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Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Mr. Richard Ebbah Obeng to serve as the Western North Regional Minister. His name was captured in the list of 46 sector and Regional Ministers released by the President yesterday, Thursday, January 21, 2021. He is to go through Parliamentary vetting to fully take up his role. PROFILE OF RICHARD OBENG Richard Ebbah Obeng is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Settlement Consortium (ISC), a transaction discount advisory firm. Mr. Obeng is a derivat...

6:00 Journey back Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue our discussion with the authors of SIU Press. Also, listen to the latest episode of the podcast of "A Knight of Another Sort: Prohibition Days and Charlie Birger" from Blanket Fort Radio Theater. This week on Inside The Blanket Fort we continue our discussion with author Andrea Ross and her lastest book "Edith: The rogue Rockefeller-McCormick" from SIU Press. Blanket Fort Radio Theater. Blanket Fort Radio Theater is a storytelling inita...

Bernie Sanders steals Inauguration Day with sensible coat and mittens Sensible coat? Check. Mittens made from repurposed wool sweaters and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles? Check. Jan 20, 2021, 11:56 am* Inauguration Day is an outdoors, winter-in-D.C. affair, and although some attendees aim for making a fashion statement, some are Bernie Sanders. As reaction memes showed on Wednesday, though, the choleric former presidential candidate and longtime senator from ...

TikTok personality A’Niya Heckard shared a video on the platform that delves into how Martin Luther King, Jr. “really” died—and it’s gaining new virality on the holiday celebrating the slain Civil Rights leader, even though its origins are questionable. Featured Video Hide Heckard posted the video to the platform, which shows her reacting to relevations from William F. Pepper, identified as the “King family lawyer” in a phone interview that appears to have...

January programming with The Stevens-Coolidge Place Community Content The North/Andover area properties of The Trustees are excited to announce January programming at The Stevens-Coolidge Place, Mary Cummings Park, Weir Hill, and Ward Reservation. Jump into the new year with one of our in-person or virtual programs to kick start 2021 on the right foot. Please note The Stevens-Coolidge Place will remain closed to the public except for scheduled programming during construction and until further n...

Join us for the latest installment of Inside The Blanket Fort as we continue to discuss new offerings from SIU Press as well as the lastest podcast episode

Lana Del Rey felt her comments about President Trump and the Capitol riot were taken out of context, so she tried to clarify them on Twitter.

| 1:22 p.m. Source: Erick Mendez for Santa Barbara Public Library The Santa Barbara Public Library will virtually host its fifth annual Local Author Day with events on Saturdays Jan. 30 and Feb. 6. Local Author Day supports the local writing community and increases community awareness of local author contributions in Santa Barbara. The 2021 Local Author Days: First Impressions Matter offers two free virtual workshops open to all community members. The workshops were chosen from dozens of submi...

An Alabama man who died during Wednesday’s Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. posted extremist content on social media platform Parler prior to his death. A Birmingham-based investigative journalist shared screenshots of the content on his own Twitter account, in the hopes of gathering more information about 55-year-old Kevin Greeson’s life. Featured Video Hide Greeson died of a “medical emergency” on Wednesday according to the Birmingham News‘ Connor Sheets. G...

As photos from Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol circulated in the news and on social media, a number of people jumped on Twitter seeking to identify rioters with neo-Nazi ties—while a number were aghast at photos of a man with what appeared to be a pro-Holocaust sweatshirt celebrating “Camp Auschwitz.” Featured Video Hide The man in the “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt, which appeared to be initially taken from ITV News, alarmed enough people for the allusion...