Growing up in Washington, DC, Afua Osei never intended to become an entrepreneur. The Ghana-born business consultant had a great job, but she saw a need. Instead of complaining, she decided to take action and solve the problem herself. That’s how ‘She Leads Africa,’ a digital platform established to help women achieve their professional dreams , was born. Launched in 2014, it now has an online community of more than 300,000 in at least 35 African countries and throughout the diaspora.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On March 28, 1979, the worst US nuclear power accident in history occurs at Three Mile Island when a pressure valve in a reactor fails to close. Safety devices are in place to prevent the development of a larger crisis, but human workers misread confusing and contradictory readings and shut off the emergency water system. Cooling, radiation-contaminated water drains into adjoining buildings, and the core begins to dangerously overheat. The temperature rises to just 1,000 degrees short of meltdown. (In this photo taken on March 30, 1979, a cooling tower at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania looms behind an abandoned playground.)

Gerrymandering is how both Republicans and Democrats try to gain an advantage in the voting booth. State lawmakers piece together sometimes geographically contorted boundaries to create congressional districts that are likely to result in victories. The US Supreme Court is considering two election cases and could issue a joint ruling by the end of June, possibly forcing changes in election boundaries before November 2018, when all seats in the House are up for grabs.

VIDEO EXPLAINER: In the United States, April 1 is April Fools Day, a time to pull pranks or play practical jokes on friends and family. Some think this annual tradition is an off-shoot of the ancient Roman holiday of Hilaria, but historians are at odds about exactly when and how this tradition started.

Americans love fast food. So much so that 1-in-4 eat junk food daily. However, the amount of fast food people consume varies by region. Here are the states with the highest and lowest concentrations of fast food restaurants.

Can DNA swabs help people find love online?  The makers of a new dating app thinks so, which is why they’re  throwing biology into the mix. The app is called Pheramor, which is a cross between pheromone — small molecules emitted from the body and smelled by people around us — and amour, the French word for love. Pheramor works by using genetics to see if two people looking for love are compatible.

VIDEO: At first, they got no respect from the men in their community.  But the small group of women that came together to establish a dairy in India’s Haryana State soon proved their detractors wrong. Today, the seven are confident businesswomen, churning out milk products, such as cream and yogurt, worth about $7 thousand monthly. And with success, came respect.