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Sir Mo Farah, one of the UK’s greatest athletes, has revealed that he was “trafficked” as a child and forced into domestic servitude for a London family. The four-time Olympic champion had previously claimed he had left Somalia aged eight to join his father, after his parents made the decision to send three of their six children to […]
In a breathtaking display of the humbling enormity of our surroundings, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided us mere earthlings with what the space agency has revealed is the “deepest and sharpest” infrared image of the universe to date. The image, seen in full below, provides a truly thrilling visual exploration of the SMACS 0723 cluster […]
Harry Shimmin was among a group of 10 hikers on a guided tour of the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan when he captured video of a fast approaching ice avalanche that eventually swept over him. Shimmin shared the footage on Instagram Monday, explaining that he and the group had just reached the highest point of their trek […]
A lake in southwest Iowa has been closed after a Missouri resident who recently swam there was infected with a brain-eating amoeba. The Iowa Department of Public Health shut down the beach at Lake of Three Fires State Park in Taylor County after the person was diagnosed with primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection that is usually fatal […]
Four border patrol agents are facing disciplinary action for their response to a migrant surge last year. U.S Customs and Border Protection announced the move in a statement on Friday, following a 10-month investigation. Officials say the incident took place on Sept. 19, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas, where a group of horse-mounted agents “used force or […]
A Texas man was arrested this week after leading police on a two-hour car chase that ended with a crash. According to WOSC 7, the pursuit began Wednesday morning after North Carolina officers received a report about a stolen vehicle. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department began monitoring the suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Tyler Harding, who was seen […]
An Indianapolis man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after he fatally shot a U.S. Postal Service worker in 2020 because he was upset about not receiving his mail. As the Associated Press reported, 23-year-old Tony Cushingberry entered his guilty plea to the April 27, 2020 killing of 45-year-old USPS mail carrier Angela Summers. He is […]
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner was reported earlier this year to have been arrested at an airport in Moscow, with questions still surrounding the widely condemned incident months later. While the arrest itself took place back in February, the 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury player still remains detained in Russia, which was recently determined to […]
The sky in South Dakota was an eerie shade of green on Tuesday, before a derecho brought winds nearing 100 MPH, per National Weather Service Sioux Falls. A derecho is described by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a “widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms.” The National Weather Service […]
Corion Evans is being lauded as a hometown hero. The 16-year-old Mississippi teen was recently honored for helping save four lives from the Pascagoula River in Moss Point. According to WLOX, Evans was near the river on Sunday when a vehicle carrying three girls drove into the body of water and began to sink. The teen immediately […]
