Evel Knievel (Motorcycle Daredevil) - On This Day

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  Kelle Repass

Full Name: Robert Craig Knievel Profession: Motorcycle Daredevil Biography: Evel Knievel was a daredevil stunt performer whose stunts made him a famous pop culture figure in the 1960s and 1970s. His outrageous jumps on a motorcycle were as famous for their failure as their success. Knievel's first major stunt was his attempt to jump across the fountains at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. He just failed, breaking a few bones but film of the jump was played on TV and brought him nationwide fame. [Read More]

Father's Day: Here's how 7 Nigerian celebrities were celebrated

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  508 words  |  Tandra Barner

From heartfelt tributes to cosy celebrations at home, here's how our celebrities were celebrated on Father's Day. 1. Deyemi Okanlawon Nollywood actor Deyemi Okanlawon spent Father's Day at home with his sons who gifted him heartwarming presents. The video posted to his page on June 16, 2024, showed the adorable moment his sons came in with a gift bag containing a card, a new pair of shoes and other gifts for him. [Read More]

Floyd's Floods Linger On and On

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  Tandra Barner

Frank Pellegrini September 20, 1999 12:00 AM EDT When Bill Clinton shows up at a disaster area, it usually means the disasters over. But North Carolina, which would hardly agree with the birds-eye verdict that Hurricane Floyd was less fierce than anticipated, still has an aftershock or two left to go. As the President got ready to tour the ravaged state Monday, local officials were bracing for four more inches rain from Tropical Storm Harvey, which was set to sweep through western Florida Monday night. [Read More]

French Air Force Trains Eagles To Hunt Drones

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  156 words  |  Tandra Barner

February 17, 2017 2:45 PM EST When it comes to defending against pesky drones, the French military has gone to the birds. These drone-hunting birds of prey are being trained at a French Air Force base in Southwestern France. They’re literally born on top of drones, and kept there during early stages of feeding. When they’re ready to fly, they’re brought to a field to intercept drones. In turn, they’re rewarded with meat. [Read More]

Honey & Spice: Best Romance Books

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  Kelle Repass

August 1, 2024 8:10 AM EDT Bolu Babalola, a self-professed “romcomoisseur,” has been endorsed by everyone from Meg Cabot to Reese Witherspoon. Armed with an audience that follows her pop-culture commentary with fervor, Babalola, who started her career as a screenwriter at BBC Comedy, did not disappoint with her 2022 debut novel. In Honey & Spice, Babalola takes the fake dating trope and gives it a modern-day makeover. Whitewell College student Kikiola “Kiki” Banjo has no time for the f-ckboy plague on campus—she’s too busy running her student radio show, where she warns against “wastemen” and offers advice for the lovesick. [Read More]

Honk if You Love Congress

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  833 words  |  Martina Birk

Thanks to remarkable reporting skills honed over my career as a columnist, I have hunted down the impossible. I’ve found three of the 658 people who bought Heidi Montag’s album, a woman who ate her placenta and–right after the Anthony Weiner scandal–two women who wanted to see pictures of my penis. What more the Pulitzer committee expects, I do not know. But I have never had so challenging an assignment as finding people who approve of Congress. [Read More]

How harry's post-shave mist calms irritated skin

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  420 words  |  Kelle Repass

I started balding as a high-schooler (thanks for the genes, Dad!) and as soon as the first hint of hair hit the ground, I was self-conscious. I worried a lot about looking older than I was, about the many stigmas surrounding being bald, and bought every anti-balding shampoo I could – all before I was 21. And honestly, I had plenty of reason to worry: I looked horrible. Balding isn't exactly a good look, especially on me. [Read More]

July 22nd, 1996 | Vol. 148, No. 5 | U.S.

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  7 words  |  Martina Birk

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Knicks basketball player shot, robbed outside strip club

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  145 words  |  Martina Birk

Cleanthony Early was reportedly shot and robbed outside of a Queens, New York, strip club in the early hours of Wednesday, December 30. The New York Times reports that, 24-yr-old Early, had left the CityScapes Gentlemen’s Club at about 4 a.m. this morning with a woman and had been in an Uber when the incident took place. ADVERTISEMENT The cab had according to reports been stopped by what the police describes as a gang of 6 men, all wearing ski masks. [Read More]

Leon Marchand Wins France's 1st Swim Gold at Paris Olympics

 Posted on August 9, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  966 words  |  Billy Koelling

When you’re a world-record holder, there are a lot of expectations. When you’re a world-record holder racing in your home country’s Olympics, those expectations expand exponentially. The frenzy began the morning of July 28, when Léon Marchand clocked the fastest qualifying time in the 400-m individual medley, in which swimmers race in all four strokes—butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. The decibel level jumped again later that evening during the final, when Marchand dove in and never looked back. [Read More]