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Read MoreAn 11-month excavation around Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium has revealed nine walls constructed from thousands of human bones centuries ago. Each of the “bone-walls” is mainly made of thigh and shin bones belonging to adults, with the space between containing the shattered fragments of skulls. IFLScience spoke with lead researcher Janiek De Gryse who says the structures were likely built to serve as overflow from the church’s cemetery from the middle of the 12th-century until 1784. The discovery is a unique find for the area surrounding Flanders, Belgium. “On archaeologically examined…
Read MoreNicole Scherzinger defended a Pussycat Dolls performance that many deemed inappropriate. (Reuters) Despite the criticism, the group shows no signs of toning things down. Not only did they release a risque video for their new comeback track “React,” but they received close to 70 new complaints after taking the stage on a popular ITV program in February 2020. Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/nicole-scherzinger-pussycat-dolls-racy-performance-women-now
Read MoreShareTweetPin Thank you, Fox Business, for capturing this image. It’s making me cringe. I don’t know what to do today. Minutes ago, a Manhattan jury delivered a guilty verdict in The People vs. Harvey Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein was found guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. Six women testified that he sexually assaulted them. However, he was found not guilty of the most serious crime, predatory sexual assault, of which there were two counts. The jury deliberated for over a week, and some…
Read MoreA global outbreak that has killed thousands of people doesn’t seem like a likely source of humor, but the internet can’t stop cracking jokes about coronavirus. Since late last year, when China first alerted the world to the novel coronavirus, jokes, puns, and memes about it have been spreading even faster and wider than the virus itself. It doesn’t seem to matter that the virus that causes Covid-19 is now a far more tangible threat to English-speaking meme makers than it was three months ago. If anything, as anxiety and…
Read MoreEnmax’s bid to buy Maine electrical utility reaches setback CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreBy Daria Shevstova Colleen George Updated March 5, 2020 A Eulogy For The Living: On Grieving Someone Who Isn’t Dead It’s Time I Said Goodbye To You Read more: https://thoughtcatalog.com/colleen-george/2020/03/when-you-have-to-say-goodbye-to-the-person-you-love
Read MoreTAMARAC, FloridaFormer Vice President Joe Bidens political longevity depends on days like this. Days when the party massive South Carolina victory began Sunday night with former South Bend Mayor Biden had Buttigiegs support, along with onstage endorsements at a rally in Dallas from
Read MoreActivists have been lobbying for the state to stop Nathaniel Woods planned execution following confession from co-defendant The son of Martin Luther King has joined a growing list of activists and celebrities calling on Alabamas governor to stop the planned execution of an inmate over the killings of three police officers. Nathaniel Woods was convicted of capital murder in 2004 and is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday night. Martin Luther King III, an activist and the son of the civil rights leader, has sent Alabama governor Kay…
Read MoreStephen Colbert began his live coverage of the Democratic debate that took place in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, Tuesday night by noting his controversial use of the stop-and-frisk policy. Ive met with black leaders to try to get an understanding of how I can better position myself, Bloomberg said at one point in the debate, to which Colbert replied, Mr. Mayor, I have a feeling a lot of black leaders want your position to be spread eagle up against a wall. Then, in response to Bloomberg pointing out…
Read MoreJanice MacKinnon appointed to University of Alberta board of governors CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
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Read MorePresident Donald Trump appeared to refuse to shake House Speaker Nancy Pelosis (D-Calif.) hand as he began his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. As Trump made his way to the podium, he handed a copy of his speech to both Vice President Mike Pence and Pelosi. After receiving the folder, Pelosi appeared to reach out her hand to shake Trumps, but the president turned away. Pelosi made a shocked face, and smiled, as Trump moved back to the podium. Pelosi tries to shake Trump's hand. He declines.…
Read MoreCanada’s military ordered to begin ‘pre-pandemic planning’ CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreShareTweetPin Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped, confined, and repeatedly raped as a 14-year-old, disclosed in a shocking interview that her days of enduring sexual assault were not left behind in her teens. In fact, just last summer she was sexually assaulted on a Delta flight homebound for Salt Lake City. In an interview with CBS This Morning, Smart revealed that a man sitting by her began feeling up her legs while she was asleep. This was the first time she had ever felt unsafe on an airplane. “I’ve always felt…
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