Rob Reiner and wife found dead in suspected homicide
Award-winning filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, December 14, 2025, in what authorities described as an apparent…
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Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore charged with stalking and home invasion
Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore has been formally charged with three criminal offenses, including stalking and home invasion, following his recent dismissal from the university over…
California sues Trump administration over withheld trucking funds
The State of California filed a lawsuit late Friday, December 12, 2025, against the Trump administration for withholding more than $33 million in federal funding, following claims that the state…
Washington Braces for Levee Failures
Residents and emergency crews across western Washington state remained on high alert on Friday as floodwaters from the rain-swollen Skagit River threatened to breach levees, forcing widespread evacuations and prompting…
USAfrica: Rude boys in the neighbourhood. By Chidi Amuta
There are troubling skirmishes in Nigeria’s immediate neighbourhood. A coup attempt in next door Benin Republic was a rude poke in the nation’s eye. Nigeria quickly woke up and did…
U.S. to tighten ESTA requirements, mandate social media disclosure
Travelers using the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to enter the United States may soon face stricter data disclosure requirements, as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) moves to expand…
When the cure stops working, how pathogens outsmart medicine
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Executive Editor of USAfrica, Dr. Keith Robinson For decades, medicine has chased infection with pills,…
Court remands Anambra ex-Gov. Ngige over ₦2.2bn corruption charges
Justice Mariam Hassan of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has ordered the remand of former Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, at the Kuje Correctional Centre…
Trump defends executive order ending birthright citizenship
U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship, arguing that the constitutional principle was originally established to protect the children of enslaved people, not, as…
U.S. delays H-1B visa interviews under new screening rules
The United States has begun postponing a large number of H-1B and H-4 visa interviews as consular offices prepare to implement new online screening requirements, leading to widespread cancellations and…
U.S: Tax crime prosecutions plunge following Trump administration overhaul
Federal tax prosecutions in the United States have dropped to their lowest level in decades, plunging by more than 27% over the past year, according to a Reuters investigation. The…
U.S. revokes 85,000 visas under expanded immigration scrutiny
The U.S. State Department has revoked approximately 85,000 visas over the past year, an unprecedented figure that underscores the Trump administration’s expanded immigration enforcement strategy and stricter screening of foreign…
ECOWAS to Scrap Air Transport Taxes by January 2026
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced plans to abolish air transport taxes effective January 1, 2026, as part of a broad effort to reduce the cost…
200,000 flee Eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed Rebels advance toward Uvira
The United Nations has reported that nearly 200,000 people have fled their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in recent days, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance toward the strategic…
Tinubu seeks senate approval to deploy Nigerian troops to Benin after failed coup
President Bola Tinubu has formally requested the approval of the Nigerian Senate to deploy troops to the Republic of Benin as part of a regional peace-support mission following last week’s…
Canada opens new immigration pathway for foreign doctors
Canada has announced plans to introduce a new Express Entry category in early 2026 to help foreign-trained doctors working in the country transition to permanent residence, in a move aimed…
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