jupiter|science|space

Building Of Mountains On Jupiter’s Moon Io Is Nothing Like The Process Here On Earth

The ingredients for building mountains are pretty standard here on Earth: tectonic plates shift, the crust is pushed upward, and you have a mountain. But on Jupiter’s moon Io, things are done very differently. Io has 400 active volcanoes that constantly layer sulfurous lava on the moon’s surface. Scattered around the surface are “bumps and […]

animals|australia

Elderly Man Fights Off Crocodiles With Wrenches, Spark Plugs After Friend Drowns

After a crocodile overturned his boat in Australia’s Northern Territory, an elderly man protected his life with the only items he had available — hand tools. Sadly, Robert Haughton, 72, couldn’t save his friend, Noel Ramage, 75, who drowned after the boat capsized. Afterward, the surviving man suffered a frightening three-hour fight with a number […]

boko haram|nigeria

One Of The Chibok Girls, Kidnapped By Boko Haram, Found With Baby After Two Years

https://rumble.com/embed/vcdmz/ A girl who was kidnapped by Boko Haram with 276 others in Chibok has been found in Nigeria’s Sambisa forest after two years in captivity. The girl, identified by the BBC as Amina Ali Nkek, was 17 when she was taken and is now 19. The girl was found with a baby and said […]

Bill Clinton|Crime|Jeffrey Epstein

Bill Clinton Allegedly Flew On Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Jet With Trafficked Girls 26 Times

Registered sex offender and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s Boeing 727 is so notorious that it earned the nickname the “Lolita Express.” And flight logs now reveal that former President Bill Clinton took 26 trips on his jet — double the amount previously reported. The infamous jet reportedly came with a bed on which his passengers could […]

Crime|New York|Syracuse

Cop Allegedly Forced Woman To Watch Newborn Son During Rape — And She’s Suing

After Syracuse cop Chester Thompson allegedly forced worried mother Maleatra Montanez — who called police to report her daughter missing — to perform oral sex, she thought about choking the man to death. Convinced she wasn’t strong enough, she chose not to, and the white cop proceeded to rape her while she was forced to […]

Train

Amtrak Train Crash Outside Philadelphia Was Caused By Human Error, Distraction

On May 12, 2015, an Amtrak train heading to New York from Washington, D.C. sped around a sharp curve at double the 50 mph speed limit, 10 minutes after leaving a station in Philadelphia. It crashed and killed eight people on board, injuring 200 more. On Tuesday, federal officials with the National Traffic Safety Board […]

Florida Teens’ Boat Returns To Shore As Mother Demands Forensic Probe, Claims Boys Were Abducted

The boat that belonged to two teens who vanished off the coast of Florida last year has been returned to shore, 10 months after the boys left for what should’ve been a simple fishing trip. As her son’s boat arrived at Port Everglades Monday, the mother of Perry Cohen, Pamela, has formally requested that it […]

Hubble Space Telescope|nasa|space

Hubble Captures Earth’s Closest Encounter With A Comet In Recorded History

Hubble recently captured the closest encounter between Earth and a comet in recorded history, and it will never get that close again. The comet, 252P/LINEAR, whizzed past Earth on March 21, when it was only 3.3 million miles from the blue planet, or 14 times our distance to the moon, CNN reported. Three million miles […]

texas

Mom Of Four, Samantha Broberg, Climbed Deck Rail On Carnival Ship, Fell Into Ocean

https://phoenix.playwire.com/en/publishers/1013074/videos/4891474 As an exhaustive search for a Carnival cruise passenger has been suspended, evidence has arisen that the missing young mother, Samantha Broberg, fell off the ship after engaging in some risky behavior. According to ABC News, a security camera captured Samantha’s fall off the vessel, and the video of that incident has been analyzed, […]

animals|texas

Bullet The Bison Sold On Craigslist: ‘She Doesn’t Have A Mean Bone In Her Body’

People have formed close bonds with all kinds of animals, turning apparently wild creatures into beloved pets who are treated to all the comforts of a beloved dog. A bison may be one of the most unexpected indoor pets. For a couple years, the 7-year-old, 1,100-pound bison lived in Argyle, Texas, with Karen Schoeve, but […]

endangered species|nevada

‘Idiots’ Who Littered Pupfish’s Death Valley Home With Boxers, Vomit, Beer Cans Found

In the latest case of blatant vandalism in a national park, three drunk “idiots” held a raucous, frat-style party at an ancient cavern in Death Valley that’s home to an endangered fish and left behind shotgun shells, beer cans, underwear, and vomit. They also may have killed one endangered pupfish and crushed several eggs, the […]

connecticut|Crime|georgia

After 48 Years, Fugitive Robert Stackowitz Captured: Neighbors Call Him ‘Big, Jolly Old Guy’

Back in 1968, Lyndon Johnson was president, the Beatles sang “Back in the USSR,” Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were both assassinated, and Robert E. Stackowitz was 23-years-old and facing 17 years in prison. After spending only a few months behind bars, Robert escaped and spent five decades as a fugitive. He ended […]

Japan

President Barack Obama Will Visit Hiroshima — Is It A Sign Of Weakness, Apology, Or Respect?

President Barack Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the site of the world’s first atomic bombing at Hiroshima, Japan, where 140,000 people were killed. Obama will visit the city on May 27 alongside Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The White House formally announced the trip, which will be made after he […]

Politics|West Virginia

War Vet, Senate Hopeful Richard Ojeda Attacked After Angering ‘Quite A Few People’

If you think the presidential election is nasty, it’s got nothing on local politics in West Virginia. A war veteran running for a state Senate seat there, Richard Ojeda, was brutally beaten at a weekend cookout that he believes was politically motivated. Ojeda is now in a trauma unit at a local hospital, with eight […]

college

Thai Students Channel Their Inner Spy To Cheat On Medical College Exam With Gadgetry

When you go to the doctor or dentist, you’d likely prefer one who not only studied for his exams but passed them with flying colors. You would probably be quite uneasy if you learned that the person holding your health and possibly life in his hands cheated on his exams. Three Thai students hoping to […]

space

Watch The Transit Of Mercury Live On Its Once-In-A-Decade Trip Across The Sun [Video]

Right now, Mercury is making its transit across the Sun, and every second of that journey can be witnessed online. The Transit of Mercury is a once in a decade phenomenon, according to NASA, and on Monday between about 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the east coast, the planet will appear as a “tiny […]

afghanistan

Fiery Highway Collision In Afghanistan Kills 73: Drivers Were Trying To Avoid Taliban

There was a tragic accident on a major highway in Afghanistan when a three-vehicle collision killed 73 people with most of the victims burned beyond recognition. Although officials cited reckless driving as the cause, other sources blamed the Taliban. Most roads in Afghanistan are in bad shape, and drivers break rarely-enforced traffic laws by speeding […]

england

Man Buried By 40 Pounds Of Cheddar And Red Leicester Cheese For Nine Harrowing Hours

A forklift operator spent nine hours buried under 40 pounds of cheese, stacked 13 feet deep, in a warehouse in Shropshire, England, on Friday. His ordeal began about 9 a.m., when rows of shelving collapsed at a food distribution center. According to Shropshire Fire and Rescue spokesman Malcolm Stevenson, the cheese — identified as cheddar […]

baltimore

Bad Luck Ails Two Cruises: Carnival Pride Crashes Into Gangway, Outbreak Sickens 260

When the Carnival Pride eased into a cruise terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, Sunday morning, Nicole Newsome heard a “hard thump” but didn’t think too much of it. “We just thought that’s what happens when you dock,” the cruiser told the Baltimore Sun. She was on the Carnival Pride for an eight-day trip to the Bahamas […]

college|mississippi

Andrew Demboski, 21, Dies After Fall From Jumbotron, A Climb Many Others Have Made

Like many young men, Andrew Demboski did “crazy stuff,” a high school friend remembered. In the early morning hours Saturday, Andrew, a student at Mississippi State University, did something “crazy” again: He climbed a Jumbotron at Wade Davis Stadium. Sadly, he fell, hit his head, and died, the Sun Herald reported. Two other young men […]

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