LIMA—Peru’s Andean mountains may hold the secret to longevity and the world’s oldest-ever person, if a new claim by state officials of a 124-year-old man born in 1900 are proven to be true. The country’s government has claimed that local resident Marcelino Abad from the central Peruvian region of Huanuco is 124, which would make […]
VATRY, France—A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed Monday for India with 276 Indians aboard, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to Nicaragua but were instead blocked inside a rural French airport for four days in an exceptional holiday ordeal. Associated Press reporters outside the Vatry Airport in Champagne […]
ST. CHARLES, Mo.—Three men held a student from India captive over the course of several months and forced him to work and perform menial tasks, then viciously beat him when he didn’t complete the chores to their satisfaction, a Missouri prosecutor said Thursday. St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph McCulloch announced charges against Venkutesh Sattaru, […]
A top U.S. Department of Defense official has reportedly been arrested following a two-day human trafficking sting conducted in Coweta County, Georgia. Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg was arrested on Nov. 16—on the last day of the two-day operation—and charged with pandering, which is paying for or attempting to pay for sex and is a […]
Authorities are investigating after a human torso was discovered lying on a New York City beach. The torso was found Friday at Breezy Point Beach in Queens, the New York City Police Department said in a statement. Police responded to a 911 call about the remains being spotted at about 12:21 p.m. Friday, the statement […]
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, officials said Tuesday. The Coast Guard said that the recovery and transfer of remaining parts was completed last Wednesday, […]
Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink has received approval from an independent review board and hospital to begin recruiting for the first ever human trials of its brain implant for paralysis patients. In a press release, Neuralink said it has begun recruiting patients with quadriplegia owing to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) […]
SCRANTON, Pa.—A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the theft and sale of human body parts taken from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary. Jeremy Pauley, 41, of Thompson, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan—A disbarred Chinese human rights lawyer has been forced to move 13 times in two months as part of a pattern of harassment against him and three other prominent rights advocates in Beijing that is further squeezing the country’s battered civil rights community. Wang Quanzhang said he is now living in a borrowed apartment […]
MEXICO CITY—Authorities in western Mexico have told families of eight missing youths that among the human remains found in dozens of bags in a gorge on the outskirts of Guadalajara were some that preliminarily appeared to match characteristics of some of the missing young people. The Jalisco state prosecutor’s office said in a statement late […]
WASHINGTON—The relationship between the human mind and body has been a subject that has challenged great thinkers for millennia, including the philosophers Aristotle and Descartes. The answer, however, appears to reside in the very structure of the brain. Researchers said on Wednesday they have discovered that parts of the brain region called the motor cortex […]
What happens when we die? A new show by NTD Television sets out to explore answers to this question, and other great questions about humanity: Who are we as human beings? Where did we come from? What’s our afterlife like? “Mysteries of Life,” a weekly series, investigates the mysteries of the universe, time, and humanity. […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—A skull found in 1997 in a remote part of Alaska’s Interior belongs to a New York man whose death was likely caused by a bear mauling, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Investigators used genetic genealogy to help identify the remains as those of Gary Frank Sotherden, according to a statement Thursday from […]
BUCHAREST—Internet personality Andrew Tate will remain in police custody until Feb. 27 after a Bucharest court rejected his appeal against his detention on Wednesday. Tate, his brother Tristan, and two Romanian female suspects have been in police custody since Dec. 29 pending a criminal investigation into alleged human trafficking and rape and charges of forming […]
NORTH LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested and raided the home of a former “Dances With Wolves” actor turned alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting young Indigenous girls during a period spanning two decades, according to police records obtained by The Associated Press. Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, who goes by Nathan Chasing […]
BUCHAREST—A Romanian court ordered late on Tuesday that internet personality Andrew Tate, his brother and two other suspects remain in Romanian police custody for a full 30 days pending a criminal inquiry into alleged human trafficking. Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects were detained by Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors on Dec. 29 […]
New York has become the sixth U.S. state to legalize the composting of human bodies, also known as terramation or natural organic reduction, that proponents say can help fight climate change. Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, signed legislation on Dec. 31 legalizing the composting of human remains, The Associated Press reports. The legislation was initially introduced by New York State […]
Vietnam has won a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2023-2025 term with 145 votes, despite the country’s abysmal human rights violations. The Southeast Asian nation was one of the 14 new council members voted by the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, marking its second election to the council. Vietnam […]
