A man was left fighting for his life in a coma after a gin distillery explosion saw him “engulfed in a fireball”. Leigh Taylor, 45, was distilling a new spirit in the brewery where he worked when the container overpressurised and exploded, blowing the roof off the building. The dad-of-two was engulfed in flames – … Read more
It was the wheel of misfortune. A Norwegian flight began with a bang after a tire exploded shortly after takeoff, forcing the pilots to execute an emergency landing. The Boeing 737 had reportedly just departed Stockholm, Sweden, on Wednesday en route to Paris, France, when passengers heard what sounded like an explosion “During takeoff, a … Read more
A 7-year-old Missouri girl named Scarlett Selby was left in a coma after a squishy toy exploded while she was attempting a viral TikTok challenge. “It all happened so quickly,” the victim’s father Josh Selby, 44, told Kennedy News while recounting the horrific ordeal. “I heard her scream, and it was like a blood-curdling scream.” … Read more
Robert Pattinson is reflecting on his old habit of telling tall tales to the press during interviews — and one fib, in particular, has been following him for a decade. During a grueling global publicity tour in 2011 for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” the English actor, now 38, made up a story … Read more
A Dominican beauty queen sustained second-degree burns after her pressure cooker exploded during a sautée session gone awry. “I was the victim of a pressure cooker explosion,” Debbie Aflalo, 31 exclaimed in a video uploaded for her 131,000 followers on Instagram, per Jam Press. The bombshell, who won Miss Dominican Republic in 2021, had reportedly … Read more
Big Daddy’s so faddy. Clotheshorses stomping the city streets in celebration of New York Fashion Week are doing so in Adam Sandler-style, rocking baggy, yet bougie bottoms as casually swank toasts of the town. “It’s Adam Sandler chic fall,” announced NYC fashionista, Shannon, to her nearly 13,000 TikTok followers while donning a pair of loose-fitting … Read more
A star is dead? Keep your eyes on the skies, stargazers: NASA has predicted that the much-anticipated “once-in-a-life-time” star explosion — or nova — will be visible to the naked eye sometime this summer, per a recent press release. “It’s incredibly exciting to have this front-row seat,” said Dr. Rebekah Hounsell, an assistant research scientist … Read more
Residents in the Canary Islands are planning protests and strikes as they fight against overtourism. The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago sitting in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of northwestern Africa, have been a hot spot for tourists for decades. But they have become overrun by tourism in recent years — pricing out locals … Read more
For a comedy set piece, different lines can be stitched together digitally to make sure the film keeps the funniest material from each take. “One guy’s line might be funny, but the other guy’s response isn’t,” Grasmere said. “If they touch each other during the shot, we might have to rebuild a hand, or an … Read more
It sounds like spring 2024 will be abuzzing as more than a trillion cicadas are expected to appear across the U.S. For the first time in 221 years, the two groupings of cicadas, brood XIX and XIII, will emerge from the underground in 17 states across the country, according to Fox Weather. Some of the … Read more
Kilonova? More like killer-nova. Violent star collisions, called a kilonova, could devastate our planet due to a lethal spew of radiation — namely gamma rays, cosmic rays and x-rays — that are emitted from the celestial event, scientists have discovered. “We found that if a neutron star merger were to occur within around 36 light-years of Earth, the resulting … Read more
Dress right, don’t let the bed bugs bite. Amid the biblical bed bug infestations sweeping Europe, travelers are resorting to extreme measures to keep these pesky bloodsuckers at bay. Recently, a train passenger went viral after donning a full hazmat suit like an Ebola worker to ride the rails around the continent, as seen in … Read more
Candida auris infections have emerged globally as public health threat in recent years, posing a particular risk in health care settings for people who already have serious medical problems. Scientists say the sudden explosion of the fungus, which was not found in humans anywhere until 2009, may be because of climate change. The fungal infections can … Read more
Somebody warn Michael Keaton. Betelgeuse — a bright, red supergiant star, pronounced “Beetlejuice,” that’s around 640 light years from our planet — is now “a good candidate for the next galactic supernova,” according to new research. The explosion would be so bright that Earthlings would be able to see the cosmic fireworks display even in … Read more
Andrew Marchand and John Ourand look at the storylines that helped the popularity of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament and discuss the controversy surrounding Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark. Source link