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Whitney Bates from ‘Bringing Up Bates’ had a tough childhood and was estranged from her parents. Things seem better now but what exactly happened? There’s never been a better time to be fascinated by large, fundie families. You’ve got the Bates family, the Duggars, the Plaths, all with their own television shows dedicated to showing the many different aspects of life with an exceptionally large family. And now that the first generation of kids is getting older, you also have plenty of spinoff shows to choose from.

The group Van Halen is one of the most popular rock groups from the '70s and '80s, but why did David Lee Roth leave Van Halen when he did? Source: Getty Images / Fin Costello/RedfernsOn Oct. 6, 2020, Eddie Van Halen passed away at 65 years old, after a long battle with throat cancer, reported TMZ. The publication stated his death came after a swift health decline after his cancer had spread to his brain and other areas of his body.

In Florida’s Polk County, Nobel Literature Prize-winner Toni Morrison’s novels The Bluest Eye and Morrison’s Beloved were among 16 books “quarantined”—taken off shelves in public school libraries “so a thorough, thoughtful review of their content can take place,” a spokesperson explained to The Ledger—on Jan. 25 after a complaint. Less than a week earlier, a school board in Wentzville, Missouri had voted 4-3 to remove The Bluest Eye from the district’s high school libraries at a board meeting on Jan.

The special counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor has reacted to a statement credited to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), over the discharge and acquittal of his client. Naija News had earlier reported that a Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday struck out charges levelled against Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. The Court of Appeal ruled that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria, thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful.

It may be hard for you to picture some of the biggest Hollywood names as loving and caring grandparents. Well, that just means we have some stereotypes to break. Some of the most influential names in the industry are proudly taking care of their adorable grandkids, proving it’s never too early or too late to be blessed with a new offspring. Bright Side wants to show you 13 celebrities that you will likely be surprised to discover became grandparents at a very young age. 1. Whoopi Goldberg If being a grandparent was a race, Whoopi Goldberg would likely be miles ahead of everyone here.

YouTube star who is best known for the doctor vlog videos that he posts to his self-titled YouTube channel. He also posts study and productivity videos. He has accumulated over 2.5 million subscribers on the platform.  Before Fame He has attended Cambridge University.  Trivia One of his most popular YouTube videos is titled "How I take notes on my iPad Pro in medical school." He's been featured in Men's Health for several of his videos.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved and released $100m (N41.6bn at the official exchange rate of N415.63/$) as a take-up grant for the Presidential Power Initiative. The President released the $100m as part of the $200m approved for the programme, as the balance alongside additional would come on a later date. President Buhari and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel conceived the PPI initiative during a meeting on August 31, 2018. It was conceived as a three-phase initiative to rehabilitate and expand Nigeria’s electricity grid through improved generation, transmission, and distribution.

Milestone moments do not a year make. Often, it’s the smaller news stories that add up, gradually, to big history. With that in mind, in 2017 TIME History will revisit the entire year of 1967, week by week, as it was reported in the pages of TIME. Catch up on last week’s installment here. Week 50: Dec. 15, 1967 It was a medical breakthrough generations in the making. For as long as doctors had understood the crucial role of the heart, they had dreamed of using transplants to save people whose heart problems would otherwise doom them to death.