A Massachusetts man recovering from open-heart surgery won a $1 million lottery prize on a scratch-off ticket given to him by a friend, according to lottery officials.
Alexander McLeish received three scratch-off tickets in a get-well card from a friend earlier this month, according to a news release from the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission
2. Student who sews sanitary pads for refugees now leads 1,000 volunteers
A student who began sewing reusable sanitary products for refugees during lockdown is now running a global network of 1,000 volunteers. University of Bristol student Ella Lambert, 21, learned to stitch using YouTube videos during the first national lockdown, and has since launched the Pachamama Project, which aims to end period poverty.
The languages student, from Chelmsford in Essex set up the not-for-profit group with university friend Oliwia Geisler in August last year.
“I’ve always really struggled with period pain, like absolutely atrocious period pain which would mean that I’d have to miss out on school and cancel plans last minute,” she said.
“So although I’ve been really lucky, and I’ve never had to experience period poverty as such, I do know what it’s like to have to miss out on really important things and appointments because of my period.
3. Parliament of Canada unanimously passes Bill C-4 banning conversion therapy for adults and youth
The federal government's updated bill to ban the practice of conversion therapy has been adopted unanimously by the House of Commons.
MPs voted to fast track Bill C-4 on Wednesday afternoon. The Commons erupted in applause after the vote and several Liberal cabinet ministers walked across the floor to shake hands with and — in some cases — hug their Conservative counterparts.
4. UK; 13-year-old girl uncovered a hoard of 1300 BCE Bronze Age axes on her third metal-detecting trip
Milly was scouring a field near Royston, Hertfordshire, when she made the find - the first of 65 artefacts dating from about 1300BC. When her father dug out the first one, Milly said they joked it might be an axe - and it was.
Archaeologists were called in to excavate the entire hoard, which will be sent to the British Museum, London.
5. Making aviation history: Madison plants fuel United Airlines aircraft with passengers aboard
For the first time, a jet flown by United Airlines entirely powered by 100% plant based fuel from corn stalks flew from Madison WI to Chicago Illinois. The fuel is made from farm waste corn stalks and cobs, not corn seed based ethanol and is 100% renewable with 50% less green house gasses than regular jet fuel.
One of the rhinos is released into a temporary enclosure in Phinda game reserve for quarantine ahead of the move to Rwanda. Photograph: Howard Cleland/African Parks
The 30 white rhinos arrived at their new home, Akagera national park in eastern Rwanda, yesterday. It is hoped Akagera will become a new breeding stronghold to support the long-term survival of the species. Down to an estimated 18,000 animals across Africa, white rhinos are classified by the IUCN as near threatened, with numbers in decline largely due to poaching, driven by demand for their horns.
7. Thousands of bees make it out alive after being buried by La Palma volcano ash for 50 days
They had sealed themselves in by creating propolis, a resinous material with which they plugged any gaps, and were able to survive on their food reserves.
Yay bees!🐝
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