Henry VIII’s bad boy reputation as a bloodthirsty, bloated bed-hopper is fake news about the doyen of the Royal Family triggered by a 1930s movie, a history buff says. Author Alison Weir reckons the Tudor king was an early victim of The Crown-style truth tinkering, […]
Officials in Colombia are still adamant that the children missing after a plane crashed in the Amazon jungle are alive. Earlier this month it was reported that a small sight-seeing plane crashed in the jungle. Around 100 soldiers are taking part in the search, spanning […]
Firefighting goats that munch away vegetation to prevent wildfires spreading could soon be too pricey to employ because of new salary laws. Jason Poupolo, parks superintendent for the city of West Sacramento, California said tall, dry grass becomes "perfect fuel for a fire" when left […]
Spain: James Cleverly is asked about Gibraltar entry ‘stunts’ On Monday, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez brought forward a national election expected in December to July 23 after the conservative Popular Party, or PP, and far-right Vox movement dramatically increased their vote share in Sunday’s […]
There are so many disturbing moments in the documentary series “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” — about the prolific family behind the saccharine reality TV hits “19 Kids and Counting” and “Counting On” — that it’s difficult to pinpoint the most appalling. Over four […]
By STEVE LeBLANC (Associated Press) BOSTON (AP) — When child welfare workers and police knocked on Sarah Perkins’ and Joshua Sabey’s front door well past midnight one weekend last summer, the parents were shocked to learn the state of Massachusetts had come to take their […]
Astronauts in an emergency could have found themselves floating back to Earth in a fabric ball thanks to an early space rescue device. NASA's Personal Rescue Enclosure (PRE) was developed at the same time as the Space Shuttle Program was beginning, reports Universe Today. A […]
At the height of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s quest for his post in January, Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, darted from meeting to meeting ensuring that hard-line conservatives got what they wanted before agreeing to back the California Republican. One by one, nearly all of […]
A project to build a super stadium in Spain has become a “lifeless” ghost town after repeated failures to finish it. Plans for the Nou Mestalla in Valencia were announced by the La Liga side’s former president Juan Soler all the way back in November […]
More than three years after the pandemic slammed movie theaters, reducing the flow of new films and keeping patrons away, operators hope a slew of wide releases this summer will finally get those who have grown accustomed to streaming movies at home back into theaters. […]
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