Kylie Jenner surprises Travis Scott with Lamborghini on his birthday

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  410 words  |  Tandra Barner

Travis Scott who couldn't hide his joy took to his Instagram page on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, where he shared a photo of the new car. Prior to this, Kylie Jenner had taken to her Instagram page where she had shared some cute photos of Travis and herself. She went on to caption the photos with a very beautiful birthday message to the man in her life. Trust us when we say this is one birthday message that might see everyone congratulating this couple soon over a new baby. [Read More]

Laos: Escalation in the Air

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1019 words  |  Martina Birk

The U.S. last week became involved in a minor but significant air war with the Communists in Laos. When the Red Pathet Lao overran Laos’ embattled Plain of Jars last month, the U.S. replied by sending unarmed jets swooping low over Pathet Lao territory. The purpose was partly to photograph troop movements, partly to demonstrate U.S. resolve to stand firm in the Red-threatened little kingdom. But last week, after Communist gunners shot down two American planes in two days, the U. [Read More]

Los Angeles Earthquake Rattles Residents

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  155 words  |  Tandra Barner

March 17, 2014 9:57 AM EDT A 4.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles metropolitan area on Monday morning. The epicenter of the quake was located just north of the city’s Beverly Hills neighborhood, near Westwood, and seven miles north of Santa Monica, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. It struck at 6:25 a.m. local time. Residents of Los Angeles reported feeling the earthquake, though the Los Angeles Fire Department tweeted that it had no immediate reports of damage or injury. [Read More]

Lou Gehrig (Baseball Player) - On This Day

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1006 words  |  Patria Henriques

Full Name: Henry Louis Gehrig Profession: Baseball Player Biography: American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). A seven-time All-Star and six-time World Series champion, Gehrig won the Triple Crown in 1934 and was twice named the American League's Most Valuable Player. Gehrig was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. [Read More]

Michel Platini (Footballer) - On This Day

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  260 words  |  Patria Henriques

Profession: Footballer Biography: Platini is regarded as one of the all-time greatest football players, having won the Ballon d'Or three times (1983, 1984, 1985). He was also seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. After retiring from football, Platini was the French national coach for four years and was later elected president of the UEFA. During his club career, Platini began with Nancy (1972–1979), then Saint-Étienne (1979–1982), and finally Juventus (1982–1987). [Read More]

Nollywood actor Karibi Fubara is dead

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  149 words  |  Tandra Barner

The death of the movie star was announced by his sister, Aya Eneli via her Twitter page on Wednesday, December 12, 2021. "My brother, Karibi Fubara, has joined the ancestral realm. I’m devastated, but not hopeless. He lived fully and with joy. Left a great body of work. Will be a powerful ancestor. I love you, #ChiefBlack. I do not own the rights to this song," she wrote. ADVERTISEMENT [Read More]

NYT A1: Sesquipedalian!!!!

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  239 words  |  Patria Henriques

Back when I was a cub reporter at a newspaper bureau in Easthampton, Mass., my colleague and I would play this game: First, come up with an obscure 10-dollar word, then see which one of us could get it past our editors and into the paper. The planning was always more fun than the execution. I think the best I ever achieved was “dun,” which is a fancy, fun-to-say word for a brownish-gray color. [Read More]

Rivers protesters accost Gov Fubara's convoy, insist he must address them

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  201 words  |  Patria Henriques

This happened as the Governor ran into the #EndBad Governance protesters who lined up the streets in the state capital on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Chanting in excitement with leaves in their hands, the protesters charged up the atmosphere moments before Fubara's convoy approached. Upon spotting the governor and his entourage, they swarmed his vehicle and insisted in a non-violent manner that he come down to address them. [Read More]

Shaquille O'Neal Opens up in New HBO Documentary

 Posted on August 15, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  971 words  |  Martina Birk

SHAQ, the four-part HBO documentary whose final episode airs on Dec. 14, offers occasional points of revelation from Shaquille O’Neal. One of the most dominant players in NBA history, O’Neal has also been a ubiquitous presence in our cultural lives, given his role in TNT’s wildly popular and influential Inside the NBA studio show and appearances in about a million commercials (for General Insurance, IcyHot,Buick, Hulu, Pepsi, and on and on and on). [Read More]