Jun. 28—Semhar Gebrab sat at a small dining table covered in a white, printed tablecloth Thursday night surrounded by her husband, mother, stepfather and a close family friend. She wore a canary-yellow dress underneath an unzipped black graduation gown, and a tired, but happy look on her face. At the other side of the table, […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula has long been associated with human sacrifice, with hundreds of bones unearthed from temples, a sacred sinkhole and other underground caverns. A long-held misconception is […]
The mastermind behind Hamas’s Oct 7 attacks on Israel is stalling ceasefire talks and using the mounting Palestinian death toll to his advantage, leaked messages show. Correspondence between Yahya Sinwar, the military leader of the terror group, and officials tasked with brokering a ceasefire with Qatari and Egyptian officials indicate he is more interested in […]
The mastermind behind Hamas’s Oct 7 attacks on Israel is stalling ceasefire talks and using the mounting Palestinian death toll to his advantage, leaked messages show. Correspondence between Yahya Sinwar, the military leader of the terror group, and officials tasked with brokering a ceasefire with Qatari and Egyptian officials indicate he is more interested in […]
The mastermind behind Hamas’s Oct 7 attacks on Israel is stalling ceasefire talks and using the mounting Palestinian death toll to his advantage, leaked messages show. Correspondence between Yahya Sinwar, the military leader of the terror group, and officials tasked with brokering a ceasefire with Qatari and Egyptian officials indicate he is more interested in […]
May 27—MITCHELL — The Mitchell community remembered the brave men and women who fought and died while serving in the U.S. military by gathering on Memorial Day at the resting place of local fallen soldiers. During the Memorial Day ceremony at Servicemen’s Cemetery, former South Dakota Senator Mike Vehle delivered a moving speech that told […]
On Monday, Cindy Compton brought a bouquet of artificial flowers to her husband’s grave in the military section of Gotha’s Woodlawn Cemetery as she does most every month. This time she shared the usually somber grounds with a crowd of about 400 others. They came to honor the nation’s war dead at a Memorial Day […]
May 14—EAST LYME — The newest owner of Dad’s Restaurant hopes to reopen the 60-year Niantic mainstay a year from now with an updated but “pretty similar” ambiance. Scott Leahy, owner of adjacent Boats Incorporated, purchased the 147 Main St. property last November for $400,000. The Wall Street analyst-turned-boating executive on Tuesday said floodplain regulations […]
HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — There are so many wonderful Mother’s Day celebrations at Melba’s Restaurant, but one was particularly poignant. Dozens were all celebrating the good health of Retired NYPD Lieutenant Sounia Wilson, who just had a successful kidney transplant. This was her first night out. More Local News “The kidney came from my old […]
The murder of sacrificial victims by “incaprettamento” — tying their neck to their legs bent behind their back, so that they effectively strangled themselves — seems to have been a tradition across much of Neolithic Europe, with a new study identifying more than a dozen such murders over more than 2,000 years. The study comes […]
There are many technically impressive aspects of Apple’s Vision Pro, the digital face eater the tech giant released earlier this month. But perhaps the most fascinating element is EyeSight, which displays a dynamic digital rendering of your eyes (or generic eyes, if you don’t choose to personalize it) on the device’s front screen. Smize, and […]
UK Defence Intelligence believes that the Russian Federation may have to reduce its contribution to the National Wealth Fund, which it increasingly uses to finance the war against Ukraine, and resort to austerity measures that could slow its economic growth. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 5 February, as reported by European Pravda Details: UK […]