The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has officially pardoned Mercy Isoyip, popularly known as Descushiel, an actress, rapper, and singer, for her national anthem blunder during a recent conference and retreat for senior police officers in Owerri, the capital of Imo state. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7scHLrJxnppdku6bD0mijqJuRoXyvtcaeqaKZXaW8rbXCnmSpmaKZvK%2B%2FjJ2crJulqLWqsctmnaiqXaOutbXOp5ilZZGjwamxzGaZpa2embKze89tqWuepqc%3D

North Korea’s state airline made its first international trip since the start of the Covid pandemic, in a sign of easing border restrictions that could repatriate its stranded nationals abroad and increase trade with its powerful neighbor. Flight data indicates that an Air Koryo passenger jet flew from Pyongyang to Beijing on Tuesday, which would be the first such commercial flight in more than three years. China’s Foreign Ministry said this week the country had given permission for the flight.

There is no fail-safe formula for good parenting, but that hasn’t stopped generations of psychologists, pediatricians, bloggers and scientists from claiming to know the secrets of raising happy, well-adjusted kids. There are, of course, the classic experts like Benjamin Spock, Penelope Leach, William Sears and Richard Ferber. But every year there are new gurus–recently, we’ve heard about the French way, the Tiger Mom way, the mindful way and theSlacker Mom way to parent.

Alex Wong / Getty ImagesSen. Ted Cruz walks towards the Senate Chamber after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Committee luncheon A small group of Republicans reportedly turned against Ted Cruz in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, attacking the outspoken Texas Senator for leading the charge against funding Obamacare which led to the government shutdown,  the New York Times reports. “It just started a lynch mob,” a senator who was in the room told the Times.

Nirvana’s classic album Nevermind turns 25 on Saturday. In 1991, for the album’s release, underwater photographer Kirk Weddle was hired by Geffen Records to photograph both its album cover, a naked baby underwater, and promo shots of Nirvana hanging out in a pool. Taken in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 1991, the shoot proved to be very difficult. Not only was the band exhausted from touring, but it was a cold, cloudy day and the last thing they wanted to do was go swimming for a photo shoot.