Two divers happen upon cargo of a sunken merchant ship in Caesarea, revealing pristine 1,600-year-old treasures and coins. The Israel Antiques Authority said the finds are in an “amazing state” of preservation thanks to coatings of sand. The remains of the ship were “left uncovered on the sea bottom” and were discovered by two divers last month, with successive trips …
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Singer Sinead O’Connor OK after briefly disappearing
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has been found safe after being missing for more than a day in the US city of Chicago. A search had been launched by a concerned caller when she’d failed to return from a bicycle ride. According to a statement from the Wilmette Police Department, Sinead was found safe around 1:45 P.M. CT and “is no …
Read More »2017 Ford Escape review: Refreshed with New Look (Photo)
Deep in the heart of truck country, it’s difficult to avoid this factoid: The F-150 is Ford’s No. 1 seller. But here’s a stat that may have escaped you: the Escape CUV owns the No. 2 spot. With annual sales of its compact crossover just over 300,000 units in 2014 and 2015, Ford wasn’t about to slow the flow. Shoppers …
Read More »Woman bitten by shark in Boca Raton, gets attached to her arm
A woman bitten by a shark in Florida had quite the experience. A 23-year-old woman was taken to hospital with a two-foot long nurse shark still attached to her arm when it refused to release its bite – even after it died. The woman reportedly emerged from the sea with the shark attached to her right forearm in Boca Raton, …
Read More »Thomas Manning: 64-Year-Old Is First in US to Have Penis Transplant
Thomas Manning, a cancer patient received the first penis transplant in the United States, a Boston hospital said. The surgery happened over two days from May 8 to May 9 at Mass. General in Boston. The organ came from a deceased donor. Thomas Manning, the 64-year-old transplant recipient, is a bank courier from Halifax, the New York Times reports. Manning’s …
Read More »Scientists Find 4.5 Billion Year-old Rocks Dating Back to Earth’s Infancy
A recent study has found two “birthmarks” in Earth’s mantle consisting of silicate material that formed when our planet was less than 50 million years old. The research paper, published May 13 in the journal Science, was authored by Tais. W. Dahl, Assistant Professor in Geobiology at the University of Copenhagen, with assistance from University of Maryland Professor of Geology, …
Read More »Cop-Shooting Fugitive Dies in Gun Battle with State Police and FBI in Illinois
Illinois — An FBI agent was wounded Sunday as officers attempting to arrest a suspect in another police shooting ended up in an exchange of gunfire that left the suspect dead. According to Col. Tad Williams with the Illinois State Police, on Sunday, May 15 at about 12:09 a.m., Dracy “Clint” Pendleton was spotted by ISP SWAT running south from …
Read More »Actress Jennifer Lawrence Has Strong Words for Donald Trump (Video)
Actress Jennifer Lawrence is very vocal when it comes to disliking Republican presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump. During her appearance on The Graham Norton Show with Johnny Depp and her X-Men: Apocalypse costar James McAvoy, Norton asked whether she ever met Trump, the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination. She didn’t, but came close.
Read More »Pregnant woman killed, baby delivered via C-section after shooting in Toronto (Video)
A pregnant woman is dead and her baby is in hospital in critical condition after being delivered by C-section following a shooting in Toronto late Sunday evening. The woman was shot in the chest while she sat in a vehicle near John Garland Boulevard and Jamestown Crescent around 11 p.m. Toronto police believe the shooter was in one vehicle and …
Read More »Google to add ‘professional’ female emojis “Finally”
Search engine giant Google wants to give emoji – those small digital images or smiley faces used to express an idea or emotion – more female representation especially around jobs. A group of Google employees has submitted a set of 13 new emoji to the Unicode Consortium in a bid to increase the representation of women in emoji.
Read More »Fake bomb at Old Trafford was ‘training device’, Report
British police have confirmed that the item found at Manchester United’s stadium was not an explosive, but a training device for an exercise involving sniffer dogs. Thousands of fans were forced to leave Old Trafford stadium after staff found an “incredibly realistic-looking explosive device” in the toilets, according to police.
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