Girls Boarding School Engulfed by Fire in Kenya

The best high school girls' basketball teams in 2024-25

Ranking the top 25 girls' high school basketball programs in the country in the first month of 2025.

ESPN - 3h

Apple’s Board of Directors Encourages DEI Program Retention

As companies slash DEI policies, Apple’s board wants investors to weigh an alternative.

Inc. - 2d

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor

Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000

ABC News - 2d

The Maths Queen with a quantum mission to mentor girls

Yahoo News - 3d

Attempted abduction of girl, 3, stopped by mother

A man who was believed to have tried to take a girl outside a house, was stopped by her mother.

BBC News - 3d

Video captures family's harrowing escape as Palisades Fire engulfs home

Social media video of one family's dramatic escape Tuesday from the inferno that engulfed their Pacific Palisades home prompted an outpouring of support and sympathy. On Friday, they returned to ...

CBS News - 4d

Maths Queen with a quantum mission to mentor girls

Dr Angela Tabiri wants more African girls and women from less privileged backgrounds to study maths.

BBC News - 4d

Plane crash-lands and bursts into flames in Kenya, killing 3 on the ground

Yahoo News - 4d

Young mother displaced by Eaton Fire talks fleeing and losing her daughter's school

Lindsey Troy, a mother of two, fled the Eaton Fire with her family as flames neared their neighborhood in Eagle Rock. Her 5-year-old daughter's school was destroyed in nearby Altadena, which has ...

CBS News - 4d

Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional

The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups. A Kenyan judge has declared as unconstitutional sections of the country’s laws that ...

The Guardian - 4d

‘We would turn up to find books on fire’: the teachers risking kidnap and death to keep Burkina Faso’s schools open

Conflict has forced a fifth of the country’s schools to close. One teacher, determined to keep working despite threats from marauding Islamist militias, shares their testimony. Teaching in Burkina ...

The Guardian - 4d

It All Started With a Ouija Board

Laura Acker and Evan Menscher met last spring after, she believes, her father’s spirit led her to him.

The New York Times - 5d

California authorities give update on L.A. fires and announce school closures

California officials held a news conference on Thursday evening about the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. They announced that all Los Angeles Unified School District schools will be closed on ...

CBS News - 5d

Cassidy doesn’t seem completely on board with RFK Jr

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Cassidy doesn’t seem completely on board with RFK Jr Senate Health Committee chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) ...

The Hill - 6d

Fire alarms sound as flames engulf building during live NBC News report

NBC News' Morgan Chesky reports from Altadena, Calif., on the "utter heartbreak" and how residents have entered "24 hours of hell."

NBC News - 6d

What led to the wildfire that is engulfing the Pacific Palisades?

The Palisades Fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate from the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and has caused catastrophic damage. NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff, born and raised in ...

NBC News - 6d

Good Girl — a young woman’s longing for escape

Aria Aber’s Berlin-set debut paints a vivid picture of a life plagued by instability and claustrophobia

Financial Times - 6d

James Woods posts video of fire engulfing neighbor's home: 'Leaving'

Actor James Woods posted a video of a fire engulfing his neighbor’s home in the Pacific Palisades, an epicenter of one of three wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. The Emmy-award-winning ...

The Hill - 6d

Watch: Smoke billows over LA as houses engulfed in fire

The blaze has been fuelled by fierce winds that are expected to reach up to 100mph (160km/h).

BBC News - 6d

LA residents flee as fire engulfs wealthy Palisades enclave

Authorities order evacuations in coastal neighbourhood as strong winds fan flames

Financial Times - 6d

National Board of Review Awards hold space for ‘Wicked’

The National Board of Review Awards have held space for “Wicked.”

ABC News - 6d

These 2 Girl Scout cookie flavors are being retired this year

Fans of the Girl Scout S'mores and Toast-Yay! cookies need to stock up if they want the sweet treats; the varieties are being retired this year.

CBS News - Jan. 7

Joyous and heartbreaking 'Daughters' reunites girls with their incarcerated dads

The intimate documentary maps a vivid spectrum of feelings before, during and after the reunions.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7

UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta

It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.

BBC News - Jan. 7

Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Meta’s Board

Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Meta Adds UFC's Dana White to Board

Meta said UFC President Dana White, Exor CEO John Elkann and technology investor Charlie Songhurst were elected as new members of its board of directors.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 6

WATCH: Video shows Air Canada plane’s wing engulfed in flames

A passenger’s video shows the plane wing on fire after an apparent landing-gear failure when arriving at Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada.

ABC News - Jan. 6

Six-month-old girl dies after car park crash

Sophia Kelemen died in hospital on Friday, a day after the crash in a multi-storey car park.

BBC News - Jan. 6

Demo for teen jailed in Dubai over sex with girl, 17

Marcus Fakana, 18, was jailed for having sex with a British girl, 17, while they were both on holiday.

BBC News - Jan. 4

Researchers find 3-million-year-old tools in Kenya

On a lakeside peninsula in Eastern Africa, archaeologists have found clues about a society that lived there over 3 million years ago.

CBS News - Jan. 4

The Shame That Keeps Millions of Girls Out of School

Because of a lack of access to menstruation products, girls across Africa and Asia often stay home from school when they have their periods.

The New York Times - Jan. 4

Musk accused of ‘politicising’ rape of young girls in UK to attack Starmer

Ex-health worker who exposed paedophile ring says billionaire’s triggering of row ignores plight of survivors. Elon Musk has “politicised” the rape of young girls in the UK in an attempt to attack ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya

No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is increasing as the amount of debris in orbit around the Earth grows dramatically.

The New York Times - Jan. 2