The victims of former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a settlement of almost $400m (£302.7m) with USA Gymnastics (USAG), the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and insurers after a five-year legal battle. The attorney for some of the victims said on Monday that USAG and the Olympic Committee have also agreed to allocate […]
Hundreds of female gymnasts who were sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a record $380million settlement, concluding one of the largest sports molestation cases in history. The settlement between the victims and USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee was announced on Monday in US Bankruptcy Court […]
In an eerie resemblance to the hit Netflix show Squid Game, teachers in South Dakota competed in a “dystopian” scramble for one-dollar bills in a bid to fund improvements in their schools. Ten teachers took part in the “Dash for Cash” event on Saturday night, held during Sioux Falls Stampede junior ice hockey game in […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of a second year, the United States stands on the cusp of surpassing 800,000 deaths from the virus, and no group has suffered more than older Americans. All along, older people have been known to be more vulnerable, but the scale of loss is […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Anne Rice, the gothic novelist best known for writing Interview With The Vampire, died on Saturday (Dec 11) aged 80, her family said. “In her final hours, I sat beside her hospital bed in awe of her accomplishments and her courage,” her son Christopher Rice said in a post on her Facebook […]
The extent of the destruction caused by a series of tornadoes that may have killed up to 100 people in the US has been laid bare by satellite images. Dozens have been confirmed dead across five states and many more are missing after the storms, which included one twister that could have carved the longest […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Better.com chief executive officer Vishal Garg is taking time off with immediate effect, Vice news reported last Friday (Dec 10), citing an e-mail from the digital mortgage company’s board. Mr Garg apologised earlier this week for his manner of handling layoffs at the mortgage company after a video of him firing […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Better.com chief executive officer Vishal Garg is taking time off with immediate effect, Vice news reported last Friday (Dec 10), citing an e-mail from the digital mortgage company’s board. Mr Garg apologised earlier this week for his manner of handling layoffs at the mortgage company after a video of him firing […]
On the drive into the small town of Mayfield, we’re given no hint of what’s to come. Tornadoes are among the most frightening of weather phenomena but they are also so localised. They are cruelly selective. The edge of the town is unscathed. We even questioned if we were in the right place. But then, […]
A nine-year-old schoolgirl has been adopted by her second grade teacher in a ‘real-life Matilda’ story. Loralie Henry, from La Verne, in Los Angeles, first went into foster care when she was just four. At age five she returned to live with her biological mum but by the time she was six she was back […]