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Salted owl and roasted puppy: Cambridge University to digitise medieval cures
The Guardian - 19 Aug 2022 15:00
Curious Cures is a two-year project to conserve more than 180 manuscripts, revealing the 'precarity of medieval life' and strangeness of pre-scientific medicine Thousands of unedited medical recipes - from a gout cure th...
R. Kelly's former goddaughter testifies he had sex with her 'hundreds of times' when she was a minor
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 02:22
She said the disgraced singer gave her Champagne, instructed her to refer to her genitalia as "14 years old" then urinated on her.
Casualties reported as jihadist group seizes hotel in Somali capital
The Guardian - 19 Aug 2022 21:51
Al-Shabaab fighters are still inside building in Mogadishu after fierce firefight with security forces Al-Shabaab fighters have seized control of a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in a hail of gunfire and explosi...
Sunken German World War II ships resurface in Danube River
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 21:58
Dozens of German warships that sank during World War II have resurfaced in the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia.
Mafia hitman among three charged with killing crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger
Sky News - 19 Aug 2022 02:23
Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged over the killing of the infamous crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger, who was beaten to death in a West Virginia prison nearly four years ago.
3 Election Officials Resigned in a Texas County
The New York Times - 19 Aug 2022 00:17
Gillespie County, which President Donald J. Trump won by 59 percentage points in 2020, was left without an election staff. The state planned to help.
GOP targets Blinken, Sullivan for testimony over Afghanistan collapse
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 03:13
Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee are calling for "multiple open hearings" about the botched US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Yellowstone National Park employee finds foot floating in hot spring
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 00:09
A Yellowstone National Park employee found part of a foot still in a shoe floating in a hot spring on Thursday, according to park officials.
Buy now, pay later firms in UK warned over influencer ads on social media
The Guardian - 19 Aug 2022 11:07
Financial Conduct Authority will take action if posts do not inform consumers of debt risks The city watchdog has informed buy now, pay later firms such as Klarna and Clearpay that it has seen online ads and posts by soc...
The tragic story of Ralph Lobaugh, the innocent man who spent 30 years in prison
USA Today - 19 Aug 2022 18:01
The tangled and tragic case of Ralph W. Lobaugh captivated Indiana for decades. He spent half his life in prison for crimes he didn't commit.
Police arrest teenage suspect in mass shooting at Juneteenth festival
ABC News - 19 Aug 2022 13:51
A teenage suspect was arrested in Washington, D.C., on Thursday in connection with a mass shooting that killed one person and wounded three others, police said.
Ukraine's Southern Forces Wage a Slow Campaign to Wear Russian Troops Down
Wall Street Journal - 19 Aug 2022 13:00
Rather than a dramatic ground assault, Ukraine's push to retake occupied southern territory has become a series of artillery strikes designed to cut Russian supply lines and isolate occupying troops in the region.
Why Liberals Need to Radically Change the Rules of Our Politics
The New York Times - 19 Aug 2022 11:00
They should stop reclaiming the Constitution to shape a better future.
'Oddities' collector bought stolen body parts from Arkansas mortuary: cops
NY Daily News - 19 Aug 2022 04:20
He's got an interesting body of work.
Vladimir Putin offers Russian mothers $16K cash bonus if they have 10 children
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 04:07
"It was about service to the motherland," Kristin Roth-Ey, an expert on Slavonic and East European Studies, said via the Washington Post. "(It is) obviously a conscious echo of the Stalinist past."
Gov. Ron DeSantis Announces Arrests in Florida for Election Fraud
The New York Times - 19 Aug 2022 04:01
The 17 arrests announced on Thursday were the first by a new office dedicated to pursuing election crimes. The suspects were said to be former felons who had voted illegally.
Two people bitten by sharks on same day in Myrtle Beach
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 03:57
Pittsburgh native Karren Sites was enjoying the first day of a family vacation, swimming waist-deep water with her 8-year-old grandson when a shark swam up to her and bit her on the arm.
Vanuatu's president dissolves parliament to avoid ousting of prime minister
The Guardian - 19 Aug 2022 02:41
Opposition leader says dissolution, staged to prevent a no-confidence vote against Bob Loughman, will be challenged in court Vanuatu's president dissolved its parliament on Thursday, the state broadcaster VBTC reported, ...
Judge throws out $85M verdict awarded to family of man who died at hands of San Diego sheriff's deputies
NY Daily News - 19 Aug 2022 16:38
Lucky Phounsy was hogtied, tasered and restrained at a relative's home on April 13, 2015. He died several days later. In March 2022 a jury found San Diego County liable and awarded his family $85 million.
Finnish prime minister 'danced intimately' with man at club: video
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 14:43
The firestorm over Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin's wild partying intensified Friday with a new video seemingly showing the married leader dancing intimately with a mystery man.
California man convicted of two decades-old murders with investigative genetic technology
NY Daily News - 19 Aug 2022 13:24
A California man described by prosecutors as sexually driven serial killer has been convicted of murdering two women in the 80s, marking the first cases that have been solved in Los Angeles County with the help of invest...
North Korea tells South Korean president to 'shut his mouth' after offer of aid
New York Post - 19 Aug 2022 13:17
"It would have been more favourable for his image to shut his mouth, rather than talking nonsense as he had nothing better to say," Kim Yo Jong said.