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As the earth rumbled beneath the New York area with a 4.8-magnitude earthquake last Friday, speculation surged across social media about its connection to the impending solar eclipse slated for Monday. Despite the whispers of doomsday, experts swiftly dismissed any correlation, quelling fears of celestial chaos. Paul Earl from the United States Geological Survey assured […]

The cargo ship Dali, which crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, leading to its collapse and the presumed death of six bridge construction workers, is a massive vessel. If stood upright it could reach as tall as the Eiffel Tower or about two-thirds of the way up the Empire State Building in New York. It […]

Nobody seems to have the correct answer as to why a billionaire also called a visionary like Elon Musk would venture into the heart of the southern border crisis, landing in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday to deliver a livestream on the X platform. His mission? To provide an unfiltered, real-time look at the ongoing […]

A number of people have been washed away in flash floods in Las Vegas on Aug 24 turning the famous Las Vegas strip into a river and damaging several buildings. On Aug 25 the police received several calls about people being swept away by floodwater according to Fox News. One man was swept away near […]

The US Justice Department will extradite two Nigerian men who were responsible for s..tortion a 17-year-old boy resulting in his suicide. The duo, Samuel Ogoshi, 22 and Samson Ogoshi, 20 from Lagos were flown to the US on August 13 to appear in Federal Court in Grand Rapids. They are being charged with four counts […]

Evelyn Boyd Granville was a black woman who pioneered NASA to get the first American on the moon with her mathematical skills. She died recently at a ripe old age of 99. She was also the first of two Black women in the United States to get a Ph.D. in mathematics. The Hollywood film Hidden […]

A school bus monitor has been charged with second degree manslaughter and second degree endangering the welfare of a child. The monitor is facing charges after a 6 year old girl with special needs died following an incident on the bus ride in New Jersey, USA. The girl who is wheelchair bound was on the […]

Ivy League university, Standford’s president Marc Tessier-Lavigne has said that he will be resigning in view of the serious flaws found in his five scientific research papers by an independent review. Tessier-Lavigne said he would step down on Aug 31. The board of trustees had launched a review in December after allegations that he had […]

The ongoing heat wave has not stopped tourists specifically adrenaline junkies from seeking out the hottest places on earth. Death Valley in California recorded crazy high temperatures peaking at 53 degrees celsius in the last couple of days. Meteorologists reported these temperatures at Furnace Creek. (no surprises with the name of the place). Death Valley […]

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will plead guilty to not paying taxes and the court will recommend probation for two counts of failing to pay taxes in 2017 and 2018. Hunter Biden owes $100,000 in federal taxes in 2017 and $100,000 in 2018 but did not pay the amount that was due to the […]

Nine people were killed during the Texas mall shooting in Allen, Texas on May 6 and investigations continue as police try to figure out what happened. The gunman was also killed in the shooting with seven other people injured at the mall. Allen police chief Brian Harvey said, “we actually don’t have a lot”. Those […]

Scott Hollingsworth, a resident of Florida, was attacked by an alligator right after he stepped out of his house Saturday night. The Daytona Beach resident said that he heard a noise outside his home around 9:42 p.m., and when he stepped outside, “something grabbed me on the leg, started shaking violently.” Since he didn’t turn […]