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Good girl and true hero: Dog saves injured owner by alerting police and leading them to cabin
Via: Freefaller • Pets & Animals • 10 Comments • 9 Likes • 2 months ago
A “hero” dog saved her elderly owner’s life by alerting police and leading them to the cabin where he was lying injured. Gita the rescue dog has been hailed “a good girl” and “a true hero” after she refused to leave the area where her 84-year-old owner, unbeknown to police, had suffered a...
A snowmobiler who crashed into a parked Black Hawk helicopter is awarded $3 million
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 2 months ago
BOSTON (AP) — The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S. District Judge Mark...
Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’
Via: Freefaller • Religion & Ethics • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 2 months ago
Six members of a Kansas-based cult have been convicted over a conspiracy in which they forced children as young as eight to work 16-hour days under the threat of “eternal hellfire.” The former members of the United Nation of Islam kept dozens of victims in “deplorable conditions” in overcrowded...
Andre De Grasse and Team Canada win gold in men’s 4×100 relay
Via: Freefaller • Sports • 18 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 months ago
It was gold for Andre De Grasse and Team Canada as the men's 4x100-metre relay team crossed the finish line with the fastest time of 37.50. The country's seventh gold medal of Paris 2024 came as Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and De Grasse beat South Africa by seven-100ths of a...
2024 Paris Olympics new sports, explained: Breakdancing to debut
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 months ago
Breakdancing (Breaking) After captivating the hip-hop world for the past few decades, breakdancing (referred to as "Breaking" by the IOC) will make its Olympic debut in Paris. The sport previously debuted at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There will be two...
‘The Lord told us to’: US pastor says he stole $1m from Christians to remodel home
Via: Freefaller • Religion & Ethics • 42 Comments • 7 Likes • 10 months ago
AColorado pastor who is charged with stealing more than $1m from his Christian community in a cryptocurrency scheme has admitted to the fraud but argued that God instructed him to carry it out. Eli Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, are charged with creating and selling their cryptocurrency, known...
Teens up ante with most dangerous TikTok challenge yet
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 3 Likes • last year
The latest moronic TikTok challenge could cost participants their life if it spreads to the United States. Although most of the previous “challenges” posted on the social-media outlet are dangerous, the trespassing challenge could top them all, especially in countries like the U.S., where guns...
Last member of indigenous tribe dies in Brazil after resisting contact for decades
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 5 Likes • 2 years ago
The last remaining member of an uncontacted Brazilian indigenous tribe has died, Brazil’s indigenous protection agency, Funai, said Saturday. Known as the “Man of the Hole,” he had lived in complete isolation for the past 26 years on the Tanaru indigenous land, deep in the Brazilian Amazon in...
Yellowstone visitor, 25, is gored by a bison and tossed 10 feet in the air
Via: Freefaller • News & Politics • 40 Comments • 4 Likes • 2 years ago
The incident marks the first time in 2022 a person was gored at the park, the National Park Service said. A 25-year-old woman was gored by a bison and tossed her 10 feet into the air Monday at Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service said Tuesday. The woman, who was visiting from...
Earth Will Become One Big Supercontinent Again, And It Will Probably Kill Us
Via: Freefaller • Health, Science & Technology • 40 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 years ago
Geoscientists say Earth will be home to one massive supercontinent about 200 million years from now; there are four prominent versions of this mega-continent. The climate might be surprisingly balmy in one of the most popular versions, but there is also the potential for an ice age. In the...