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From 1765 to 1996, Ireland’s laundry institutions claimed to help vulnerable women and girls. Instead, they forced them into prison-like conditions. Unknown/Wikimedia CommonsYoung girls and even infants were sent to Ireland’s Magdalene asylums. In 1993, a Dublin convent sold a parcel of land. But when the developers began digging, they uncovered a decades-old scandal. Under the Irish soil lay a mass grave that, according to Irish Central, contained 155 bodies. Most had no death certificate....

Murderer Stephen Caracappa — also known as the “Mafia Cop” — died in prison Saturday. Linda Rosier/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesMafia cop Stephen Caracappa leaves Brooklyn Federal Court where he and fellow retired Detective Louis Eppolito were on trial, accused of killing for the mob and selling confidential information that resulted in the murders of informants and suspected informants. Stephen Caracappa, an NYPD cop who murdered and leaked police information for the mafia, died in prison on Saturday....

She could spend the rest of her life in prison. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Dearborn County Sheriff’s OfficeApril Corcoran and Shandell Willingham. Yesterday, an Ohio mother admitted to repeatedly prostituting her 11-year-old daughter as a means to satisfy her own heroin addiction — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. April Corcoran, a 32-year-old resident of Pleasant Plain, plead guilty to ten felonies including human trafficking, complicity to rape, endangering a child, and corrupting another with drugs....

“I said I was going to call the police. He said, ‘Call the police, then’ because he was scared I was going to beat him up more.” 27-year-old mixed martial artist Polyana Viana of Brazil subdued an attempted mugger — an unsurprising outcome considering she has a 10-2 record as a fighter. While waiting for an Uber in front of her apartment in Rio de Janeiro this past Saturday, Viana reported that a man approached her....

Preserved pups in jars plus revolutionary technology could equal the “de-extinction” of the Tasmanian tiger. Museums VictoriaOne of the preserved Thylacine “Tasmanian tiger” pups. The Tasmanian tiger, aka the thylacine, is still an iconic and symbolic animal in Tasmania. It is to Australia what the Loch Ness Monster is to Scotland. Now scientists are saying that with the use of gene editing and jars of preserved pups, the species may be coming back....

The ancient paving was laid around the time of the Pantheon’s original construction between 27 and 25 B.C. Alessandro Serrano/AGF/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesConstruction underway following the emergence of a sinkhole near the popular Pantheon of Rome. A sinkhole that opened up in front of the ancient Pantheon in Rome has revealed a surprise: original Roman paving installed 2,000 years ago when the historic structure was first built. As Live Science reports, the sinkhole measures 10 feet wide and over 8 feet deep....

In 1698, Scottish colonists set sail to modern-day Panama with the goal of building a settlement there. But the plan turned out to be a total disaster. Wikimedia CommonsIn the late 17th century, Scotland was in financial ruins and desperate to stay independent. England spent the late 1600s building its empire — a famously powerful realm that would expand all over the world and last for centuries. But just to the north, Scotland was in ruins....

Ken Sturdy fought back tears as he remembered the things he’d seen and the friends he’d lost almost 80 years before. “In every detail, it told the story just the way it was,” said Calgary’s Ken Sturdy after exiting of a screening of the new film Dunkirk this past Friday. And unlike every other person in the theater that night, Sturdy actually knew whereof he spoke. Nearly 80 years before, the 97-year-old veteran had survived the very ordeal that the film depicts: the evacuation of some 338,000 British, French, Belgian, and Canadian soldiers from Dunkirk, France across the English Channel to Britain before approaching German forces could wipe them out....

Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson switched entire lives – including wives and kids – after one fateful barbecue. New York Post Archives/Getty ImagesFritz Peterson and Mike Kekich, run onto the field during a Yankees game. To former Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, it was a simple and sensible thing. To the country it was a scandal of epic proportions, the likes of which had never been seen before....

One man was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison as a result of Jemma Beale’s false claim. Central News Twenty-five-year-old London resident Jemma Beale has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for making false rape accusations four separate times over three years. Beale claimed she was raped by nine men, and seriously assaulted by another six. One of the falsely accused, Mahad Cassim, was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2010....

It’s since become known as the “Long Hot Summer.” Throughout the middle months of 1967, the United States experienced more than 150 race riots in cities across the country. Share Flipboard Email And perhaps the worst rioting of the entire summer erupted in Detroit between July 23 and July 27. Despite the gains made by the civil rights movement, many African-Americans in Detroit — and across the United States as a whole — were frustrated with the slow pace of progress....

Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 22Abraham LincolnContemporaries described Abraham Lincoln’s periods of profound sadness and even suicidal thoughts as “melancholy.” Today, we know that America’s 16th president was actually battling clinical depression. The condition, coupled with anxiety attacks, ran in his family and plagued him from a very young age, when he was still simply a young lawyer in Illinois....

When you try to find all 24 hidden critters in these photos, you’ll understand why animal camouflage is such an effective tool for survival. For animals that have developed it, camouflage is often their first line of defense against predators and their best offense to catch their prey. Today, we look at 24 astounding examples of camouflage that make animals perfectly blend in with their environment: Viewing note: After each picture, the animal will be revealed in the following slide....

Established after the Bolsheviks took power in 1919, the gulags were forced labor camps where at least 1 million people died over the next 50 years. During the days of Joseph Stalin, one wrong word could end with the secret police at your door, ready to drag you off to a Soviet gulag – one of the many forced labor camps where inmates worked until they died. Historians estimate that nearly 14 million people were thrown into a gulag prison during Stalin’s reign....

Before it became a multibillion-dollar empire, skateboarding was simply a productive way for surfers to wait out a dry spell. “Arthur’s Attitude (Arthur Lake), Kenter Canyon Elementary,” 1976. Hugh Holland “Hollywood Local,” 1976. Hugh Holland “In Your Face (Jay Adams), Kenter Canyon,” 1976. Jay Adams was an original member of team Zephyr. He died in 2014. Hugh Holland “Hardstanding on the beach. Danny Kwock, Balboa,” 1975.Hugh Holland “Hangin’ in Balboa,” 1975....

From aluminum Christmas trees to retro Santa costumes to vintage holiday dolls, these photos will take you back to a simpler time. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Santa Claus Figures From Around The World Who Don’t Always Bring Christmas Joy Vintage Christmas Ads: Sexist, Offensive And Just Plain Weird Florida Man Goes To A Christmas Festival To Scream ‘Santa Isn’t Real’ At Kids...

Stress (noun, verb): Stress solutions: quit job; change lifestyles; go organic; move abroad without a cellphone; pursue yoga, meditation, tai chi, reiki… And apparently coloring books. Yes, you read that correctly. At first it might sound outlandish that adults are reverting to “toys” in order to cope with the stresses that each day brings, but in northern Europe coloring for adults is already a major trend. In the United States, the concept is in bloom....

“I’m not a part of anything. Nothing. My brothers, myself, no one. We’re invisible. They’re treating us just like they treated my grandmother.” Wikimedia Commons/Cleveland.comJames Blaesing claims to be the illegitimate grandson of President Warren G. Harding. The nearly century-old remains of former U.S. President Warren G. Harding may be exhumed following a lawsuit by his alleged grandson, who claims to be the president’s descendant from one of his extramarital affairs....

Three police officers in Tempe, Arizona, merely looked on as the 34-year-old homeless man drowned to death. City of TempeSean Bickings was 34. Sean Bickings, an unhoused Arizona man, drowned in Tempe Town Lake on May 28, 2022 — while three police officers watched. Transcripts of the incident indicate that the officers refused to help — and even ordered his frantic wife to “chill out.” According to CBS News, police responded to a call about a disturbance shortly after 5 a....

The 19th-century town of Rockport was abandoned after the construction of the Wanship Dam in 1952. Devon DeweyPlummeting water levels have revealed faint traces of the former town known as Rockport. A devastating drought in Utah has lowered reservoir levels across the state. The receding water has revealed lost cars, an entire canyon, and, between Park City and Coalville, the ghostly remains of a former town. Since 1952, the town — once called Rockport — has been submerged in water....