Olwomen story of the week
7 Highest Calorie Fast Food Items By awais239 Storyteller from Olwomen The best and easy option when you are feeling hungry and in a rush is fast food. Fast food restaurants are always there to give you yummiest options and…
New bill to create financial rogues’ register makes perfect sense US Outlook
By Andrew Dewson from the Independent UK Some might say that American justice is a little skewed in favour of white-collar criminals. Compare the fate of your average rogue Wall Street trader with that of Junior Allen, a North Carolina…
Cape Town University votes to remove Cecil Rhodes statue
From Jamaica Observer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s oldest university voted Wednesday to remove a statue of colonial-era businessman Cecil Rhodes from its campus, following a month of student protests against a perceived symbol of historical white…
A woman’s place: Supreme Court, and the frozen-food section
By Marcia Coyle, From Legal Times, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been the subject of law review articles, books, editorials, T-shirts and now—ice cream activism? Yes, that’s right. A petition on change.org is approaching 4,000 signatures urging Ben & Jerry’s…
Bahamas police question minister in judicial interference probe
By Candia Dames Nassau Guardian Managing Editor From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — Deputy Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson interviewed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alfred Gray on Friday as police in The Bahamas continued to investigate an allegation…
Rat brains are basically wired up like miniature Internets
By Andrew Tarantola From Engadget Drawing on forty years of peer-reviewed research, a team of researchers from the University of Southern California have generated the world’s first “wiring diagram” of a rat’s central nervous system. And, as it turns out,…
240 passengers sick
240 passengers sick aboard two Royal Caribbean cruises as a second ship infected with norovirus docks in San Diego By Michael Zennie For Daily Mail Online Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas docked on Tuesday in San Diego with 135…
Dominican Republic-born Feidin Santana recorded the South Carolina police killing on an unarmed black man.
News Americas, CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Tues. April 14, 2015: The Caribbean immigrant who used his smart phone to record the killing of unarmed civilian Walter Scott by former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, has been honored by…
Science struggles to save dying coral
By Amanda B. Womac | The Ledger From Memphis Daily News Some of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet are the coral reefs in the earth’s oceans. Home to more than one million species, they play an…
USA. Royal Caribbean takes delivery of Anthem of the Seas
There’s a used tune in the air today as global cruise line Royal Caribbean International officially took delivery of its 23rd ship, Anthem of the Seas. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s Chairman and CEO Richard D. Fain officially received the used…
