Austria Hastens to Close the Book on Ugliest Abuse Case

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  872 words  |  Martina Birk

The moment that changed the course of Josef Fritzl’s trial was the unexpected arrival in court of his victim. Having initially pleaded not guilty to some of the charges in the case arising from his 24-year incarceration and repeated rape of his daughter in a squalid dungeon beneath his home, Fritzl reportedly broke down and wept when Elisabeth Fritzl, now 42, took the stand to testify against him. On Wednesday, he changed his plea to guilty on all counts, and on Thursday was sentenced to life imprisonment in a a psychiatric institution. [Read More]

Ayo Edebiri speaks on growing up in a strict conservative home in America

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  334 words  |  Kelle Repass

In a profile for The Times UK, she offered insights into her life and career. She described what it was like growing up in a religious home, her education and the early stages of her career. She was born on October 3, 1995, and was raised in Boston Massachusetts as an only child. Her mother is from Barbados, and her father is a Yoruba man from Nigeria. As an only child, she was accustomed to grown-up conversations with her parents and loved it. [Read More]

Baby Fae's Baboon to Human Heart Transplant: How It Happened

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  491 words  |  Billy Koelling

It’s been exactly 31 years since Dr. Leonard Bailey transplanted a baboon heart into an infant known as Baby Fae. She lived for 21 days after the transplant, two weeks longer than anyone with a simian heart ever had before. How did an infant end up with a baboon heart? In Barstow, Calif., Stephanie Fae Beauclair was born three weeks premature with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a fatal defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. [Read More]

Bitter Kola: The 7 health benefits of this plant are incredible

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  893 words  |  Tandra Barner

Bitter kola has been used in traditional African medicine for centuries, and is considered to have many beneficial properties, including being able to help fight bacterial and viral infections. In terms of taste, the plant is well named! The edible seeds have a notably bitter taste, while there is also a slight sweetness to them. When consumed, bitter kola offers many nutrients, and studies have shown that the plant is high in carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamin c, calcium, potassium, iron and caffeine. [Read More]

Cinema, Also Showing Jun. 17, 1946

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  241 words  |  Tandra Barner

TIME June 17, 1946 12:00 AM GMT-4 Bad Bascomb (MGM) presents Great Muggers Wallace Beery and Margaret O’Brien in a fight to the finish. She leads him into paths of righteousness; he in turn leads a band of Mormons towards the Promised Land. Histrionically, the battle is a draw. Typical O’Brien low-blow: “Why does your nose run when your feet get wet? Your feet don’t run when your nose gets wet. [Read More]

Dating on AOL: You've Got Males

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  590 words  |  Billy Koelling

It used to be that gay men who wanted to meet other gay men had limited options. Among them: go to a bar, or learn to love solitude. Then came the Internet. Now, millions of gay men wait in line–not to pay a cover charge or order a drink, but to get into the men-for-men chat rooms on America Online. According to estimates by Internet demographers, 20% of AOL’s 21 million subscribers are gay, and at nearly all hours, the men-for-men chat rooms are filled with guys looking for Mr. [Read More]

Drugs: LSD & the Unborn

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  562 words  |  Martina Birk

Researchers studying the multifarious effects of LSD had new and disturbing reports last week. Not only does LSD expose unstable trippers to the risk of a psychotic break. Not only does it break down the chromosomes in some blood cells. The latest evidence is that it causes cell changes suspiciously like those seen in one form of leukemia. Given to a rat early in pregnancy, it usually results in stillborn or malformed young. [Read More]

Edo governorship: APC candidate urged to cease personal attacks

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  302 words  |  Patria Henriques

Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the upcoming Edo State election, has been urged to shift his campaign focus from personal attacks to substantive issues. Edo Democracy Movement (EDM) made this call amidst a rising trend of personal attacks in the political discourse. In a statement released by Omoregbe Osayiuwa, the group's convener, EDM expressed concern that such tactics overshadow the critical issues that should be at the forefront of the electoral campaign. [Read More]

Flag Day Falls on Anniversary of Pledge of Allegiance Case

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1101 words  |  Patria Henriques

When the United States marks the annual June 14 holiday of Flag Day, it’s officially a chance to recall the adoption of the stars and stripes as the country’s national banner. But this Thursday’s celebration also carries another, more complex layer of meaning. Thursday marks exactly 75 years since the June 14, 1943, ruling in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that expelling a student who doesn’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance — one of the best-known everyday celebrations of that same flag — violates the Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech and religion. [Read More]

Flavour: All the women romantically linked to the singer

 Posted on August 20, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  487 words  |  Tandra Barner

His music career success cannot be written without making mention of all the women he has been involved with. From his first known relationship after he became a celebrity to his latest love interest, Flavour has always had one woman for every particular season in his life. ADVERTISEMENT Today we will be sharing with you guys, all the women that have been romantically linked to the music star. [Read More]