Half the homes are boarded up, windows are cracked, mattresses and beer cans litter the streets. The stories of the neighborhood are scrawled on its homes: "Mario R.I.P." The 4700 blocks of Homer, Hudson and Huron avenues in Suitland are a thriving drug market, police say, an area so notorious that Prince George's County plans to tear down all the apartment buildings there. Andre Patrick was fatally shot two weeks ago on Homer Avenue in what is still an unsolved crime.

The word coincidence is used only once in the New Testament, and it was by Jesus Himself in the parable of the Good Samaritan. In Luke 10:31, Jesus said, “And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side.” The word coincidence is translated from the Greek word synkyrian, which is a combination of two words: sun and kurios.

Following the success of the first series, which launched in September 2023, the addictive quiz show is back for a second series with added pressure and more pictures that will have you shouting answers at your TV screen! The first series of Alan Carr’s Picture Slam averaged 3.3 million viewers across its eight-episode run, and saw its strongest audience in the penultimate episode, which averaged 4.6 million, making this the biggest Entertainment launch on the BBC last year and the second biggest new Entertainment launch across the market in 2023.

By James ClaytonTechnology reporter, San Francisco BBCThe first time I tried virtual reality (VR) I chose to play a rollercoaster game - and almost instantly regretted it. I suddenly felt sick, ripping off the headset but the nausea stayed with me for hours. It was a rookie error. The disconnect between what my eyes saw and my body felt was too much. I've since discovered I can play gentler, less disorientating games, but the nausea still begins to creep in.

Make a wish for a spit-free cake. A Virginia dad has invented a way for kids to blow out their birthday candles without spraying saliva spit onto the icing. Mark Apelt’s battery-powered Blowzee is activated when someone blows into it, activating a fan that’s supposed to put out the flames. “The user’s breath is redirected away from the cake,” the Blowzee’s product description says. Apelt, 44, told The Daily Progress he came up with the idea during a pre-pandemic beer with friends when they discussed a recent party where the 6-year-old sprayed saliva onto the cake.