: An 80-year-old mother’s journey with aortic stenosis

(NewsUSA) – All her life, Darian Tymes has been a high-energy woman with a positive spirit and a can-do attitude. When she started losing her breath and feeling fatigued simply moving from room to room, 80-year-old Darian and her children knew...

Kampala Restaurant Week ends

By Our Reporter Coming to a successful close on Sunday 14th July, Kampala Restaurant Week highlighted some of Kampala’s finest casual and signature dining restaurants in a 10-day food holiday that attracted many to try out the special meals on offer...

Uganda Rugby Union partners with MTN MoMo ahead of Rugby Africa Cup

By Our Reporter The Uganda Rugby Union has partnered with MTN MoMo Uganda Ltd to facilitate ticketing for the highly anticipated Rugby Africa Cup. The partnership which was announced on Monday marks a significant milestone in promoting sports and en...

President Biden’s July 14 address to nation after Trump shooting

My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. We’re neighbors. We’re friends, coworkers, citizens. And, most importantly...

African American College Students Are More Likely to Mistrust Campus Police Than Their White Peers

JBHE recently reported on a new study from Pew Research Center that found a significant share of Black adults in the United States do not trust American police and the criminal justice system. A new study from scholars at the University at Buffalo an...

Miami Dade College Selects Alwyn Leiba to Lead Its Medical Campus

Alwyn Leiba has been selected to serve as interim president of the medical campus at his alma mater, Miami Dade College in Florida. Dr. Leiba started his career with Miami Dade College in 2010 as an associate professor. In 2017, he received a promoti...

Decades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering

Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, ‘Lady in Satin,’ in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images by Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital...

Pittsburgh Links in Harrisburg to advocate for passage of the CROWN Act

MEMBERS OF THE KEYSTONE CLUSTER OF THE LINKS INC., TRAVELED TO HARRISBURG LAST MONTH TO ADVOCATE FOR STATE LEADERS TO PASS THE CROWN ACT. Echoes of “Pass the Crown” could be heard in the halls of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, as the Keystone Cluste...

In wake of Trump rally shooting, his Southwestern Pa. supporters are shaken but ‘vibrant’ as elected leaders urge civility

Bill Antesberger, of Forward, waves flags to Route 51 traffic alongside the MAGA Warriors, a group of supporters of former president Donald Trump, Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Elizabeth Township. A day after a bullet grazed Trump’s ear during an assassi...

Barre Denis Shooting Leaves One Man Dead

One man is dead following a shooting incident in Barre Denis, Castries, on Sunday. Police have identified the victim as thirty-one-year-old Kerdel Amedee of Barre Denis. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers learned of the shooting at abou...

Kamalaika Drops ‘Biyika’ New Song After Almost a Full Year of Silence

Songstress, Kamalaika, is back after almost a year of silence, she has dropped her latest single, ‘Biyika!’ The title, meaning ‘it’s pouring’ in Luganda, perfectly encapsulates the song’s heartfelt message of love...

Breaking the Silence: Healing the hidden wounds of urban America’s men

Male sexual trauma is an often overlooked epidemic that profoundly impacts urban communities, particularly among men of color. The Survivors Circle is dedicated to addressing this silent crisis by offering safe spaces, therapeutic support, and holi...

Fawn Walker-Montgomery: Juneteenth is not enough

by Fawn Walker-Montgomery For this column, I want to continue the conversation around Juneteenth. Specifically, passing it as a federal holiday as not enough. Last time, I compared the current situation with Juneteenth in Pittsburgh to either/or thin...

How to avoid being hacked: start by upping your password game – ‘12345’ doesn’t cut it

Adobe Stock Photo by Thembekile Olivia Mayayise, University of the Witwatersrand If you type the term “password cyberattack” into Google News, the results will show just how often cyber criminals are getting hold of important data belonging to compa...