Elderly Japanese Women Prefer Being In Prison To Being Alone
New York Post:- Elderly single women in Japan are finding a new way to stave off loneliness — get thrown in prison.
With more than 4 million elderly women living alone...
Orangutan With Human Rights To Begin New Life In Florida
BBC News:- An orangutan which spent 20 years in an Argentine zoo is being moved to a US animal sanctuary after being granted the same legal rights as humans.
Lawyers won...
UK Firefighter Leaves Blaze For Birth Of His First Child
BBC News:- A firefighter "on the hose" at a blaze was released from duty after his wife went into labour early.
Toshwa Dennis, 38, was at a scrapheap fire in Highgate,...
Pocket Knife Saves Man In Grizzly Bear Attack
BBC News:- Colin Dowler might not be alive today if it weren't for a small pocket knife with a two-inch blade and five forestry workers.
The Canadian man was mountain biking...
500 Teeth Removed From Boy’s Mouth In India
NPR:- A 7-year-old boy had long complained of having a swollen and aching jaw.
Surgeons at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital in Chennai, India, operated and found 526 teeth crammed...
107 Year Old Woman’s Secret To Longevity: ”I Never Got Married’
CNN:- A woman who celebrated her 107th birthday on Wednesday shared her secret to living a long life: stay single.
Louise Signore, who lives in the Bronx in New York,...
Jamaican Who Returned ATM Cash Gets $1.2m Reward
Jamaica Observer:- Ackaisha Green, the woman who found a large sum of cash in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and handed it over to the police, has been rewarded...
Alabama Senate Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban
(CNN) Alabama sent the most restrictive abortion bill in the country to the governor's desk Tuesday night, with the state's Senate passing legislation that could punish doctors who perform...
The woman who invented Mother’s Day came to hate it
CNN: :Mother's Day means big business for retailers. This year is no different -- shoppers will spend an average of $196 per mom.
If you hate all of the commercialization behind the...
Nurse Adopts Girl Left Alone In U.S. Hospital
Sky News:- A nurse has adopted a little girl she took into her care after she had no hospital visitors for several months.
Liz Smith, 45, had always wanted to have...