24 years after dramatic 9/11 birth, Maine mother and retired firefighter reunite A Maine mother who went into labour during a September 11 memorial service in 2002 has reunited with the firefighter who helped deliver her son on the side of a highway nearly a quarter of a century ago. Maddie Marks was attending a … Read more
Calgary police released photos of two suspects Tanveer Singh (left) and Kanureet Kaur (right) in connection with extortion cases. Calgary police have charged two adults and a 17-year-old boy in connection with an extortion case in which a woman was allegedly threatened through WhatsApp before a gun was fired at her home.The Calgary Police Service … Read more
Kylie Jenner sells her lavish Hidden Hills mansion for $15.3 million. (Photo: Getty Images/Douglas Elliman) Reality TV star and fashion mogul Kylie Jenner has found a buyer for her longtime Hidden Hills mansion, selling the sprawling California property for $15.3 million after initially listing it for $20.25 million, according to Realtor.Kylie, now 29, purchased the … Read more
Nigel Farage (L) said he disagreed with Trump (R) and insisted that Northern Ireland is an “integral part” of Uk. US President Donald Trump’s remarks backing a united Ireland have drawn a sharp response from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who said he disagreed with the US President and insisted that Northern Ireland is an … Read more
What scares a deer away from a crop field, a wolf howl, a cougar call or the sound of a human shouting? A 2025 study by researchers from the University of Alberta and King’s University found that, among the sounds tested, human shouts produced the strongest flight response in both deer and elk. But the … Read more
1-year-old miniature donkey HeeHaw was killed by a cop who claimed that the donkey charged at him. A Georgia police officer who shot and killed a beloved pet donkey while searching for a missing 12-year-old girl has explained why he opened fire, saying the animal charged at officers and did not stop even after a … Read more
Trump says his son Donald Trump Jr has calmed down since his marriage to Bettina Anderson. US President Donald Trump said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, has been a different person ever since marrying Bettina Anderson, joking that the 48-year-old has “calmed down so much” and is now “like a different human being”. Trump … Read more
Photo credit: actionfornature.org When Nithya Tammana learned that lead could enter drinking water through old pipes and plumbing fixtures, she did not treat the problem as someone else’s responsibility. The New Jersey student began researching affordable ways to make contaminated water safer, eventually focusing on a humble material often found growing on rocks, trees and … Read more
More than 1,600 years ago, as fire engulfed a Roman settlement in what is now Bulgaria, a young man appears to have made a desperate decision: he climbed inside a huge storage jar and hid. He never came out. Archaeologists uncovered his remains inside the vessel during excavations at the ancient Roman colony of Deultum … Read more
In 1926, Iowa writer Ruth Suckow published Iowa Interiors, a collection of 14 short stories drawn from the lives of people in the state’s farms and small towns. A century later, the book is returning to print in a new centennial edition from Cedar Falls-based Final Thursday Press, with new illustrations by Iowa artist Claudia … Read more