Virginia honors first non-binary Eagle Scout in 100 years

Salute from a transgender scout: Virginia honors first non-binary Eagle Scout in 100 years who received the coveted accolade alongside big brother Jacquelyn ‘Jack’ Cooper, 15, of Blacksburg, has earned Eagle Scout designation  They were the first in the region to earn highest rank, attaining it in 22 months Only males could join organisation until … Read more

Wimbledon quarter final: Ajla Tomljanović takes on Ash Barty in all-Australian match up

Ajla Tomljanović was first inspired to pick up a racquet when she was just six years old, hoping to join in on the fun between her older sister and handball champion father. She trained in her hometown of Brisbane for years before moving to Florida when she was 13 to improve her game and developed … Read more

Virginia mom who survived Maoist China’s purge slams Critical Race Theory

 A Virginia mom who grew up in Maoist China has slammed Critical Race Theory (CRT) during a contentious school board meeting on Wednesday.  Xi Van Fleet told members of the Loudoun County School Board that she is ‘very alarmed’ by the teaching of CRT, which she says ‘trains children to be social justice warriors and … Read more

US Navy pilots saw UFOs off the coast of Virginia so frequently they got used to them

Pilots for the U.S. Navy saw UFOs off the coast of Virginia so frequently they got used to them despite them ‘watching us’ every day, a new report claims. Former Navy Lieutenant Ryan Graves called the unidentified aerial phenomena a threat to national security in an interview with 60 Minutes that will air on Sunday.  Graves’ F/A-18 … Read more

Moment ‘drunk’ man gets into the wrong car and can’t work out why his key is not working

Moment ‘drunk’ man gets into the wrong car and can’t work out why his key is not working ‘Drunk’ man is seen unlocking his car before climbing into an identical vehicle The unidentified man fumbles with the key fails to realise he is in the wrong car  After being unable to start car he spots his … Read more

Less is more! Human brains struggle to be minimalist, scientists say

Human brains struggle to take ideas or elements away from designs, such as from a blueprint of a building – and instead tend to add more, a new study reveals.  In experiments, participants tasked with making a Lego Duplo building stronger tended to add more bricks rather than take them away. In another computerised task, … Read more

Less is more! Human brains struggle to subtract, scientists say

Human brains struggle to take ideas or elements away from designs, such as a bricks in blueprint of a building – and instead tend to add more, a new study reveals.  In experiments, participants tasked with making a Lego Duplo building stronger tended to add more bricks rather than take them away. In another computerised … Read more

Virginia man’s ‘skin peeled off’ after J&J Covid vaccine    

A 74-year-old Virginia man broke out into a scarlet red rash after getting Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine.  What began as a slight ‘discomfort’ under Richard Terrell’s arm four days after his vaccination quickly escalated into an itchy, swollen flush covering most of his body.   ‘It all happened so fast. My skin peeled off,’ … Read more

NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes first water drop test in preparation for Artemis I launch in Nov

NASA conducted its first splash test for the Orion spacecraft in advance of the upcoming Artemis lunar missions. Cameras captured the 11-foot capsule dropping into the ‘hydro impact basin,’ a large tank of water at Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia.  However, the drop was hardly a long fall -the … Read more

Oscar-nominated actor George Segal dies at age 87

Oscar-nominated actor George Segal dies at age 87 ‘due to complications from bypass surgery’ By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com Published: 01:23 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 01:23 GMT, 24 March 2021 George Segal, the Oscar-nominated actor who sparred with Richard Burton in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, romanced Glenda Jackson in A Touch of … Read more