J.K. Rowling, the pen name of Joanne Rowling, was born on this day in history on July 31, 1965. The British author is the creator of the wildly popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter book series, about a young sorcerer-in-training, as Britannica.com and other sources note. The “K” stands for Kathleen, her paternal grandmother’s name,...
Police say a third child is dead after a 17-year-old boy went on a stabbing spree at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class for young children in the United Kingdom on Monday. The girl, aged 9, died of her injuries early Tuesday, the BBC reported. Five other children and two adults remain in critical condition at...
The English town of Southport was the scene of clashes between protesters and police the day after the death of at least three girls in a mass stabbing inflicted by an unnamed 17-year-old male.The victims, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Bebe King, 6, were attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class at...
Two children have died and nine others have been injured Monday in the United Kingdom after a 17-year-old carried out a stabbing spree at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class for young children, police say. Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said six of the children injured in the attack that happened around noon in Southport...
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor’s cause of death has been revealed a year after she died. The Irish Independent reported that O’Connor’s death certificate showed she died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Her death is noted on the certificate as “exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low grade...
Thousands of rubber ducks raced to the finish line in central London on Thursday, July 25, in an event supporting Cosmic Charity, who look after babies and children in intensive care. After being launched off a nearby bridge and into the canal, staff on paddle boards helped propel the rubber ducks down a 100-meter stretch...
The victims of trans ideology are many. As Elon Musk’s revelation Monday in an interview with Dr. Jordan Peterson showed, the harms inflicted spread even beyond the children who, cruelly convinced they were born “wrong,” mutilate their bodies and risk permanent infertility. The “woke mind virus,” as christened by Musk, has a horrific impact on...
On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown was born in the United Kingdom and her birth quickly caught the media’s attention, as she was the world’s first “test tube baby.” In other words, Brown was the first baby born through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Her mother Leslie and father Peter suffered from infertility due to...
Newly elected British leader Keir Starmer faced a House of Commons milestone on Wednesday, fielding lawmakers’ queries at the boisterous weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session. It was the first such session since Starmer’s Labour Party won a landslide election victory on July 4, returning to power after 14 years. The center-left party won 412 of...
Many analysts assert that the rise of populist, right-wing movements are threatening democracy. But based on my recent travels overseas from the Middle East to western and central Europe, I believe that the election results reflect not so much a popular swing to the right, but rather, a growing frustration with incumbent governments. True, the...
