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The world’s fastest-accelerating roller coaster has come to a screeching halt after several riders sustained broken bones while on the ride, Vice World News reports. Located in Japan’s Fuji-Q Highland Park, Do-Dodonpa, a roller coaster that can reach “super death” speed by going from zero to 112 miles per hour in 1.56 seconds, has been suspended after injuring as many as four […]
On Monday, a 19-page indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts that charged a father, Ali Jaafar, along with his sons, Mohamed and Yousef Jaafar, with more than a dozen counts of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion over an alleged ticket-cashing scheme that primarily involved scratch-off lotto tickets sold at convenience stores. Prosecutors say the trio took […]
Chrissy Teigen posted a lengthy note on Instagram Sunday where she spoke about her struggles with fully processing the loss of Jack, her third child with husband John Legend. Teigen revealed she has been “slightly down lately” ever since the day she had been trying to figure out a caption for the follow-up to her two previous cookbooks, Cravings and Hungry For More, and typed, […]
Authorities in California are searching for a man they say attacked two vaccination clinic workers over the weekend. The attack occurred at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic that had been set up at the site of the former Santa Clarita Senior Center, per a regional NBC report from Christine Kim. Around 4:30 local time on Saturday, […]
The world witnessed a heartbreaking scene in Kabul, Afghanistan last week when a video went viral of Afghan civilians chasing down a US C-17 plane, as the country fell to the Taliban. Now, a report has emerged that a woman gave birth to a baby girl aboard a plane that was escaping Afghanistan for Germany’s Rammstein […]
A flash flood has devastated Central Tennessee, leading to the deaths of at least 10 and about 40 other missing people on Saturday. Rob Edwards, the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy, told the New York Times that there were “power outages all over the area.” He continued, “Complicating issues is the loss of all […]
Phil Valentine, a Tennessee radio host who expressed skepticism over vaccines, has died from COVID-19 complications. SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed the news on social media Saturday, more than a month after the conservative media personality announced his COVID diagnosis. “We are extremely saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away,” the station wrote. “Please keep […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and his wife, 77-year-old Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. Jackson’s activist organization the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced the news in a statement to WMAQ-TV on Saturday, confirming the couple was being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The nonprofit didn’t provide any more information about the Jacksons’ conditions. “Doctors […]
A baby goat who had fallen into a 250-foot long irrigation pipe after being washed away by a heavy storm was rescued this week after a two-day operation conducted by the Arizona Humane Society. People reports Emergency Animal Medical Technicians responded to the scene on Tuesday after a Phoenix homeowner contacted the Arizona Humane Society to report hearing a goat […]
The University of Virginia has disenrolled more than 230 students for not complying with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The Virginian-Pilot reports 238 students, including 49 who were enrolled in fall courses, were disenrolled after “receiving multiple reminders via email, text, phone calls, calls to parents that they were out of compliance.” Approximately 96.6 percent of the UVA student body is fully vaccinated […]
