OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria that helps combat climate change and … Read more
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida suspended Chairman Christian Ziegler and demanded his resignation during an emergency meeting Sunday, adding to calls by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top officials for him to step down as police investigate a rape accusation against him. Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom … Read more
The Washington Post spent a year examining the Smithsonian’s collection of human remains, including more than 250 brains. Reporters reviewed thousands of documents, including studies, field notes and personal correspondence, and interviewed experts, Smithsonian officials, and descendants and members of communities whose remains were targeted for collection. The Post also obtained from the National Museum … Read more
An autopsy report detailing the investigation into Matthew Perry’s death, says the ‘Friends’ star did not take his own life. According to the autopsy report, obtained by The Blast, the actor is not believed to have been suicidal thoughts and has no known attempts to take his own life. In the report, an unknown woman … Read more
Michael B. Jordan’s violent car crash played out on camera, and now that LAPD has that video … TMZ has learned it’s at the center of an investigation. Play video content Law enforcement tells us cops will look to prove Michael was behind the wheel of the racing Ferrari … and once that’s established, they’ll … Read more
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has let launch providers conduct their own investigations in nearly every instance that a launch mishap has occurred since the start of the century — a practice that needs closer scrutiny, a federal watchdog said in a new report. The report, published Thursday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), … Read more
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu announced on Tuesday an investigation into the military drone attack that killed 85 people in the village of Tundun Biri. A spokesperson for Tinubu attributed Sunday’s incident to a “bombing mishap,” and said in a statement that the subsequent deaths were “very unfortunate, disturbing, and painful.” He confirmed that Tinubu has … Read more
Two Catholic churches on Milwaukee’s north shore will be without their pastor just as Advent begins while an investigation is launched into whether he broke his priestly vows. Fr. Mark Payne, of St. Monica in Whitefish Bay and St. Eugene in Fox Point, was put on administrative leave Friday because of publicity from a story … Read more
Gloria Allred can add another high-profile case to her resume … ’cause TMZ Sports has learned the famed attorney has been hired by the girl at the center of the investigation into OKC star Josh Giddey as cops work to determine if he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor. We broke the story earlier … Read more
November 29, 2023 8:35 AM EST NEW DELHI — India has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S. authorities raised concerns with New Delhi that its government may have had knowledge of a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader on American soil, an Indian official said on Wednesday. The U.S. side shared some information … Read more