Five minority teenagers known as the Central Park Five were charged with the assault and rape of Trisha Meili and spent years behind bars. But here's what really happened. John Pedin/NY Daily News Archive/Getty ImagesKorey Wise in court for the case of the Central Park jogger. Oct. 10, 1989.
The case of Central Park jogger Trisha Meili, which ended in the conviction of “The Central Park Five,” was a prime example of not only the rampant crime in 1980s New York City but of also the rampant racism that led to the improper incarceration of these minority youths.
The zoo is hoping that by adding the eight cursing African grey parrots to a larger flock, their swearing will become "diluted." Steve NicholsCaptain the African grey parrot is one of the eight birds known for his foul language.
African grey parrots are known for their intelligence, social nature, and capacity to learn words. But this last ability has proven to be a problem for Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in Friskney, England, where eight parrots spew such foul swear words that the zoo has had to post a warning sign.
Even though her parents forbade her to go on the trip, Brittanee Drexel went anyway — and three days later, she vanished outside her friend’s hotel.The maddening disappearance of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in 2009 left her friends, family, and investigators in shock. In April of that year, the Rochester native had secretly left New York for a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she vanished.
A cheerful teen who excelled at soccer, Drexel had reportedly grown increasingly depressed in the months leading up to her disappearance.
The swords, coins, and other items were discovered in the German state of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania.dpa picture alliance/Alamy Stock PhotoDetlef Jantzen, State Archaeologist of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Bettina Martin (SPD), Minister for Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, view the latest archaeological finds from the state.
Volunteer archaeologists made a number of stunning finds while working in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania last year: fragments of seven Bronze Age swords that they were able to reconstruct, thousands of 11th-century coins, and a trove of jewels, pottery, even more coins, and two reliquary containers.
Seven-year-old Ravindranath was so aggravated by the strange swelling and pain in his jaw that his parents took him to the hospital. Surely, they never could've predicted this.Saveetha Dental CollegeThe large, hard structure containing the hundreds of teeth can be seen at the bottom left of this x-ray. Doctors removed it and cut it open to find the 526 teeth.
When Ravindranath complained about an uncomfortable swelling in his mouth, the seven-year-old’s parents immediately feared it was mouth cancer.