This cheese is the gratest. The World Cheese Awards, held earlier this month in Viseu, Portugal, has declared one US-based brand as having the best cheddar cheese in the world, and you can get it at any grocery store. The annual awards are hosted by a different country each year, with the Guild of Fine … Read more
Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose have finalized their divorce. The end to the couple’s marriage comes after less than a year together as husband and wife. Cyrus, 62, filed for divorce from his Australian wife three months ago, citing “irreconcilable differences.” According to Daily Mail, Firerose walked away from the marriage with $0. The acrimonious … Read more
More like cat and gown. A four-legged fixture on the campus of a New England knowledge factory has been awarded an honorary degree — for adorable service to the academic community. Max, a friendly tabby living adjacent to Vermont State University’s main entrance in Castleton was named a “doctor of litter-ature” — after spending a … Read more
First-world, first-class problems. A high-ranking member of India’s police brass and his wife won more than $2,000 in court because their lavish Singapore Airlines business-class seats would only manually recline and not do so automatically. News reports cited the “mental agony and physical suffering” endured by the passengers, Ravi Gupta, a local Director General of … Read more
A Virginia high school freshman was looking for a fun science experiment — and ended up making a soap with the aim of treating skin cancer. Heman Bekele, who attends W.T. Woodson High School in the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system, was crowned “America’s Top Young Scientist” and awarded $25,000 after winning this year’s … Read more
MIAMI — Hip hop artist Flo Rida was awarded $82.6 million on Wednesday after a South Florida jury found that the makers of Celsius energy drinks breached a contract with the rapper and singer, and tried to hide money from him. Flo Rida, whose real name is Tramar Dillard, and his production company, Strong Arm Productions, had … Read more
STOCKHOLM (AP) — French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy said Thursday. Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favor of memoirs. Her … Read more
This story has been updated. The French author Annie Ernaux has won the Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday. The Swedish Academy said that it had awarded Ernaux the prize “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.” In its announcement, … Read more