Author: Admin-3rizs
By Charlie Spiering, Senior Political Reporter Published: 16:18 EST, 3 November 2024 | Updated: 16:30 EST, 3 November 2024 Kamala Harris refused to answer when asked how she would vote on a measure to impose harsher sentences on criminals in California.The vice president was taking questions from reporters in Michigan on Sunday when she discussed if she had cast her own ballot in the final hours of the race.The Democratic nominee confirmed she’d be voting by mail and hoped it would get to her home state in time.She was then grilled on how she voted on Proposition 36, a ballot measure…
Disgraced Olympic kayaker Nathan Baggaley and his brother Dru are eligible for parole after they were re-sentenced for their involvement in a failed plot to smuggle up to $200m of cocaine into Australia six years ago.The duo pleaded guilty in October to attempting to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug (cocaine) between December 16, 2017 and August 2, 2018 off the coast of eastern Australia.The Crown alleged the Baggaley brothers planned to retrieve plastic packets of cocaine from a foreign freighter 360km off the coast of Queensland. The brothers had previously been found guilty by a jury on…
Physical gold: Demand can be seasonal, such as for the festival of Diwali in India, and the Lunar New Year in ChinaThe gold price hit a record high of $2,531.60 an ounce on Tuesday on anticipation of a run of US interest rate cuts before the end of this year.The prospect has excited ‘goldbugs’, who are perpetually bullish about the precious metal.More sceptical investors are also alert to gold buying opportunities after a jump in its value of more than a fifth since January.Bitcoin might have dominated the headlines for years, but gold still has the power to grab attention, especially…
Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey is spilling some tea on an encounter with famed rock star Lenny Kravitz.The reality star, 57, said that she met the rock star, 60, last July at Mick Jagger’s 80th birthday bash in London, during a live taping of the Two T’s In a Pod podcast.She revealed that she gave him her number during the meeting, though he ultimately ghosted her, never calling her after that first meeting.Bailey did admit, though, ‘I didn’t really feel any sparks,’ with the rocker, who was spotted at Paris Fashion Week back in late September.She admitted that she tried…
By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor Published: 20:30 EST, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 20:52 EST, 29 October 2024 It’s one of the most traditional date ideas going.But a trip to the cinema really could be a good way for getting to know someone, according to a study.Researchers have found that sharing a cry over a sad film or a laugh during a comedy can increase your connection with a stranger.The team, from Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, showed 61 pairs of strangers the same set of videos and monitored their physiological and emotional responses, as well as how they…
A man was blinded and deformed after a parasite began breeding in his eyeball.The unnamed 30-year-old in India developed a grapefruit-sized tumor on his eyelid that stretched down to his chest. It began five years ago with some subtle swelling on his left eye but over the years grew so large it stretched the skin on his face, pulling the tissue that would’ve bordered his eye, leaving him unable to see. When he finally sought help, doctors discovered a parasite that causes growths in the nose and structures of the eye. The medical team believe the tumor was the body’s way of reacting to the parasite, inflaming the…
Forget snakes on a plane, one American Airlines passenger unlocked an entirely new fear when flying.The unnamed traveler was given a first class ticket to a nightmare flight after discovering a bedbug crawling up their leg during the journey from New York to Detroit.The passenger, who posted a photo of the itch-inducing sight to Reddit under the username @HaddawayThrowaway978, was sitting in first class on American Airlines flight 4412 out of La Guardia when he noticed the tiny brown bug making a move.’Found this bedbug crawling on my leg mid-flight,’ the unfortunate passenger wrote in the comments. ‘I put it on…
Thousands are in shock after discovering they have been pronouncing the name of skincare company ‘Cetaphil’ wrong their entire lives.The company – which was founded in 1947 by an American pharmacist – is pronounced ‘SEE-ta-fill’ rather than ‘SET-a-fill’.The range of facial washes and moisturisers is named after cetyl alcohol, its main ingredient.Cetaphil officially confirmed how to pronounce the moniker after decades of confusion – and many still cannot wrap their heads around it.’The secret it out – here’s how to pronounce our brand name,’ the company revealed. The pronunciation is also used on radio and TV ads for the brand. Skincare…
Vice President Kamala Harris fired up a crowd of young voters on the Michigan State University Campus Sunday night after a shock poll out of Iowa gave her hopes she could find a path to victory fueled by women voters.The Democratic candidate made a bold claim about the state of the presidential race with polls on a knife-edge less than 48 hours until the polls close.’We have momentum on our side can you feel it?’ she told thousands of screaming student voters inside the Jenison Field House on campus in East Lansing. The showdown between Harris and Trump is shaping up to…
Father and mistress charged with with torturing and imprisoning the girl and her sisterMistress admits to using hot irons to punish girls for being ‘disobedient’Couple used metal bars and wires to systematically torture two daughtersPolice found stun guns and sticks in the flat where the children were abandoned By Tahira Yaqoob Published: 14:57 EDT, 7 November 2012 | Updated: 15:30 EDT, 7 November 2012 An eight-year-old girl who died after being tortured with stun guns and hot irons was forced to eat her own faeces after her father and his mistress left her to starve in a locked toilet, a…