Georgia woman dies after getting stuck in conveyor while trying to recover AirPod
An American woman has died after getting caught in a conveyor while trying to recover an AirPod she dropped under it, authorities say. Alyssa Drinkard, 21, dropped the AirPod below the conveyor while on shift at a plant for Club Car in Georgia at around 9.45pm on Friday, according to an incident report from the […]
Body found in San Diego freezer may be that of woman missing for nine years
A body found in a freezer last month may have been that of a woman who has been missing or dead for up to nine years, police in the US have said. The body was discovered by “out-of-town” family members who were visiting a residence in San Diego. Police have now named the dead woman […]
Sandra Day O’Connor: First woman on US Supreme Court dies aged 93
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, has died at the age of 93. She was appointed by Republican ex-president Ronald Reagan in 1981 and retired from America’s highest court in 2006. Ms O’Connor died in Phoenix of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness, the court […]
Florida: Woman whose remains were found in alligator’s mouth identified by police
Police have identified a woman whose remains were found in the mouth of a 13 ft alligator in Florida. The body of 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham was pulled from a canal in Largo, about 20 miles west of Tampa, after a witness spotted her in the alligator’s mouth, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. The animal […]
Court rules woman, 73, who took part in Charles Manson killings should be released on parole
A 73-year-old woman who took part in two killings on the orders of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969 should be released from prison on parole, a Californian appeals court has ruled. Leslie Van Houten is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and […]
Florida woman wins $2m after spending life savings on daughter’s breast cancer treatment
Geraldine Gimblet claimed the top prize in a $2m scratch card lottery. But when she went to buy the card, the shop assistant told her they didn’t have any left. “I asked him to double check because I like the crossword games the best. He found the last one!” she told Florida lottery officials in […]
Woman jailed after trying to kill lookalike in New York with poisoned cheesecake
A ‘ruthless and calculating’ woman has been jailed for 21 years for trying to kill her friend in the US with a poisoned cheesecake to steal her identity. Viktoria Nasyrova was found guilty of attempted murder by a New York jury in February. The 47-year-old took the sedative-laced dessert to Olga Tsvyk’s New York City […]
The FBI investigates the “suspicious death” of a woman on a Carnival cruise
The FBI is investigating the “suspicious death” of a female passenger aboard the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship, the agency announced in a press release Sunday. The woman was found unconscious during the ship’s voyage February 27 to Nassau, Bahamas, the Federal Bureau of Investigation field office in Columbia, South Carolina, said. Medical personnel and crew […]
A woman who disappeared more than 30 years ago and who was believed to be dead was found in a nursing home in Puerto Rico
A Pennsylvania woman who disappeared more than 30 years ago and was believed dead by her family was recently found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico, her family and police said at a news conference Thursday. Patricia Kopta, now 83, was last seen in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1992, according to a […]
Priscilla La Ruffera Knows What It’s Like To Be a Woman in the World of Construction: That is Why She Started PLR Construction
The world in which we live has long been undergoing incessant changes in all areas–economic, social, political, entertainment and many more. What was once considered activities destined to be performed exclusively by men can now also be carried out by women, since they have the skills and qualities necessary to perform equally or better. Priscilla […]
