Asteroid FLATTENS New York after 'planetary defence' fails in NASA simulation.

After devastating the French Riviera in 2013, destroying Dhaka in 2015 and saving Tokyo in 2017, an international asteroid impact simulation ended Friday with its latest disaster - New York in ruins.

Alika Hope is the First Black Woman to Be Crowned Ms. New England America.

 

Alika Hope, a resident of Connecticut, has been named Ms New England America 2019 by the Ms America Pageant, Inc. The pageant will be held August 22-24, 2019 in California.

Peter Mayhew, Actor Who Played Chewbacca in Star Wars Movies Dies Aged 74.

British-born actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca the Wookiee, the loyal, furry companion of space buccaneer Han Solo in five of the Star Wars movies, has died at age 74, his family said on Thursday.

Nelson Mandela’s Prison Art Fetches Over $112,000 at New York Auction.

African democracy icon and South Africa’s revered anti-apartheid campaigner, Nelson Mandela, maybe dead but his life continues to be celebrated across the world. From exhibitions on his life (in London), the unveiling of statues in his honour (at the United Nations Headquarters), the annual memorial lectures (back home in South Africa), the life of Madiba is almost constantly celebrated by the government.

The Moment A Great White Shark Perfectly Recreated The Iconic Pose From Jaws.

This is the moment a great white shark unintentionally (I presume) recreated the iconic pose from the famous poster of the film Jaws.

Woman Sees Note on Car, Decides to Donate Kidney to Stranger.

 

A woman in South Carolina made the decision to donate her kidney to someone she didn’t know after seeing a heartfelt request written on the man’s mother’s car.

Student Who Drove Away From Court After Being Banned From Roads Has Been Jailed.

A university student who was banned from the roads has been jailed after he was captured driving away from court just moments after the punishment was imposed.

Shocking Scientific Study Finds Cocaine and Other Illicit Drugs and Pesticides in Shrimp.

Freshwater shrimp is something many of us consider a treat, as they are often too expensive to enjoy on a regular basis.

Miss America, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA winners are all black women for first time.

For the first time, America's top beauty pageants Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America have crowned black women as their winners at the same time.

African Woman Has 5 Sets of Quadruplets and 38 Kids in Total .

The average global fertility rate today, which measures the average number of children that each woman on Earth has given birth to, is currently around 2.5 meaning that the typical household worldwide has somewhere between two and three children.