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A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the “Black Widow” after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention center at age 78, officials said on Friday. Chisako Kakehi was sentenced to death for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted murder of another man about a decade ago in a case that gripped Japan. “Her death was confirmed at a hospital on Thursday” after she was found lying in her cell at the Osaka detention center, a justice ministry official told AFP. This picture taken on March 13, 2014 shows 67-year-old Japanese…
Wendy Williams’ health battle has taken a turn for the worse. The former talk show host is now “permanently incapacitated” due to her dementia diagnosis, according to her guardian.In new court documents obtained and made public by Deadline, Williams’ guardian confirms she “has been afflicted by early-onset dementia and, as a result, has become cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated.”In May of 2023, Williams was diagnosed with primary aggressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, just one year after she was placed under legal guardianship. The court-ordered guardianship oversees her health as well as her finances.The Nov. 12 court filing involves Williams’ guardian Sabrina…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Ethereum price started a recovery wave from the $3,220 support. ETH is now recovering some losses and might rise if it clears the $3,550 resistance. Ethereum started a fresh increase above the $3,350 zone. The price is trading above $3,420 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support at $3,425 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a decent increase if it clears the $3,520 and $3,550 resistance levels. Ethereum Price Starts Recovery Ethereum price remained stable above…
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Nearly 900 pronouns will be stripped next month from the “law of the land” in Contra Costa County. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to modernize the county’s ordinance code — a collection of laws that governs areas such as health and public safety, administration and land use — by eliminating gendered pronouns. “I think this brings us up to date well into the 21st century — this was long overdue,” Supervisor John Gioia said Tuesday. “Words mean something, and so it is important to make this change to be, as others said, inclusive.” With an…
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… A Viking Age burial site on the west coast of Norway has captivated archaeologists with its wealth of artifacts and intriguing cultural connections. Excavations at Skumsnes farm in Fitjar revealed graves of three women adorned with exquisite jewelry and tools, hinting at their high status in the 9th century AD. The discovery underscores the region’s pivotal role in trade and maritime activity during the early Viking Age. A Burial Ground Rich in History According to a Science in Norway report, metal detector enthusiasts first uncovered the site in 2023, discovering a brooch and coin.…
JLR is in the process of transforming its Defender nameplate into a standalone brand focused on adventure vehicles, and as part of the transformation, the automaker will enter a Defender factory team in the grueling Dakar Rally in 2026. The Dakar program will be run by JLR motorsports boss James Barclay, who currently oversees Jaguar’s Formula E program. More details will be announced at the 2025 Dakar Rally, which runs in Saudi Arabia in early January, but in a statement released on Monday, Barclay said work on the Dakar program had already begun. The latest Defender is already one of…
WASHINGTON — A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol and smashed glass panels on a door — moments before a police officer fatally shot another rioter climbing through the opening — has been sentenced to eight years in prison.Zachary Alam was one of the first rioters sentenced since this week’s electoral victory by President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly vowed to pardon and free supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Before learning his sentence, Alam said he and all other Jan. 6 rioters should get what he called a “pardon of patriotism.” He told U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich…
Bitcoin price struggled to clear the $102,000 resistance zone. BTC is correcting gains and might test the $97,500 support zone. Bitcoin started a downside correction from the $102,000 zone. The price is trading above $98,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break below a connecting bullish trend line with support at $101,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $97,500 support zone. Bitcoin Price Dips Again Bitcoin price formed a base and started a fresh increase above the $98,800…
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In 2011, in the province of Cocle in Panama, a major discovery was made. A pre-Columbian cemetery was found with the remains of bodies, weapons and artifacts made of gold that dated back to between 400 and 900 AD, a period in which the Maya civilization had reached their highest state of development. The excavation that took place, in collaboration with the National Geographic Society and Panama’s National Institute of Culture and National Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation, discovered several tombs of warriors that belonged to an unknown society. The tombs were found in multiple levels…