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Authorities say they’ve recovered multiple bodies after a rock formation collapsed on leisure boats in southeastern Brazil. According to Reuters, the tragedy occurred Saturday on Furnas Lake in the state of Minas Gerais. Video shows several boats floating near a waterfall as a slab of rock begins to break off from a cliff. The formation reportedly fell directly […]
Selena Gomez opened up about going through a “really dangerous” period in her life in which Instagram became her “whole world.” The multi-hyphenate told InStyle that when she was younger, the platform influenced her expectations of beauty and negatively influenced how she wanted to be seen in public. “At one point Instagram became my whole world, and it […]
A newly discovered tree species has been named after Leonardo DiCaprio. According to USA Today, scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, honored the 47-year-old actor for his years-long commitment to environmental activism, specifically his online campaign to stop logging in Cameroon’s Ebo forest. Shortly after DiCaprio shed light on the issue, Cameroon’s president suspended logging concessions in the forest, which is […]
While most Canadians were hit hard by the pandemic over the last couple of years thanks to layoffs, reduced hours and dangerous working conditions, a new report has found that the nation’s top 100 CEOs had quite the payday. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) found that company leaders had their second-best year for earnings in the country’s […]
Tennessee Rep. Jeremy Faison was booted from a high school basketball game following an incident with a referee during which he unsuccessfully attempted to perform a pantsing. Per a regional report from WJHL, Faison—a Republican who serves as the state’s GOP House Caucus Chairman—made his way onto the court during a Providence Academy home game against […]
The holidays are over and it’s officially two days too late to be wishing people a “happy New Year,” but that hasn’t stopped beer brand Pabst Blue Ribbon from starting 2022 on the wildest note possible by letting a NSFW tweet fly right out the gate. The company was promoting their already somewhat problematic “Wet January” […]
Another COVID-19 variant has been discovered in France, and this one has 46 mutations ,which is reportedly more than the current Omicron variant surging across the globe. According to Newsweek, the variant, which is named B.1.640.2, colloquially being called IHU because the team that found it works at Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute, was discovered in an […]
A Mississippi police officer who responded to a shooting call on Sunday learned upon arrival that the victim was her son. As reported by local outlet WLBT, Hazlehurst police arrived at the crime scene around 2 a.m. on Sunday when they discovered the body of Charles Stewart Jr. laying in the road with a gunshot wound to the […]
A Rhode Island man has been arrested by federal authorities after they discovered more than a kilogram of cocaine stashed inside an old TV. According to a statement from Providence’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, the 25-year-old suspect from Pawtucket, Jomar Cruz-Aponte, was charged with conspiracy to possess 500 grams or more of cocaine with intent to distribute. On Dec. 22, U.S. Border […]
The founder and former CEO of Theranos, an upstart biotech company specializing in using blood to discover illnesses in patients, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of defrauding the company’s investors and patients by being dishonest about the accuracy of the technology they were using. According to NPR, Holmes is facing up to […]
