Article by K.D. Anglin via URBANISLANDZ. Bob Marley’s widow Rita Marley and reggae/dancehall star Sizzla are this year’s honorees at the Independence Day Grand Gala. The Grand Gala committee has designated Sizzla and Rita Marley as this year’s recipients of the Gala award at the annual event...
Photo by BEN HIDER (©GETTY IMAGES) Article by Jeff Nelson, via PEOPLE JAY-Z is teaming up with the NFL. On Tuesday, the New York Times confirmed that the rapper has signed a deal with the NFL so that he will advise as a “live music entertainment strategist”; through...
Image by Unfading adornments (Facebook), via HuffPost Article by Caroline Bologna, Huffpost A 6-year-old boy named Blake is highlighting the power of kindness and friendship just in time for back-to-school season. Last week, Blake’s mother, Nikki Rajahn, posted a photo of her son wearing a shirt that says “I...
Photo by Jim Watson / AFP Article via Aarthi Swaminathan finance.yahoo.com Presidential candidate Andrew Yang said that “immigrants are being scapegoated” for reasons that have “nothing to do with our economy” during the second night of the Democratic debates on Wednesday night. “I'm the son of immigrants...
Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Europe Article by Amy Chillag via CNN.com The second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has taken the lives of more than 1,800 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Save the Children reports that the virus has killed hundreds of children, and...
Photo by Todd Korol( BLOOMBERG NEWS) Article by Bloomberg News, via DAILY REPUBLIC The hemp fields sprouting in a part of Canada best known for its giant oil patch show how climate change is disrupting the construction industry. Six years after setting up shop in the...
Photo by Christoph Hrdinka, CC Article by McKinley Corbley via goodnewsnetwork.org For the first time in history, wind energy accounted for more electrical usage in Texas than coal. The Electrical Reliability Council of Texas, which manages about 90% of the electrical flow in the state, released a report earlier...
Photo by Brett Levin via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Article by Jacqueline Howard via CNN Marijuana use among young people in the United Statesoverall has climbed in recent years, but a new paper suggests that in states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, marijuana use among youth may actually...
Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI (©GETTY IMAGES) Article by Aimee Lewis, via Metro News Lyon, France (CNN)A few hours before Sunday's Women's World Cup final, John Ellis will seat himself at his organ and play "You'll Never Walk Alone," Liverpool Football Club's stirring anthem. A Royal Marine commando...
Photo by Lorie Shaull via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Article by Laura M. Holson, via The New York Times Hollywood has produced quite a few fictionalized depictions of dramatic climate change. Scores of people die after Manhattan freezes in 2004’s “The Day After Tomorrow.” In “Geostorm,” released...