We’ve all been singing along with Dolly Parton for decades. But if you want to know the truth about her, know this: She works way more than just 9 to 5. Even with a half-century of music behind her, the glitzy, big-haired queen of country glamour is still at it 24/7, still writing her a…
The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists. That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later, they suggested. Scientists are still piecing…
Originally broadcast on February 10, 2019. We’ve all been singing along with Dolly Parton for decades. But if you want to know the truth about her, know this: She works way more than just 9 to 5. Even with a half-century of music behind her, the glitzy, big-haired queen of country glamour is still at…
New Delhi — Glaciers in the Hindu Kush region of the Himalaya mountains are melting at the fastest rate ever and could shed as much as 80% of their ice by the end of this century if global warming continues unchecked, a group of international scientists warned in an alarming new report. The study says…
Washington — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook defended herself against allegations from the Trump administration that she made misrepresentations on mortgage documents, arguing in a new letter that she has “never committed mortgage fraud.” In the letter to the White House dated Wednesday, Abbe Lowell, Cook’s lawyer, said that attempting to fire Cook on the…
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia in the 1990s, has died in prison at age 84, the Serbian state RTS television and the official Bosnian Serb television reported. The reports said Mladic died in a U.N. prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. A family member of Mladic, who spoke on…
Tributes continue to pour in for Dolly Parton after her death at 80. Skyler Henry spoke with Eugene Naughton, president of The Dollywood Company, who said Parton had “never forgotten how to serve others.” Source link
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97. Kusama died Aug. 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama Studio said. “She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and…
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Minnesota’s request for a temporary restraining order to halt the release of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent sought for extradition in a shooting earlier this year in north Minneapolis amid Operation Metro Surge, and then lying about the circumstances under oath. The shooting occurred the night of Jan….
Dolly Parton had a way with words — rhyming them in catchy melodies and making people laugh with her wit. The beloved star is being remembered for her kindness, talent and humor following her death at the age of 80 on Tuesday. Parton wasn’t shy about making jokes about herself or commenting on her signature…
