LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament backed a new bill to allow assisted dying on Friday, kicking off months of wrangling over a possible legal change that has sparked a national conversation about dignity in death and end-of-life care. In an initial approval of the bill, 330 lawmakers voted in favour with 275 against…
Politely hidden behind construction hoarding, razor wire and a gauze of scaffolding, “Our Lady of Paris” has been healing. Five years after the flames roared and the world held its breath, Notre Dame cathedral is coming back to life. It’s like a miracle. Even to us who are so often at the cathedral, it doesn’t take the charm away, and it becomes more beautiful by the day,” said Philippe Jost, head of the movement to rebuild Notre Dame, November. “There is a Sistine…
A major renovation that has taken place recently and has changed the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum into an innovative museum of the state’s maritime history is being awarded nationally. The Hatteras museum, which is a branch of the North Carolina Maritime Museum System under the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has been selected…
When strolling around the territory of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, nobody would guess that pawpaws – the largest edible fruit indigenous to North America – may grow wild there alongside graves. Walk a little further into the cemetery and American persimmons hang over the tombs. It may not sound like the most obvious place in…
Federal prosecutors unveiled charges on Wednesday against Bahamian police officers and other top officials of Bahamian police accused of facilitating the smuggling of cocaine into the United States for years for a fee. Police and military officials from the island country are said to have facilitated the drug trade “in every way possible,” according to…
Editor’s note: The information presented in this article is related to suicide. If you or someone you know is in distress or in a crisis, there is support. Dial, text, or type 988 or visit www.bbcnews.co.in. The search for a missing Hawaii woman in Los Angeles has turned tragic on Sunday after the father of…
Brisbane, Australia Kirra Pendergast speaks to thousands of teenagers annually in her capacity as a cyber safety educator. She knows what they do on it – texting, bullying, sextortion, threats – but nothing could have prepared her for the aggression she received this month from a group of 12 and 13 year olds. She had…
The sheriff’s office says the plane went down on Saturday during a training exercise mission. FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Two people died and one more sustained critical injuries in The Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado on Saturday during a training flight. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, Larimer County Emergency Services and other partners…
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his choice for U.S. attorney general following Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal of his nomination. Trump announced late Thursday that he would nominate Bondi to become the nation’s top law-enforcement officer, citing her work as a prosecutor. “Pam was a prosecutor for nearly…
A dead oarfish found along the Southern California coast marks the state’s third sighting of the so-called “doomsday fish” this year. The roughly 10-foot oarfish was found on Nov. 6. at a beach in Encinitas, roughly 25 miles north of San Diego. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography said PhD candidate Alison Laferriere spotted the fish…
