British Airways has been hit with a fine of $1.1m (£877,000) by United States government. The US Transportation Department issued the punishment to the airline for failing to provide timely refunds to passengers for flights to and from America during the COVID pandemic. It said it had received more than 1,200 complaints saying the airline
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The death of a woman dubbed the “trunk lady” – after her remains were found in a case in the woods – has been a mystery for 53 years. But now, one of the most infamous cold case victims has been identified through DNA. Her name was Sylvia June Atherton, police confirmed in a statement
An LGBTQ flag was burned at an elementary school in California. Police have said the incident occurred ahead of a Pride event and is currently being investigated as a hate crime. According to NBC News, Los Angeles Unified School District said someone had broken into Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood during the weekend that
Sex and the City fans are in for a treat as Kim Cattrall is set to reprise her role as Samantha Jones in the hit sitcom’s spin-off And Just Like That. “Secret’s out!!,” the official “And Just Like That...” Twitter account said on Wednesday. It confirmed that Cattrall would be back to take on her
US TV star Danny Masterson has been found guilty of two counts of rape. The actor, 47, faced accusations by three women that he raped them at his home in Hollywood Hills between 2001 and 2003. At the time, Masterson was at the height of his fame – starring alongside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis
Julian Hamood, President and founder of Trusted Tech Team, a leading provider of Microsoft licensing and cloud-based solutions launched in 2017, is celebrating the company’s ongoing meteoric growth by relocating to a 32,000+ sq. ft. office space to accommodate more in-house experts. Based in Orange County, CA, Trusted Tech Team recently announced that it surpassed its
There’s a term that used to be applied to mass hysterias, a panic. And we are in a social network panic. The Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy, a man who normally stays in the shadows, has issued a 25-page advisory with 104 research references warning of “a profound risk of harm” to
A new Gallup survey of 5,167 American adults says that depression in the USA has just reached new heights. The percentage of respondents who report having had depression “at some point in their lifetime” has gone up ten points since 2015. It’s now at 29%. In other words, nearly a third of us have been
By Howard Bloom Two weeks ago, on March 30th, the Atlantic magazine published a story headlined “Why People Are Acting so Weird.” The article claimed that “Crime, “unruly passenger” incidents [on airplanes], and other types of strange behavior have all soared recently.” Peculiarly, the first example it gave was of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock
Three researchers from New York University have shown something startling. You can cut your risk of dementia in half with a simple trick—using the internet for roughly two hours a day. Dementia is a state in which your brain shrinks and your memory gives out on you. It often comes with old age. In extreme
The main lobby group for US banks has appealed for regulators’ help to close the door on the crisis of confidence ripping through shares in a growing number of the country’s lenders. The American Bankers Association (ABA) used a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to accuse so-called short sellers of bringing otherwise
Former leader of far-right group the Proud Boys Enrique Tarrio has been convicted of orchestrating a plot to attack the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. The attack led to members of the group storming the building after Joe Biden was officially confirmed as the next president. Tarrio, along with three other members of the
Bodies are strewn on the doorstep of San Francisco’s main government building, contorted by the effects of fentanyl, a painkiller 100 times more potent than morphine. We’re two streets away from the headquarters of Twitter, in a city district with more billionaires than anywhere on Earth, but this has become an open-air drug market. Trevor
All over America, families are being broken by fentanyl. Fifty times more powerful than heroin, this deadly drug is more addictive than anything that’s come before. It’s been in circulation in America for a decade, fuelling an unprecedented addiction crisis. A ruthless criminal network stretching back to Mexico, China and beyond, is pushing it into
A man suspected of killing five neighbours in Texas has been arrested following a four-day manhunt. The search for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began on Friday after he fled from the scene of the shooting in the rural town of Cleveland. He was found hiding underneath a pile of laundry, in the town of Cut and
Oklahoma authorities searching for two missing teenagers have discovered the bodies of seven people at a property. Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said the bodies were believed to include those of 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer, along with Jesse McFadden, a registered sex offender authorities had said the teenagers were seen travelling with.
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