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Several passengers on a Delta Airlines flight from Las Vegas fell ill after getting trapped on the tarmac during a heat wave. On Monday, Delta had to cancel Flight 555 from Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport to Atlanta after passengers began to get sick on board. At least five passengers passed out.  With temperatures around 111 degrees, grounded passengers began to faint and soil themselves, forcing flight attendants to administer oxygen. First responders used stretchers to wheel passengers and at least one flight attendant off the plane, according to NBC news. While federal policies mandate that passengers must be allowed off of a plane after three hours of waiting, there are no laws concerning heat. Extreme summer heat has created similar circumstances in the past. In 2017, a baby went limp on a sweltering United Airlines flight, The attendants assured the mother that the cabin would cool once the plane was in the air, but the heat was already too much fo...

 You see and hear these brand names almost every day, and I know you wondered what they mean. To answer your curiosities, we brought to you a very informative list that explains meanings of the world’s most popular brands. Have a good read. 1. Nike: Nike naturally appeals to athletes that have first place in their sights. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek goddess of victory. 2. Addidas: Contrary to popular belief, Addidas does not mean "All Day I Dream About Sports", instead it is a portmanteau of the founder's name, Adolf (Adi) Dassler.  3. Samsung: In Korean, 'sam' means three and 'sung' means star. So Samsung literally means three stars.  4. Sony: 'Sonus' is the latin word for sound, but the name also comes from the owners considering themselves 'sonny2 boys', a borrowed word in Japanese that suggests 'smart young men'. 5. Amazon:  Jeff Bezos got the name of his brand after searching through the dictionary. He settled at amaz...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Abia state, Okey Ahaiwe, is challenging the validity of Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party’s nomination prior to the state governorship election over the latter’s presentation of a letter purportedly from the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), court documents have shown.   In the court filing seen by Peoples Gazette, Friday Mr Ahiwe’s lawyers said his team would argue that Mr Otti “was at the time of the election not qualified to contest the election by reason of the fact that he failed to submit his NYSC discharge certificate” to INEC when completing his nomination form. Mr Otti presented a letter to INEC which was purportedly written in 1992 and appeared to certify the politician as having completed his mandatory one-year national service in Lagos. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, he has not been able to receive his certificate of national service,” the letter, which appeared to have been generated...

I Only Moved The Car From Abuja To Delta State — Man Who Absconded With N55m Benz During Test Drive Denies Being A Car Th!ef  He said: “I’m from Ughelli in Delta State, but I live in Abuja. I’m into foreign exchange and bureau de change business. I have been doing this for seven years. I started along that line when I was in secondary school. My business is at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, so I used to shuttle between there and Nigeria. I started it there in 2021. I returned from Instabul in May after the general elections” On how he got into police custody, he said: “I was arrested on July 6 for car theft after I was tracked by the police. Actually, I moved the car from Abuja to Delta State. "I didn’t steal the car, but it was not mine. What happened was that I got the owner’s contact from an online platform (name withheld). He posted the car’s picture on the platform, putting it up for sale. When I called him to indicate an interest, he told me to come for the car inspection. He was...

  Construction workers have unearthed a white marble head in the historic center of Rome. The impressive piece, which is thought to be part of a statue of a female divinity, was discovered in a foundation uncovered during the works for the “redevelopment of the Mausoleum of Augustus and Piazza Augusto Imperatore.” Posting a picture of the mud-covered relic on Twitter, Mayor Roberto Gualtieri wrote: “Roma continues to return precious evidence of its past: a splendid intact marble head was found during the works in Piazza Augusto Imperatore.” Gualtieri went on to add that archaeologists and restorers are now “busy cleaning and studying the find.”

  Majesty Williams was abducted by her own mother 2 years ago. She was 4 years old then. More than two years after she was allegedly abducted and taken to Mexico, Majesty Williams, now 6, was reunited with her father in Atlanta, USA this weekend. At the time of the alleged abduction, the couple was already estranged, Williams later told police, so he spent time working in the yard while the mother visited Majesty. Later that day, he realized that McCord had allegedly left in his car with their child. He eventually received a text message from McCord saying his car was at a nearby grocery store and the keys were under the seat. Williams reported his daughter missing to local police. The investigation conducted jointly by Smyrna Police Department, NCMEC and the U.S. Marshals Service took more than two years. A break in the case finally came Saturday when McCord and her boyfriend, Custodio Guerra, were located in San Luis Potosi, an eastern and central Mexican state, where they were l...

  Did you know that there are natural pesticides that are less harmful than others; posing zero risks when in contact with humans, plants and birds? Pyrethrums are one of the world's oldest natural pesticides, providing repulsion to insects like the mosquito, flies, ants, fleas, moths. They contain active ingredients that serve as poison for cold-blooded vertebrates and insects. Surprisingly, their active ingredients have recorded zero problems in humans making them suitable for household and livestock sprays. Their downsides are however their toxicity to aquatic life including aquatic invertebrates. In their wet forms, ingestion into the bodies of sea animals would result to death. Tanzania, in East Africa, is the largest producer of pyrethrum.