Monday, June 5, 2017 Conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate died on Friday. He was born on April 28, 1943 in Salisbury, England with spina bfida and kyphosis. Tate moved with his family to Farnham, Surrey and attended school there. Despite his disabilities, he achieved a four-decade career conducting operatic and symphonic…
24 Hour Restaurants Throughout The U.S.
More On This Topic: Lunchtime Site 24 Hour Restaurants Throughout The U.S. by Antoine Adelais The United States is full of big cities with late-night reputations that people from around the world flock to. 24 hour restaurants are an important component of these all-night party towns because without them there…
Delta Air Lines jetliner skids off New York airport’s runway
Sunday, March 8, 2015 A Delta Air Lines passenger jet skidded off the runway at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport in snowy weather on Thursday, causing a shutdown of the airport, according to officials. The jetliner was carrying 127 passengers and five crew. The MD-88, operating as flight 1086, was…
Four-year-old boy attacked by Pit bull mix
Friday, August 24, 2007 Just before midnight Wednesday, four-year-old Taylor Bailey, nicknamed Bucky, was attacked by a neighbor’s dog. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier mix named Money chased the boy after he stepped out of his mother’s car, eventually knocking the boy to the ground and latching onto his leg. The…
Protesters turn their backs on Australian PM
Friday, May 25, 2007 Protesters in the Central Western New South Wales city of Bathurst gave Australian Prime Minister John Howard a cold reception as he arrived for a Liberal Party luncheon in the city. Around 200 unionists and university students gathered to protest the Howard government’s new industrial relations…
Young Black Entrepreneur On The Rise
More On This Topic: Labour Law Cases By Franchesca Thomas Brandalyn Gill is a young Houstonian, performer, poet, aspiring actress and author that recently self- published a book of short stories and poems called Life. ‘As a CEO and self-publisher of Illumination Literary Publishing by the age of 18, I’ve…
ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn…
Pennsylvania state trooper found guilty of first-degree murder
Friday, March 20, 2009 In the United States, a suspended Pennsylvania state trooper has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his girlfriend’s estranged husband. Kevin Foley, 43, faces a mandatory life sentence without parole for slashing to death John Yelenic, a Blairsville dentist who was in the final stages…
Author of My Billion Year Contract reflects on life in elite Scientology group
Thursday, January 14, 2010 Wikinews interviewed author Nancy Many about her book My Billion Year Contract, and asked her about life working in the elite Scientology group known as the “Sea Org“. Many joined Scientology in the early 1970s, and after leaving in 1996 she later testified against the organization….
Concerns To Discuss With Tampa Breast Enhancement Cosmetic Surgeons
More On This Topic: Facelift New York City Concerns to Discuss with Tampa Breast Enhancement Cosmetic Surgeons by geoffreylelia Breast enlargement is a significant surgical procedure and, consequently, shouldn t be taken flippantly. The Tampa plastic surgeon you hired would cut into you and introduce new material into your system…