HELSINKI (AP) — Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo, has died. He was 57. Tina Wulf, press officer at Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club for which Enger played […]
A dozen employees at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre claim they saw a strange object light up the Colorado sky earlier this month, according to the National UFO Reporting Center. The observers, who said they work for the Morrison, Colorado venue, described a dark metallic disk that appeared north of the amphitheater at around 1 a.m. […]
ROME (AP) — Police detained several activists who poured red paint down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps on Wednesday to raise awareness about femicides in Italy. The protesters, from an organization called “Bruciamo Tutto,” or ”Let’s Burn Everything,” spilled paint down the 135-step monument, then dipped their hands in the paint, meant to represent blood, to […]
peshkov/Getty Images A high concentration of warning signals suggest a major market correction ahead, John Hussman said. “There’s nothing magical about these syndromes, but when dozens of them kick in at the same time, we do pay attention.” Despite his warning, Wall Street remains bullish, expecting the index to stay above 5,000 this year. A […]
A dozen tourists have been banned for life from China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for reportedly displaying bad behavior around the animals. A total of 12 people between the ages of 26 and 61 have been issued lifetime bans from the center, according to a post on the Research Base’s official WeChat […]
Noam Chomsky’s wife says reports that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. Valeria Wasserman Chomsky told The Associated Press the claims were false after reports of her husband’s death circulated on social media early on Tuesday. “No, it is false,” she wrote in an email. Chomsky, 95, had been admitted to hospital […]
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP) — The wreck of the last ship belonging to Sir Ernest Shackleton, a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica, has been found off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing. The wreck was found by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The […]
The wreck of the ship that famed explorer Ernest Shackleton died on more than a century ago has been found on the ocean floor off the coast of Canada, according to a news release from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Shackleton was a legendary explorer who sailed to the edges of the Earth, including four […]
Chincoteague Island is mourning the death of former Beebe Ranch co-owner and pony history enthusiast Billy King Beebe, who died May 24. The Museum of Chincoteague Island shared the sad news in its most recent newsletter, coming coincidentally with a big update on its fundraising drive to renovate the Beebe Ranch. More on that is […]
Clear Lake, one of California’s oldest and most-visited lakes, is not so clear anymore after an algal bloom turned the water cloudy and green. Images from NASA underscore the dramatic change in water quality at the Northern California tourist destination. Clear Lake is in Lake County about 120 miles north of San Francisco. The bloom […]
DNY59/Getty Images Legendary investor John Hussman says the latest stock rally is rooted in the extreme fear of missing out. FOMO factors have surged in markets, and stock prices could fall 50%-70% this cycle. His firm’s most reliable indicator now exceeds 1929 extremes. All-time highs in the stock market give the impression of a runaway […]
Even on a mountain known for complex politics, the latest Mount Everest kerfuffle is strange. It started on Sunday when Nirmal “Nims” Purja posted a video on Instagram claiming that someone had cut a line of fixed ropes set up by his expedition company, Elite Exped. That would be a major problem, as many expeditions […]