An estranged wife of a former violin maker in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying 54 violins and 70 bows collectively worth around 105.9 million yen ($950,700) that belonged to him, police said.Midori Kawamiya, a 34-year-old music instrument seller in Tokyo, has admitted to breaking into his home in Nagoya but…[Read more]

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man told a 911 dispatcher he was killing himself and first responders needed “to hurry up” because he was an organ donor.

Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam says the man was still breathing when first responders arrived Sunday night but he died a few minutes later.

Bucknam says a handgun was found next to the m…[Read more]

Police in Wyoming never expected a Facebook post about giving money to panhandlers to go viral.

But when the Cheyenne Police Department’s Sunday post was shared more 46,000 times, it sparked about 8,000 comments from across the country — some supportive of the post and others critical.

The post shows a stack of money and a sign that says…[Read more]

An Ohio woman called 911 Thursday after a 5-foot-6-inch boa constrictor she had rescued wrapped itself around her face and began biting her nose.

The victim, a 45-year-old woman of Sheffield Lake, which is about 10 miles west of Cleveland, called authorities after one of the two boa constrictors she rescued the previous day had attacked her. The…[Read more]

A 72-year-old Oklahoma woman refused to let more than a dozen copperhead snakes slither under her home unchecked Friday, using a shotgun, shovel and rake handle to crush and blast the critters to death.

The woman, identified only as Mrs. Newby, was dubbed the “snake killer” after she was spotted with 11 dead reptiles on the ground, neighbor Susan…[Read more]

When trying to make money online, be cautious of scammers and other fraudulent services. Keep the below warnings in mind:

Do not pay any significant initial or up-front fee, deposit, or down payment. For example, a company or individual claiming special computer hardware or marketing material is needed.
Avoid services asking to cash checks o…[Read more]

This write up is based on the research conducted in our department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Maiduguri.

Taxonomy and Classification of the Herbal Drug Sterculia setigera.
Kingdom: Plantae
Subfamily: Viridiplantae
Infra kingdom: Streptophyta
Supra division: Embryophyta
Division: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Super order:…[Read more]

A drug is a substance used to treat an illness, relieve symptoms or modify a chemical process in the body of a living thing. Essentially, a drug plays an important role in the regulations and repairing of faulty systems in our body.

People often mistake and relate the mechanism of action of a drug and its aetiology. A drug acts by different way…[Read more]