Author: kumbhorg

What happened to Lizzie Borden’s parents, Andrew and Abby Borden? At around 11 a.m. on Aug. 4, 1892, Andrew, a bank president, was found dead on the sofa in the sitting room of the Borden family home. Dr. Seabury Bowen recalled noticing “like a flash,” per Miller’s book, that nothing else in the room looked out of place. County Medical Examiner Dr. William Dolan counted 10 disfiguring cuts on Andrew’s face and head.  Abby’s body was found in an upstairs guest bedroom, having taken, as Dolan determined, 18 blows to the back of the head. Going through Andrew’s tools in…

Fans of the 2005 feature length Wallace and Gromit outing, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, may experience pangs of déjà vu when encountering this new Aardman animated feature, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. It seems that the lads down at the beloved British animation house has deemed that two decades is enough time passed to justify retooling their old properties, rehashing the story nearly beat-for-beat while relocating the action to the sunny rural outpost of Mossy Bottom Farm.This sense of familiarity, plus the feeling that the largely delightful world of Shaun the Sheep may be running out of creative…

Nearly four in ten Americans say car ownership is a luxury their families are struggling to afford. In much of the United States, owning a car has become more of a necessity than a choice. When fuel, insurance, maintenance, and depreciation are included, the cost of vehicle ownership now averages (per LendingTree) almost $13,000 per year. Indirect costs are legion, from highway widening to tax offsets for commuter parking to kids with exhaust-related asthma. Most buyers say they would pay more for a home in a walkable community, but only about four percent of US homes are in highly walkable…

Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan began his speech with the Islamic phrase “Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem” at a special dinner hosted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) for the Indian team. The 28-year-old praised the Afghan players and spoke about the friendship and mutual respect between the two teams. The dinner took place after India’s seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday, September 15. Team India, led by Shreyas Iyer, took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Kishan scored an unbeaten 38 runs off 23 balls during the 160-run chase. Ishan Kishan…

Michael Carrick shouldered full responsibility after Manchester United surrendered a commanding two-goal advantage to crash out of the EFL Cup in a stunning 3-2 defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford. Fresh from the bitter disappointment of their weekend derby defeat to Manchester City, United looked poised for a cruise into the fourth round after an explosive opening. Nineteen-year-old winger Shea Lacey illuminated the contest, cutting inside onto his left foot to lash home a fine opener at Jason Steele’s near post. Just 46 seconds later, Mason Mount bundled home a rebound to double the advantage with his first goal of…

The NHL season is underway as training camps are opening and teams begin meeting with the media. One of those teams speaking to the media today is the Tampa Bay Lightning. One offseason storyline that has flown under the radar has been Nikita Kucherov and his contract extension with the Lightning. Kucherov is entering the final year of an eight-year deal he signed in July 2018, worth $76 million and carrying a $9.5 million cap hit. He has been eligible for a contract extension since July 1st, and many are surprised it hasn’t happened. Many thought this would have been…

When he was confirmed, Democratic lawmakers had said Warsh would be Trump’s “sock puppet” and many Fed watchers expected him to carry out Trump’s persistent demands to slash rates. Trump had been heavily critical of Warsh’s predecessor Jerome Powell for not cutting them.Asked on Wednesday about the message the rate hike sent to Trump, Warsh chuckled before saying: “I have got nothing for you on a discussion with the president.”Trump told reporters later “I’m relying on Kevin [Warsh], but he’s got, you know, a very tough board”.”And the, interest rates are too high. They’re not appropriate… I talked to Kevin…

Peter Schiff says the bond market didn’t break recently, it broke in 2020, and everything since has been a slow unwind. Across this conversation with Grace Remington and Sean Hagan, he connects rising Treasury yields, the Fed’s expected rate decision, the dollar’s loss of purchasing power, and the central bank rush into gold. He argues that a stock selloff driven by higher rates would be deeply bearish for Bitcoin and the broader crypto market, and that political capital in Washington has already turned against it. The episode ends with Schiff and the hosts going head to head on whether anything…

‘Hanuman Ansh’ mints over Rs 300 crore worldwide. Box office report.(Image Credit: Instagram) Written and directed by Vishal Chaturvedi, the heartwarming spiritual drama ‘Hanuman Ansh’ continues keep the cash registers ringing at the box office. After a slow opening but impressive word of mount promotion, the movie picked pace at the box office, achieving new milestones with every passing day. Currently, in its six week, the movie has entered Rs 300 crore club with its gross worldwide collection. While the domestic earnings are inching towards the respective mark, and the movie saw a decline of over 27% on Wednesday, the…