Month: April 2022

What Does Death Feel Like? Earthquake Survivors Report Pleasant Feeling

On July 28, 1976, the monstrous Tangshan earthquake caused more than 240,000 fatalities and 160,000 serious injuries. Medical workers in China did case studies on the survivors, most of whom had been buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings, to try and find out whether they had near-death experiences, and if so, how they felt.  The results…


A Classic Movie Couple: The Singing Sweethearts

When you think of classic film couples, what names come to mind? Tracy and Hepburn? Bogie and Bacall? MacDonald and Eddy? You probably aren’t familiar with the third couple, since Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy are no longer household names. However, these musical stars, once dubbed “America’s Sweethearts,” “The Singing Sweethearts,” and “The King and…


Beverly Hills Developer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bribing Ex-County Employee

LOS ANGELES—A commercial real estate developer has agreed to plead guilty to paying off a Los Angeles County employee in exchange for help obtaining a government lease worth $45 million, according to court papers obtained Wednesday. Arman Gabay, 61, of Beverly Hills, is expected to enter his plea to a bribery count on a date…


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Officers: No Injuries on Amber Heard After Fight With Johnny Depp

FALLS CHURCH, Va.—May 27, 2016, was the day that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s marriage went from private misery to public, career-killing spectacle. Heard, who had just filed for divorce, arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse that day to seek a temporary restraining order, showing up with a clear mark on her face, which she…


Officers: No Injuries on Amber Heard After Fight With Depp

FALLS CHURCH, Va.—May 27, 2016, was the day that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s marriage went from private misery to a public, career-killing spectacle. Heard, who had just filed for divorce, arrived at a Los Angeles courthouse that day to seek a temporary restraining order, showing up with a clear mark on her face, which…


3 Dead in Mississippi Hotel Shooting; Police in Standoff

BILOXI, Miss.—A shooting Wednesday at a hotel on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast left three people dead and police in a standoff with the suspect at a business a few miles away, authorities said. Gulfport police said the suspect was barricaded inside a business and officers had shut down access to the area. Officers were negotiating to…


Los Angeles Sheriff Launches Investigation Into Video Leak

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced April 26 that he will be investigating the leak of a video that appeared in a Los Angeles Times article showing a sheriff’s deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes. “This is stolen property that was removed illegally from people who had some intent, criminal…


Lemon Drizzle Cake

This Is What You Need 170 g Self-raising Flour 0r plain flour with a tsp of baking powder 115 g Butter/Margarine – at room temperature and soft. 170 g Sugar 3 medium Eggs 2 tbsp Milk 2 Lemon – zested and juiced. 110g Sugar This Is What You Do 1. Pre-heat your oven to 180°c…


US Nuclear Strategy in ‘Very Bad Place’ With China and Russia: Expert

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to align with Russia and to build up its nuclear arsenal present a unique strategic threat to the United States, according to one expert. “China is actually building up its arsenal in ways that it wasn’t doing before,” said David Santoro, President of the Pacific Forum, a foreign policy…