She lost a grandson and dozens of guinea pigs in a devastating house fire in 2019. Years later, Kimie Smothermon is running a Massachusetts sanctuary where hundreds of guinea pigs now depend on her every day. At the Guinea Pig Sanctuary in Salisbury, between 350 and 400 guinea pigs are housed at the facility, with…
Henderson Island (Image credit: Canva) In 2011, Henderson Island, a remote and uninhabited island in the South Pacific, became the site of one of the largest rodent-eradication attempts ever undertaken on an island of its size. Conservationists spread about 75 tonnes of poisoned bait across the island in an effort to eliminate invasive Pacific rats,…
CRPF jawan injured, houses set ablaze in Manipur (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Several houses were set ablaze and a CRPF jawan was later injured in a gunfight between two groups in Manipur’s Senapati district on Monday, police said.According to a senior officer, houses were set ablaze after miscreants torched a house in Taphou Kuki village…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed the PM Modi led BJP government over unemployment and alleged that its policies had weakened the path from education to employment for young Indians.In a post on X, Kharge cited Niti Aayog and PLFS figures to claim that 8.7 crore Indians aged…
For decades, one house in Alice Town, Bimini, has been slowly transformed into something that looks less like a conventional home and more like a walk-in mosaic. Artist Ashley Saunders began building Dolphin House in 1993, using discarded and salvaged objects he found around the island, at sea and at demolition sites. Shells, tiles, bottles,…
Giuliano Simeone scored a late equaliser as Atletico Madrid came back to draw 2-2 with Villarreal after playing the final stages of the match with 10 men.The late goal came after Villarreal had taken the lead from the penalty spot following Robin Le Normand’s red card in the 76th minute.Le Normand was sent off for…
The celebrations commenced with the hoisting of the National Flag at PU Circle, followed by the National Anthem, creating a solemn and patriotic beginning of the event. Vadodara based Parul University (PU) marked the spirit of India’s 80th Independence Day with Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, the Former Chief Justice of India, as the chief guest,…
A routine offshore fishing trip off Massachusetts became an extraordinary battle when charter captain Damon Sacco and lifelong angler Walter Chapman encountered a colossal Atlantic blue marlin roughly 100 miles off Cape Cod. The enormous fish measured more than 11 feet long and weighed an astonishing 1,260 pounds (571.5 kilograms) when it was brought back…
CRPF jawan injured, houses set ablaze in Manipur (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Several houses were set ablaze and a CRPF jawan was later injured in a gunfight between two groups in Manipur’s Senapati district on Monday, police said.According to a senior officer, houses were set ablaze after miscreants torched a house in Taphou Kuki village…
FAA has size limits for lithium batteries on flights A passenger’s laptop caught fire on an American Airlines flight last week. According to a CBS report, the flight originated in Atlanta and had 133 people on board. The report cited air traffic control audio where the pilot said that the fire may have burned some…