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The character Eric Effiong (portrayed by actor Ncuti Gatwa) is an openly gay British teen in the Netflix series <em>Sex Education. </em>In a storyline in the new season, Eric travels to his mother's homeland of Nigeria — where sex between men and sex between women are against the law — for a family wedding.

'Sex Education's' Eric Effiong is inspiration to Nigeria's gays, says activist

We asked Bisi Alimi, who came out on TV in Nigeria and is an advocate for LGBTQ rights in his homeland, to weigh in on the plotline of the popular Netflix series.

Rhinelander is more than half way to its fundraising goal to begin phase one of the Hodag Park improvement project.

Rhinelander more than halfway to fundraising goal for phase one of Hodag Park improvement project

So far, the community has raised roughly $118,000 getting the city closer to its $400,000 goal to start phase one.

A Zebra stands in the shade at the Los Angeles Zoo as a heat wave hits Los Angeles on Oct. 6, 2014.

A zebra that escaped from a Maryland farm has died, officials say

An investigation is underway to determine who set the snare trap that killed the zebra on a Maryland private property. The person who set the trap could face charges.

Police stand in a line outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A Capitol Police officer is accused of telling a Jan. 6 suspect to hide evidence

Federal prosecutors have accused a U.S. Capitol Police officer of obstruction of justice for allegedly encouraging a suspect in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to hide evidence of their participation.

A patient with tuberculosis waits to be seen by a doctor at the Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. Annual deaths from the infectious disease are on the rise after years of progress.

Global TB deaths are rising — and COVID gets the blame

After years of progress in reducing the number of annual deaths from tuberculosis, the number of cases of the infectious respiratory disease went up in 2020.

Grete Bergman, left, and Sarah Whalen-Lunn at their StoryCorps recording in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2018.

With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition

Grete Bergman was among the first Gwich'in women to get traditional facial markings since colonizers barred the practice. She and markings artist Sarah Whalen-Lunn did it for their daughters.

Tracy Chapman's debut album "was the music that I needed at a time when I felt pressure to know everything before it was taught," says writer and scholar Francesca T. Royster.

Meeting Tracy Chapman In The Spaces Between

After Chapman released her 1988 debut, she was everywhere in pop and always on the mind of writer Francesca T. Royster. Hearing that album, she writes, "helped me say what I hadn't yet said out loud."

Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked in a storage lot in April near Boeing Field in Seattle.

A former Boeing test pilot has been indicted in connection with the 737 Max

Mark Forkner is charged with deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane, which was later involved in two deadly crashes.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed salutes members of the national defense forces during the inauguration ceremony of the new government in early October.

Social media misinformation stokes a worsening civil war in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, old ethnic tensions are being incited in new ways. And that means the bloody civil war may be entering an even more destructive phase.

D.C.-Area Sniper Suspects Linked to Tacoma Killings

Police in Tacoma, Washington, tie Washington, D.C.-area sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo to a February murder and a May synagogue shooting. that didn't injured anyone. Tom Banse reports.

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