On a cold, blustery March morning with a big snowstorm looming, a line of people — Latino, Polynesian, Asian, Native American, Black, white — stretched around the block outside Culture Coffee in a west-side Salt Lake City neighborhood. Inside, the aroma of freshly brewed espresso from a machine designed like the back end of a […]
A mother and her child in crisis were airlifted by helicopter from a Carnival Cruise Line ship on Saturday in a hair-raising Air Force rescue. Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, two HC-130J Combat King 11 aircraft and two teams of combat rescue officers and pararescuemen based at Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, Florida, […]
Iga Swiatek produced a stunning fightback to battle past Aryna Sabalenka and win the Madrid Open title after a high-quality final which lasted more than three hours. The world number one had taken the opening set before Sabalenka, looking to retain her title at Manolo Santana Stadium, regained momentum to level and then forged 3-1 […]
Welcome back, Deadline: Legal Newsletter readers. It was a historic week in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president, with Donald Trump being held in criminal contempt. Judge Juan Merchan hasn’t jailed him yet over his repeated gag order violations — and prosecutors haven’t asked him to yet — but the threat of […]
A lot of the orange cats I have known and loved have tended to be on the chonky side. My cat, my friend’s orange cat.. Garfield. There’s just something about orange cats that makes them extra hungry for some reason. I don’t know why, but someone in, ya know, science or something should do a […]
Two young Colorado mountain lions are lucky to be alive after wildlife officials pulled off a complicated rescue effort to save the yearlings from drowning. According to posts on X, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southwest were called in after officials from Pine River Irrigation District Dam alerted them to the presence of the animals on […]
The man who lit himself on fire outside of the Manhattan Criminal courthouse during Donald Trump’s criminal trial died Friday night after spending the evening in critical condition. He was identified as Max Azzarello, a 37-year-old living in St. Augustine, Fla. who doused himself in a flammable substance and threw pamphlets into the air before […]
MANADO, Indonesia (AP) — More people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island were evacuated on Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami. An international airport in Manado city, which is located less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the erupting […]
Time was quickly running out for a man who became sick and passed out on a California beach as the evening tide rolled in, rescuers said. Dramatic video shows how rescuers rushed in with a California Highway Patrol helicopter to stabilize the unconscious man on the shore and lift him up out of harm’s way, […]
An abandoned ambulance is submerged in floodwater on a highway in Dubai Wednesday. (Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The United Arab Emirates , triggering massive flooding that swept away cars, caused flights to be canceled and left multiple people dead. Some areas recorded more than 10 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, the […]
The dramatic helicopter rescue of a man who clung to a Northern California cliffside after falling off a trail in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area was caught on video released by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. The Southern Marin Fire District requested a helicopter at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, which used thermal imaging […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal inaugurated Africa’s youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent from prison to palace within weeks. Last month’s election tested Senegal’s reputation as a stable democracy in West Africa, a region rocked in recent years by coups and […]