Brazil says thousands of babies have been born with abnormally small heads --- since October. The health system is struggling to cope with the outbreak linked to the Zika virus - which is spread by mosquitoes. The rare brain defect affects the babies' physical and mental development. The disease has...

Elizabeth Taylor was Married Eight Times, Twice to Richard Burton, as follows:
Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (May 6, 1950 -- January 29, 1951) (divorced):
Her wedding gown was auctioned in June 2013 at Cristie's in London for $188,000.00 US Dollars.
Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 -- January 26, 1957...

A theme song for breast cancer awareness month, October 2011 by Steven Sterling. A Song for anybody affected direct or indirectly by cancer. Lyrically it speaks of Hope, Faith and Love whilst musically it competed as the South African entry for the World Peace Song Festival in Italy. The "Take my ...

Matt Terry is the winner of the X Factor contest 2016. His single, "His Car", was released on 22 March 2024. The single dealt with the singer opening up about being gay. On 1 October 2023, Terry announced his first single in over 4 years titled "You Don't Know Nothing" available on 13 October 202...

After weeks of uncertainty about its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Israel has released a video for its entry, “Hurricane,” a reworking of an earlier song called “October Rain” that was rejected for being too political. The European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, reported

Yom Kippur 5775, is celebrate on Saturday, October 4th, 2014. Note that in the Jewish calendar, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Jews will celebrate Yom Kippur on the sunset of Friday, October 3rd,2014. It is a day of remembrance for loved ones who died.Yom Kippur (H

In this profile which originally aired on October 20, 1982, Charles Osgood meets the subway graffiti artist whose paintings took Soho by storm.

The song "Prayer of the Mothers", was born as a result of an alliance made between singer-songwriter Yael Deckelbaum, and a group of courageous women, leading the movement of “Women Wage Peace”.
The movement arose on summer 2014 during the escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians,

In October 2010 the Nobel Prize for Physics was won by Andre Geim and Constantin Novoselov at Manchester University for their work on graphene "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene" but if you are left wondering just what graphene is then watch this video. J...

October 18 - 27 Fortezza da Basso in Florence Biennal, Maurizio Battifora exhibited several works of art depicting his pountillism technique.