Egypt unveils hidden tunnel inside Great Pyramid of Giza
Smartshots International/Getty Images(CAIRO, Egypt) — A nine-meter long hidden passageway was discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt’s tourism minister Ahmed Issa announced on Thursday.
The function of the corridor near the main entrance …
Jay Leno shows off his “brand-new face” on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’
NBCUniversal/Weiss EubanksJay Leno made an appearance on Wednesday’s installment of The Kelly Clarkson Show and talked about his recovery from that fiery garage accident in November of last year that left him with serious burns to his face, and body.
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Michigan attorney general says she was target of plot to kill Jewish state officials
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was the target of a plot to kill Jewish state officials, she tweeted Wednesday.
“The FBI has confirmed I was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this m…
Hidden dangers on Easter Island: The hunt for microplastics
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The deep blue waters, shimmering cliffs and palm tree-lined beaches of Easter Island face a growing threat: plastic.
“So now there are some things that belonged to this beach. For example, the rock belonged to this beach. The she…
In Brief: Busy Philipps moves to ‘Mean Girls’ movie, and more
Deadline reports Daisy Ridley, best known for playing Rey in the J.J. Abrams Star Wars trilogy, has been tapped to star in The Better Liar, a drama series based on Tanen Jones’ book of the same name, in development at Amazon. Ridley will also executive…
The economy has delivered good news. Are recession fears over?
Anton Petrus/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Growing recession alarm at the outset of this year warned of a coming business slowdown and significant job losses — until a government report last month showed that unemployment stands at its lowest level in mor…
Two survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre become citizens of Ghana, foundation says
Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Two survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre became Ghanaian citizens, the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, Inc. announced on Tuesday.
Viola Ford Fletcher, 108, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102, are the oldest Afri…
Stabbing at California high school leaves one student dead, another wounded
mbbirdy/Getty Images(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) — One teenager was killed and another was wounded in a stabbing at a California high school on Wednesday, authorities said.
The incident unfolded around 11 a.m. PT at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa, abou…
Sixteen-year-old snowboarder lands history-making trick at world championships
Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Mia Brookes making history at the Snowboarding Freestyle World Championships!
The 16-year-old freestyle snowboarder became the youngest ever snowboarding world champ…
Trump and more 2024 hopefuls gather for CPAC — but other big names stay away
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) traces back to 1974 and touts itself as “the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world,” but observers say its …