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A lightning strike in Jaipur, a city in northern India, killed 11 people at a tourist spot on Sunday, in addition to causing injuries to many others, the Washington Post reports. Reuters reports that in total, 18 people died from similar strikes in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan on Sunday. The most startling report comes from CBS News, which says 76 people died […]
On Friday, the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, announced it would remove the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. As announced in a press release, the bronze statues of Robert E. Lee and Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will be removed on Saturday. Temporary fencing has already been erected around the statues, and there […]
Rudy Giuliani’s career has suffered another major blow. According to CBS affiliate WUSA 9, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals has suspended the attorney’s law license “pending further disciplinary proceedings” in New York. The order comes less than two weeks after officials temporarily prohibited Giuliani from practicing law in the Empire State, citing his “false and […]
The House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is considering legislation that would ban the boiling of live lobsters, crab, and other crustaceans, The Hill reports. The current Animal Welfare Sentience Bill only takes into account the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones, but the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has authorized a study […]
Leneal Lamont Frazier, the uncle of the Minneapolis teen who filmed George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police, has died following a car crash involving a police squad car. WCCO reports that Minnesota State Patrol has launched an investigation into the crash, which left Darnella Frazier’s uncle dead, and one police officer in hospital. The […]
An 8-year-old child was hospitalized after being bitten by a shark on a Florida beach on the Fourth of July, WFTV reports. The unidentified boy was visiting the Ponce Inlet beaches in Volusia County when he was bitten in the right leg while in waist deep water by a shark believed to be around two to three feet […]
A woman in Australia was taken to the hospital last week after waking up to the horrifying sight of a mouse chewing on her eyeball, The Sun reports. This is just another incident for a country that has been overrun by mice for more than half a year, an occurrence that the state government has described as “absolutely […]
An Alabama high school teacher was sentenced to 10 years in state prison last week, following a guilty plea to having sex with two of her students. Carrie Cabri Witt, who is now 48 years old, will have to serve a year-and-a-half in state prison, another year-and-a-half in the community corrections program, and then the remaining […]
British presenter, journalist and all-round entertainer Amelia Dimoldenberg has become a well-known face in the UK rap and grime scenes for her hilarious YouTube series, Chicken Shop Date, which sees her interview some of the finest talents around with a comedic edge. Getting back into her investigative journo bag, Amelia has recently teamed up with UK TV network Dave for a […]
The Vatican announced Saturday that it’s indicting nine people and a cardinal on financial crimes, including extortion, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and abuse of office, regarding investments reportedly made in 2018. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and two top officials at the Vatican’s intelligence unit are going on trial on July 27, CBS News reports. Becciu was indicted “for the crimes of […]
