by John Hill | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 84. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner and friend Leonard Lusky that the Canada-born jockey died of natural causes Friday at his home in...
by John Hill | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Turn off the lights. The Nesting Ospreys have defeated the Apple Valley Eagles in Minnesota high school football. They haven’t actually played each other, but the ospreys took charge when they built a huge nest to raise their chicks, high up on a light pole at the...
by John Hill | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of “Caught in Providence,” has died. He was 88. His official social media accounts said Wednesday that he “passed away peacefully” after “a long and courageous...
by John Hill | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, 14 Greenlands would easily fit inside the African continent....
by John Hill | Aug 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy went fishing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance earlier this month and the closest thing he came to catching was a whopping fine. Lammy was given a written warning for fishing without a license, an Environment Agency spokesperson...
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