Will you let the machine place your bet? As the Powerball jackpot swells to $1.7 billion after no winner was declared on Wednesday night, some experts are suggesting that players should not use one of the game’s most popular features. Quick Pick — which allows lottery computers to randomly select the numbers for players — is very popular, with around 70% to 80% of players using the feature when they buy ... Read more
Palace in Mourning as Duchess of Kent’s Death at 92 Marks the End of an Era
The Duchess of Kent, wife of the late Queen's cousin the Duke of Kent,has died aged 92, Buckingham Palace has announced. The royal died peacefully on Thursday evening at her Kensington Palace home surrounded by her family. Katharine was an extraordinary woman who famously converted to Catholicism in 1992 and 10 years later she gave up full-time royal duties and her HRH title to pursue a life away from the ... Read more
UNSOLVED MYSTERY: The Chihuahua Desert swallowed a couple whole — until 2007, when a body surfaced near a cactus
March 1994. A couple disappears in the Mexican desert during a special trip. She was pregnant. He was 54 years old. They vanished without leaving any clues. The police searched for months but found nothing. The case was forgotten. 13 years later, tourists make a gruesome discovery in the middle of nowhere: a human skeleton tied with cables to a giant, thorny cactus. Nearby, a blood-soaked pink blouse lies on the hot sand. What ... Read more
Prince William Stuns the Palace With Fierce Warning to Camilla After Diana’s Statue Is Removed From Kensington Gardens
The British royal family is no stranger to public fascination, but a recent controversy has thrust tensions between Prince William and Queen Camilla into the spotlight. Reports of Camilla’s alleged decision to remove a statue of Princess Diana from Kensington Palace have ignited widespread outrage, with William issuing a stern warning to his stepmother, highlighting a deepening rift that threatens the monarchy’s unity. A ... Read more
A groundbreaking sea level study is challenging everything we thought we knew about climate change
Global sea levels have not continued to rise at the rates predicted by many scientists — and there is no evidence that climate change has contributed to any such acceleration, a new first-of-its-kind study has claimed. The research found that the average sea level rise in 2020 was only around 1.5mm per year, or 6 inches per century, according to the paper’s authors, Dutch engineering consultant Hessel Voortman and ... Read more