• D-day veterans and an Indian election: photos of the day – Friday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading

  • Defective Concrete Block Grant Scheme must be changed to provide upfront grant payments to homeowners – Pearse Doherty T.D.

    Teachta Doherty said: “The Defective Concrete Block Grant Scheme must be changed so that homeowners are provided upfront grant payments to commence remediation works. “Homeowners have been badly let down by the failing defective concrete blocks redress scheme but are trying to engage with the scheme as it exists in order to rebuild their homes and lives. “Last week I raised with both the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Housing the significant funding shortfalls homeowners are facing to...

  • Here's All The 'Grants' Given By Biden's US CHIPS Act

    'Intel Insidious' - Here's All The 'Grants' Given By Biden's US CHIPS Act This visualization shows which companies are receiving grants from the U.S. CHIPS Act, as of April 25, 2024. The CHIPS Act is a federal statute signed into law by President Joe Biden that authorizes $280 billion in new funding to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors. The grant amounts visualized in this graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu, are intended to accelerate the...

  • Lucky Daye Announces ‘Algorithm’ Album and Tour

    GRAMMY award-winning R&B sensation Lucky Daye has set the stage for his highly anticipated album, Algorithm, which will be released in June via Keep Cool/RCA Records. With his dynamic single “HERicane” already making waves, Lucky Daye continues to captivate audiences with his genre-bending sound. In conjunction with the album announcement, Lucky Daye reveals “The Algorithm […] The post Lucky Daye Announces ‘Algorithm’ Album and Tour first appeared on The Source.

  • Slipknot Announce Knotfest 2024 and 25th Anniversary Tour

    Slipknot have announced a 2024 North American tour that takes place this summer. The nu metal band is also returning to its hometown music festival Knotfest Iowa. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Slipknot’s self-titled album, and their festival set is billed as “a unique set drawing heavily from their 1999 debut.” See Slipknot’s full list of tour dates below. “Every time I’ve walked onstage, it’s never been about how many people have been there because my culture, the maggots, always show...

  • South Africa Celebrates 30th Freedom Day Anniversary

    The 30th annual Freedom Day celebrations will be led by the current South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was a protege of Nelson Mandela.

  • On Earth Day, rooftop solar program grants awarded

    A state loan program helping Hawaii households acquire rooftop solar and energy storage systems that lower their electric bills is being pumped up for a second year in a row.

  • CPKC's Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour enters the US

    CPKC’s Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour On April 29, 2024, Canadian Pacific steam locomotive No. 2816 crossed into the United States at Portal, N.D., for the first time in over a decade.  The engine is powering a tour covering three countries to celebrate the anniversary of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern becoming the []Read More

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    Lucky Daye Announces Tour To Accompany New Album, ‘Algorithm’

    An exact date for the LP hasn't been shared, but it's slated to be released in June.

  • Unconsolidated jeepneys given '15-day leeway' after consolidation deadline

    Unconsolidated jeepneys that continue to ply their routes after the April 30 deadline will be free from penalties until mid-May — but they will be fined and impounded as "colorum" vehicles should they continue after initial reminders.

  • D-Day TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ was 15 when he enlisted

    World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake,

  • Martyn Day MP Commemorates the 109th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

    On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople, leading to an estimated 1.5 million people being killed. The event, organised by the Armenian National Committee of the UK, remembered the Armenians who were massacred by the Ottoman Turks between 1915-2023 and the 150,000 Artsakh Armenians who were subjected to ethnic cleansing. Commenting after the event, Mr Day said: “It’s important to remember what happened during the Armenian...