NoViolet Bulawayo wins the Best of Caine award from the Guardian Carlos Mureithi
The Zimbabwean writer – who has been twice nominated for the Booker – won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011, with her story…
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Namibia deploys army to fight wildfire burning third of Etosha game reserve from the Guardian Agence France-Presse in Windhoek
Vast tract of park that is home to 114 mammal species, including critically endangered black rhino, affected Namibia has begun deploying hundreds of soldiers to…
Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students from the Hill Jennifer L. Steele Professor of Education, American University
(The Conversation) – As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students. But college tuition…
Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility from the Hill Sarah Fortinsky
KIlmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national mistakenly deported but returned to the U.S. to face unrelated charges, was transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Deadline to claim part of $425M Capital One settlement nears: How to apply from the Hill Addy Bink
(NEXSTAR) — You have just a few days left to claim your portion of a massive settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against Capital…
What NASA’s discovery of possible life on Mars means for Musk’s ambitions from the Hill Mark R. Whittington, opinion contributor
Recently, NASA announced that the Mars Perseverance rover has found indications that life may have at one time existed on the Red Planet. The announcement did not…
Schumer on chance of shutdown: ‘It depends on the Republicans’ from the Hill Tara Suter
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said the chance of a looming government shutdown “depends on the Republicans.” “You think you can keep…
Johnson pushes back on Jeffries: ‘There is nothing partisan about this continuing resolution’ from the Hill Sarah Fortinsky
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) insisted on Sunday that there is “nothing partisan” about the Republican bill to keep the government funded ahead of the shutdown…
Plastic packaging is poisoning America, and MAGA is letting corporations off the hook from the Hill Sushma Raman and John Hocevar, opinion contributors
Despite growing scientific consensus, the “Make America Healthy Again” health report that dropped earlier this month failed to take a hard stand on plastics —…
Johnson on Comey: ‘There are many things that he could have been indicted for’ from the Hill Sarah Fortinsky
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday that there are “many things” for which former FBI Director James Comey could have faced charges, but said…
Thune says Democrats have taken ‘the federal government as a hostage’ amid shutdown fight from the Hill Tara Suter
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Sunday that Democrats have taken “the federal government as a hostage” amid tension over a looming government…
Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan, shooter is down: police from the Hill The Associated Press
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday. The…
Brennan on Trump prosecution threats: ‘I’m not going to be intimidated’ from the Hill Ashleigh Fields
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Saturday he would not be intimidated by prosecution threats after the Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey…
Trump goes after antifa, sparking fears about crackdown on dissent from the Hill Rebecca Beitsch
An executive order labeling antifa as a domestic terrorist organization is spurring pushback from critics across the ideological spectrum who say President Trump is laying the…