Eight and a half years after it was abandoned in the middle of the Indian Ocean when 16-year-old solo sailor Abby Sunderland had to be rescued in rough seas, a yellow yacht named Wild Eyes has been found floating upside down off the coast of South Australia. The 40-foot yacht was encrusted with barnacles, the signature eyes on the hull scratched and faded. Its mast snapped off in the wild weather that forced Sunderland’s rescue midway through her world record attempt to be the youngest solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe in 2010.
Dad’s Parenting Criticized After ‘Forcing’ Daughter to Walk to School in 36-Degree Weather.
Each parent has their own way of disciplining their child. There is no parenting rulebook that individuals can implement. Recently, a father from Ohio was criticized for making his 10-year-old daughter walk to school in the bitter cold. But even in the face of backlash, he’s not relenting.
Chinese Spacecraft Makes First Landing on Moon’s Far Side.
A Chinese spacecraft on Jan. 3 made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said. The lunar explorer Change 4 touched down at 10:26 a.m. local time, China Central Television said in a brief announcement at the top of its noon news broadcast.
Kids Locked in Cages by Adoptive Parents Meet Their Rescuer 10 Years Later on Dr. Phil.
In a heartfelt meeting in April 2017 on Dr Phil’s show, Simon and Abba, who used to be known as the “caged kids,” were reunited after 10 years. The teens had no idea they were about to come face to face with the man who was instrumental in saving them from their “cages,” where they were kept by their adoptive parents.
'Bird Box': Netflix Asks That We Not End Up in the Hospital Due to Memes Please, just use your eyes.
The Netflix original post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box, which was seen by 45 million users within a week of its debut, has predictably spawned another ill-advised internet challenge. This new challenge is sweeping the internet following the immense popularity of Netflix's new thriller Bird Box.
There's an app for that: Students opt for delivery over bag lunches, cafeterias.
Gone are the days of bag lunches and bologna sandwiches. With a tap on a smartphone, students are getting burgers, paninis and sushi delivered right into their hungry hands at school. It's a growing trend that has school officials across the country deciding whether they should impose rules on the use of food delivery apps, including Skip the Dishes and Uber Eats, or ban their services altogether.
Amazing new picture of family of five plagued with madness in Cross River Nigeria.
A Nigerian lady identified as Progress took to Facebook to share the story of a family consisting of husband, wife, and three beautiful children plagued with insanity in Ogoja. She shared the story and wrote... 'This happens to be the weirdest situation I've seen in my entire life.
River monster! Woman catches gigantic 88-pound catfish in a Tennessee lake.
A Tennessee woman's picture with an 88-pound catfish has gone viral after she caught the creature that appeared to almost match up to her size. The image showing Paula Cathey Smith was posted on social media the following day and shows how the plump ray-finned fish stretches past more than half her height. In the shot that had received approximately 1,200 shares, it's clear how Smith has to use the support her thigh to hoist the catfish up and the support of her own torso to get it in a good position for the snapshot.
Proud mothers from around the world show off their New Year's arrivals as UNICEF celebrates the 400,000 babies born on January 1st.
While some were ringing in the New Year watching the Fireworks, tucking into a tasty meal with loved ones or partying the night away with friends, others were welcoming newborns into the world when the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve. UNICEF has estimated 395,072 babies were born across the globe on January 1, 2019.
5 Christmases and New years with terrorists, the plight of 112 Nigerian schoolgirls held by Boko Haram.
Thanks to one of the world’s deadliest terrorist group in Nigeria, 112 girls are far from celebrating the Christmas holidays for the fifth time since their capture in April 2014 by Boko Haram. Boko Haram has killed about 20,000 people and forced more than 2 million people to flee their homes since 2009 in an insurgency aimed at creating a state adhering to strict Islamic laws in the northeast of Africa’s most populous nation.
Psychological abuse in a relationship is a criminal offence under new law in Ireland.
Psychological abuse in a relationship will be a criminal offence under new domestic violence legislation introduced by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and which has now come into force. The Domestic Violence Act 2018 will see a number of new reforms including safety orders being available to people who are in intimate relationships but who are not living with their partners.
New Year's miracle' in Russia as baby boy found alive in frozen rubble of collapsed building.
Labouring through sub-freezing temperatures, Russian rescue workers were digging into a sprawling heap of jagged rubble from a collapsed apartment building when one heard the faintest sound. It was the sound of life. To everyone's delight and surprise, they pulled a baby boy out of the rubble alive, nearly 36 hours after the disaster that blew apart his home.
HAPPY POO YEAR! Fat-berg and wet wipes spark ‘river of diarrhoea’ outside Aldi.
A FATBERG and flushed wet wipes sparked a 300ft-long river of diarrhoea outside an Aldi on New Year's Eve in Staffordshire. Disgusted motorists were forced to drive through the stinking mess while shoppers physically gagged at the putrid smell.
TODDLER GRAPE DEATH Boy, 3, chokes to death on a GRAPE.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy tragically choked to death seeing-in the New Year at his home in a bizarre Spanish tradition. The Spanish believe that by eating 12 grapes as the clock chimes each stroke of midnight you ward off bad fortunes.
COCO STOPS !Kids ordered not to eat Frosties and Coco Pops under new government guidelines.
KIDS will be ordered not to eat Frosties and Coco Pops under tough new government guidelines. They say parents should swap “frosted or chocolate cereal” for low-sugar alternatives such as Shredded Wheat. Public Health England wants to halt the obesity crisis by halving children’s sugar intake. The government watchdog is now urging families to “make a swap when you next shop”.
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