Monty Python row erupts as John Cleese claims Eric Idle 'can't be trusted'

It was a huge hit on stage, TV and film but Monty Python is seemingly 'dead' and has ceased to be as a comedy project ...
The Washington Examiner

One in four dead football players had CTE. Why are we still flying blind?

A fall chill is in the air, football season is underway, and the Ice Bucket Challenge — a throwback to 2014 — is back in the news. Former NFL star Chris Johnson, who recently revealed that he is ...
Daily Mail

‘It's practically impossible for this to happen’: Final hours of high-flying couple found dead near hot tub of their luxury Spanish holiday villa... as firm who sold it ...

With its panoramic views over the Mediterranean, and absolute privacy, the ground floor spa facilities of the luxury cliff-top villa, in a quaint Spanish coastal village, must have been a draw for ...
NPR

Eric Idle of Monty Python talks about his book, 'Idle in Provence'

Eric Idle, a founding member of Monty Python, bought a shack in France in 1971. Decades later, the shack is a "shackeau," he says. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Idle about his book "Idle in Provence." ...
Reuters

Greek F-4 crashes during air show near Athens, two pilots dead, sources say

ATHENS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A Greek two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter ‌jet crashed on Saturday during an air show at Tanagra air base north of Athens, killing the pilots, two officials told Reuters.
The Conversation

Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn’t it feel that way?

A commercial airplane crash can change how people behave long after the immediate tragedy. News outlets replay the images, people affected share their harrowing stories, and an extraordinarily rare ...
nytimes.com

Critically Endangered Parrots Enjoy Baby Boom After Mating Frenzy

There are now 325 kakapos in New Zealand, the largest population of the giant, flightless parrot species in decades, conservationists said. By John Yoon A baby boom among kakapos, a critically ...
The News-Messenger

Sandusky County judge with no law license may still be on ballot

FREMONT – The Sandusky County prosecutor advised the Board of Elections to keep Jon Ickes’ name on the November general election ballot despite the suspension of his law license by the Ohio Supreme ...
New York Post

Exotic bird gets high-flying rescue from SF balcony — as parrots flock to celebrate

A wild parrot seemingly wore a sheepish grin after San Francisco firefighters rescued the bird from a perilous predicament. One of the famed “wild parrots of Telegraph Hill” — the colorful birds known ...
NBC News

Record baby boom brings world’s heaviest parrot back from the brink

There’s been a baby boom among one of the world’s most endangered parrot species — and officials in New Zealand are squawking about it. A record 90 chicks have been added to the count of the ...
KIMT

Do Portugal Circus brings high-flying acts, international performers to Rochester

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KIMT) — The sights and sounds of the circus are filling the air at Apache Mall as the Do Portugal Circus makes its stop in Rochester. The fifth-generation family circus is bringing a ...
KSL

'We thought he was dead': 5-month-old shih tzu wanders home after a week in the desert

CEDAR CITY — A 5-month-old shih tzu is home with its family after being lost for a week in the rugged, desert landscape of the Utah/Nevada border, and the owners are now calling him "Miracle Monty." ...