A grandfather flipped 8ft in the air by a bull bison at Yellowstone national park recently has spoken out for the first time about the encounter that broke his femur in four places, saying he believes the animal spared his life by choosing not to gore him. The entire incident, he said, “was not as catastrophic as it could have been”. Carl McDaniel, 65, gave an account of his sobering run-in with nature in an interview with CNN on Monday, one day after surgery to reset his broken leg, and amid ho
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan opened her testimony before the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday by offering condolences following the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-Ky., who died Saturday from a ruptured aorta. "I wish to express the entire court's condolences to his, his sister, the rest of his family, his many friends and colleagues here in the House, in the Senate and elsewhere on behalf of the entire court," Kagan said. Kagan spent the majority of her tribute to Graham reflecting
Beyond helping your muscles relax, experts say using an acupressure mat for 10 to 20 minutes can force your mind to slow down, leading to stress relief and better sleep.
Humanoid robots have officially stepped up to the operating table, helping complete two surgeries for the first time. During the preclinical trial, surgeons remotely guided the machines through two gallbladder removal procedures. The robots copied the surgeons' movements rather than making medical decisions, and no human patients were involved. Unlike bulky robotic systems fixed in place, these five-foot machines used standard surgical tools and worked inside an operating room built for people.
More than 158,000 items of fake kit seized featuring World Cup semi-finalists England, France and Spain More than 158,000 fake football strips have been seized in an operation targeting World Cup counterfeit kit and blocking criminals from trying to “cash in on fan demand”. Edinburgh’s trading standards team confiscated 9 tonnes of Scotland, England and other nations’ fake kits, worth an estimated £5.5m. Continue reading...
Guardian - World · Oct 8
US government says it wants to ‘systematically disable’ The Hague-based international criminal court A spokesperson for the EU has pushed back against the Trump administration’s assertion that the international criminal court poses a threat to US sovereignty, a day after the US government said it would work to “systematically disable” a global tribunal that seeks to prosecute some of the world’s gravest crimes. “We stand firm in our support for the international criminal court (ICC),” an EU spok
NPR News · Oct 8
Investigative journalist reports on the abuse inside ICE's largest detention facility The New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer says thousands of people are being held in tents in the El Paso desert, where inhumane conditions have become a tool to pressure people to accept deportation.
BBC World News · Oct 8
The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Keir Starmer has become the first UK prime minister to be presented with the Légion d’honneur by a French president, in recognition of his work with France on the security of Europe. Emmanuel Macron awarded the historic honour to Starmer for his leadership in setting up the coalition of the willing – a group of countries chaired by France and the UK that have pledged to support Ukraine – at a critical moment for Europe in early 2025. The only other British prime minister to receive a similar awa
