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Taking a ‘bucket list’ vacation both fun and frustrating
Suzanne Killian NIAGARA, Wis. — My husband and I have wanted to drive the Lake Superior Circle Tour for as many years as I can remember. We decided that we were going to fulfill that wish this year, before we got any older. Well, it was an...

News Bits: Beignets, Notre Dame, Jerry's Main Lunch
CAFE BEIGNETS Tammy Christofferson Stewart now lives in Cedar Rapids, but is originally from Burlington. She attended Notre Dame before her family moved to Oklahoma during her freshman year, then moved back when she was 19. She’d attended St....

Gattuso’s Italy Make Perfect Start With Dominant Victory Over Estonia
September 05, (THEWILL) — Italy claimed an emphatic 5-0 victory over Estonia in World Cup qualifying at Bergamo on Friday, giving new head coach Gennaro Gattuso the perfect start to his tenure. The comprehensive win leaves the Azzurri six points...

Norway Royal Scandal: Crown Princess' Son Charged With Rape, Assault In 32-Count Indictment
Last Updated:August 18, 2025, 19:37 IST Marius Borg Hoiby, who holds no royal title but became a public figure after his mother married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001 Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo. (AP file...

Norway Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s Son Marius Borg Hoiby Charged With 32 Offences, Including 4 Rapes
Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship, has been charged with 32 criminal offences, including four counts of rape, domestic violence, and multiple assaults, prosecutors announced on Monday,...

Disease Spreads In Somalia As Funding Cuts Leave 300,000 Without Safe Water
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) OSLO, Norway, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- Hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been cut off from safe water supplies in recent months due to severe humanitarian funding shortfalls, putting entire communities...

The Role of The Xihuang Pill in Inhibiting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Through Immunogenic Cell Death
1The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Tai’an, Shandong, People’s Republic of...

Norway has a high sickness absence rate – yet some of the lowest unemployment in Europe
THIS CONTENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY Oslo Metropolitan University - read more Contrary to worries, Norway’s supportive sick leave policy keeps people healthy and financially secure while supporting a robust workforce. Norway has the highest rate of...

Norway summer camp teaches kids about colonial America
NORWAY, Mich. (WLUC) - Kids turned back time by dancing and marching in Norway on Sunday. The Jake Menghini Historical Museum held a week-long Early America Summer Camp. On Sunday, 16 campers set up shops to share what they learned from 1700s to...

American journalist survives with broken pelvis, thigh bone, and torn arms in Norway mountains
During his vacation in Norway, American journalist Alec Lunn decided at the end of July to extend his stay to explore Folgefonna National Park in the southwestern part of the country and get closer to an impressive glacier. A veteran mountaineer,...

Breaking Baz: ‘Sentimental Value’ Breakthrough Star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Finds The Spotlight In Neon’s Awards-Season Hopeful – TIFF
EXCLUSIVE: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas is the quiet sister, Agnes, opposite Renate Reinsve’s louder, more histrionic older sibling Nora in Joachim Trier’s unbelievably brilliant Cannes Grand Prix winner Sentimental Value. “Agnes is the diplomat of the...

Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase, CFR: The cerebral scholar in police uniform
Opinion By Prof. Mike Ozekhome, SAN IN the quiet dawn of August 31, 2025, Nigeria lost a towering uniformed figure whose life was a testament to national service, unwavering dedication to duty, intellectual sagacity and an unyielding commitment to...
Advanz Pharma & Alvotech receive European approval for Mynzepli, biosimilar to Eylea in a pre─filled syringe and vial
Alvotech, a global biotech company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide and Advanz Pharma Holdco Limited (Advanz Pharma), a UK headquartered global pharmaceutical company with a strategic...
Health Tasting Table The Truth About Lobsters Feeling Pain When They're Boiled
There is a paradox that some people struggle with when they eat meat: It is a contradiction to value the life of animals while still choosing to eat meat. On paper, it doesn't sound logical, but many people live this way. For some, it is simply a...

Important warning issued over Government Emergency Alert test
A professor specialising in emergencies and disaster science has issued an important message ahead of the Government's alert test this weekend. Dr Rowena Hill, of Nottingham Trent University, said that although the trial is important, the UK needs...

Here is one of the reasons APGA is absolutely right in its support for Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, says he supports President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The chairman of the party, Sly Ezeokenwa, says the party’s support of President...

Broken leg, no phone, no water: US journalist survives six days in Norway’s wilds
Alec Luhn set out on what was meant to be a challenging but exhilarating four-day solo hike across Norway’s glacier-filled Folgefonna National Park. But what began as an adventure quickly turned into a harrowing survival story. A slip on a...

Estonia holds off Italy for nearly an hour before 5–0 World Cup qualifier loss
Estonia's men's national football team went down 5–0 away against Italy on Friday evening, in their Group I World Cup qualifying match. Kick off was at 9.45 p.m. Estonian time, and ETV2 coverage started at 9.30 p.m. All of Italy's goals at the...

Islander John Geyman, MD, addresses national health care in new book
Retired doctor, John Geyman, MD, recently published his 24th book about the nation’s health care system titled: “Growing Costs of U.S. Health Care – Corporate Power vs. Human Rights – Is Reform Finally Within Reach?” The book makes a strong case...

Neurosurgeon cites 'rays of hope' for a 12-year-old girl critically injured in Minneapolis church shooting
A neurosurgeon has said there are 'rays of hope' for a 12-year-old girl who was critically injured in the shooting at a Minneapolis church last month. Sophia Forchas was the most seriously wounded child among those who survived the brutal August...