On August 31, 1997, the world was shocked by the violent death of Princess Diana, and it was a heartbreaking moment as the world mourned for a woman with a kind heart who inspired many with her generous works of charity. At 36 years old, Diana died in a car crash in…
During a recent deployment in the eastern Pacific, Unites States Coast Guard officials managed to free an entangled sea turtle. It’s a familiar-sounding rescue story … except for one glaring difference: the unfortunate reptile wasn’t mired in the expected mess of discarded fishing gear – instead, it had become trapped by 1,800 pounds of drifting cocaine. The extraordinary rescue…
In the early hours of the morning on December 21 something magical happens in an Irish field, the rising sun aligns perfectly with an ancient passage tomb, travels down the long corridor and illuminates the inner chamber. This phenomenon would have happened every year for the past 5,000, if Newgrange…
After escaping religious cult the Moonies, Diane Bencoster committed herself to rescuing other recruits—even getting arrested in the process. Now in her sixties, she reflects on a life spent in the shadows of one of world’s most famous cults. It took Diane Benscoter five years to figure out she’d been…
A circus in Russia has come under fire for its performing lions and tigers, who some people are claiming have become ‘fat’ after being fed on a diet of junk food. Footage has emerged of the captive big cats, showing them standing up and performing stunts in front of paying…
A Tennessee woman gave birth to a baby who had been frozen as an embryo for more than 24 years — the longest known frozen human embryo to come to birth. The National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) announced Tuesday that Emma Wren was born on Nov. 25 to Tina Gibson,…
North Carolina is the one state where the law explicitly says you cannot revoke consent once it’s given. A bill that would remove this “unacceptable loophole” has little traction. One May evening in 1977, Beverly Hester was sexually assaulted. According to the summary included in the North Carolina Supreme Court…
A variety of things are known to affect the human body, mind, and spirit, including weather, temperature extremes, planetary activity, moon phases, altitudes, exposure to sunlight, and in particular, solar or geomagnetic storms. Just like all living organisms, the human physiology and psyche is constantly working hard to regulate and balance…
