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This spring, New York City youth from Brooklyn to The Bronx came together online to build creative projects, learn new skills from leading artists, and discover a passion for creative storytelling. Through opportunities made possible by Today at Apple, 39 young artists were given the tools and ideas they need…

Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday morning fired several shots into the air in a bid to stop protesters who gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, the venue of the June 12 Democracy Day protest. The security operatives also arrested Adeola Oladipupo, a journalist with…

A brawl broke out on Saturday morning amongst members of the #IStandWithBuhari protest group at the Unity Fountain, Abuja. The group leaders were seen in a heated exchange over the sharing of monetary resources meant for organising the counter protests. Civil society organisations and human rights activists had called for…

A cellphone displays The Associated Press Twitter account on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. The AP's recent firing of a young reporter for what she said on Twitter has somewhat unexpectedly turned company and industry attention to the flip side of social media engagement — the online abuse…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Former New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has said he may try to cash in on his downfall in the form of NFTs Weiner told the New York Times he may sell texts, tweets, documents, and more as NFTs He may look more formally into “political…

Author and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin made a surprising return to CNN on Thursday, apologizing for the lewd Zoom mishap that led to his firing from The New Yorker and vowing "to be a better person." Toobin was reintroduced to CNN viewers by anchor Alisyn Camerota, who had the unenviable…

For climate advocates worried that Republicans and swing-Democrats like Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are about to torpedo green infrastructure plans in Congress, the state of New York would seem to be in an enviable position. New York already passed ambitious carbon reduction targets in 2019. Democrats now enjoy…

This is a strange moment for Dr. Anthony Fauci to reemerge as the right’s public enemy number one. The United States is only averaging about 15,000 new cases of Covid-19 a day, even as the country’s reopening has dramatically accelerated. Last week, The New York Times ended its series of…

BOSTON (AP) — The NHL fined Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy $25,000 on Tuesday for his criticism of the officials after Game 5 of Boston's second-round playoff series against the New York Islanders. BOSTON (AP) — The NHL fined Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy $25,000 on Tuesday for his criticism of the…

Author of the article: Reuters Field Level Media The NHL fined Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy $25,000 for post-game comments following the Game 5 loss to the Islanders during the second round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Photo by Bruce Bennett /Getty Images The NHL…