In 2019, American musician Jon Dee Graham suffered a heart attack that left him "dead" for several minutes -- a scare that inspired his album, "Only Dead For a Little While." Eighteen months later he ...

The Met Gala was officially blessed Chappell Roan's bold and out-of-this-world fashion choices for the 2025 Met Gala.

In September, Roan Mountain suffered significant damage during Hurricane Helene. While there's still work to do, the area has made lots of progress.

Chappell Roan used the Grammys red carpet to send a message to the LGBTQ+ community, saying, "They will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away." ...

On Africa's dry western tip, Mauritania has become an unlikely staging post for Ukraine's increasingly global struggle with its adversary Russia.

From mycelium leather to corn-based elastane, there have been many biomaterial breakthroughs in recent years. When will they ...

Chinese automakers are pushing to unlock Africa's underdeveloped potential, with a focus on electric and hybrid vehicles, as restrictions on exports to the United States and Europe send them on a ...

Born in Kampala, raised in Cape Town in post-apartheid South Africa and politically awakened in New York’s Queens, Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s journey to becoming the Democratic contender for mayor of the ...

Trump promises West African leaders a pivot to trade as the region reels from sweeping aid cuts The region is reeling from the impact of sweeping U.S. aid cuts.

A peace agreement brokered by the White House to stem the bloodshed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was signed in Washington D.C. on Friday by officials of the two African nations.