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Record-breaking dry stretch in Queensland’s Southern Downs after 70 days without rain
Updated August 27, 2019 12:14:31 Photo: Grazier Matt Bartlett says the drought has taken a toll on his family life. (ABC News: Elly Bradfield) Parts of drought-stricken South East Queensland are experiencing an unprecedented dry spell, with some regional centres going several months without recording a drop of rain. Key points: Parts of the Southern …
Jeffrey Epstein signed a new will 2 days before his suicide
Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein signed a new will just two days before his death by suicide last week, court papers obtained by the New York Post show. The documents — filed on August 8 in the US Virgin Islands where Epstein owned two private islands— valued Epstein’s estate at over $577 million dollars, roughly $18 …
Jeffrey Epstein ‘signed will two days before death’
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Epstein’s more than $577m in assets were put into a trust, according to reports Jeffrey Epstein signed a will two days before killing himself in his New York jail cell, US media reports say. Court papers filed last week in the US Virgin Islands valued Epstein’s estate at more than …
Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before he hanged himself
Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before he hanged himself in his Manhattan jail cell, according to court papers. The multimillionaire convicted pedophile was worth £476,002,266 ($577,672,654) – or about £14,832,000 ($18 million) more than he previously stated in court papers filed when he tried to land bail on federal sex-trafficking charges, the new …
A hiker lost for 5 days in the Montana mountains says he survived off berries and bugs
While with family members in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, a mountainous region on the border of Montana and Idaho, Laga’s brother’s horse went lame. Laga, the strongest hiker of the group, offered to switch with his brother and walk. He volunteered to walk ahead of the group toward the trailhead but made a wrong turn and …
Breaking Chuckie Howard’s record, Old Man Brown and other stories of Cubs’ Little League days
PITTSBURGH — The memories come flooding back. Ask a major leaguer what he did last week at the plate, and he might need to look at a box score to remind himself. But ask about his Little League experiences, and boy, does he have memories. “My 12-year-old season, I broke the home run record for …
Epstein spent last days emptying vending machines with lawyers
The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death by suicide of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein while in federal custody have infuriated the Attorney General, incited the president to spread a baseless conspiracy theory, and intrigued the public. The New York Times investigated what really happened to Jeffrey Epstein behind bars at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in …
Man swallows dentures: Man’s dentures found lodged inside his throat 8 days after having surgery
A 72-year-old man’s partial dentures got lodged in his throat during surgery and was left there for eight days, the British Medical Journal reported. According to a new case report published Monday, he went to the emergency room after he was having a hard time swallowing and coughing up blood. Doctors diagnosed him with pneumonia and …
In Russia, Days of Fake News and Real Radiation After Deadly Explosion
MOSCOW — In online posts and calls to local officials, Russians on Monday expressed anger that the explosion of a small nuclear reactor at a military test site last week has gone unacknowledged for days by their government. “Even if it is not as dangerous as it seems, we deserve to know,” said Danil Kotsyubinsky, …
Tennessee inmate Curtis Watson captured after 5 days on run, officials say
Curtis Watson, the “extremely dangerous” inmate who escaped prison last week after allegedly killing a correctional officer and leading investigators on a five-day manhunt in Tennessee, was captured on Sunday, officials said. Watson, 44, escaped from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary on Wednesday after he had been released from the facility at 7 a.m. on a work detail for …
