Nearly all of the children vomited or fainted after eating the porridge. One student died after being hospitalized for 10 months.
Author: Joshua Bote, USA TODAY
Eight people in Indonesia who refused to wear face masks ordered to dig graves for COVID-19 victims as punishment
“There are only three available gravediggers at the moment, so I thought I might as well put these people to work with them,” an official said.
Jessica Krug, the professor who pretended to be Black, resigns from George Washington University
Her resignation was announced by the university in a tweet explaining that her classes for the semester “will be taught by other faculty members.”
Philadelphia mayor apologizes after viral photo shows him dining indoors in Maryland despite city ban
Kenney apologized in a tweet Monday, explaining that he felt “the risk was low because the county he visited had fewer than 800 COVID-19 cases.”
Stressed-out elephants at this zoo in Poland are being given CBD oil
After an elephant died at the Warsaw Zoo, workers noticed signs of depression among the herd. So they’re giving them CBD oil to help them de-stress.
A new law in Germany will require dogs to be walked twice a day
It can’t just be for a quick stroll down the block either: Dogs must be taken outside twice for at least an hour every day.
California is on fire: What are fire whirls, fire tornadoes, fire clouds and running crown fires?
Firenadoes may have hit the news recently. But there are a few other scary fire phenomena that are just as concerning for firefighters and experts.
A parasite feasts on a fish’s tongue until it’s gone. Don’t worry, humans can’t get it.
When it latches itself onto the fish’s tongue, it feeds on the tongue’s blood vessels until it replaces the tongue. But it’s nothing to worry about.
Salt Lake City police will stop using K9s on suspects after video shows dog biting Black man repeatedly
Salt Lake City has suspended the K9 officer seen in a video showing him commanding his dog to repeatedly bite a Black man.
Be polite and be safe when delivery workers or repair people come to your home without a mask
There’s a fine line between preserving your safety and and not raising tensions with a stranger. Here’s how to navigate such situations.