NEW YORK (AP) — A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said. The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship’s bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries […]
A couple in their 80s say they were left in Spain by Norweigan Cruise Line a month after the same cruise company sailed off from an African island, leaving eight passengers behind. Richard and Claudene Gordon, ages 84 and 81, had left their home in Salt Lake City, Utah, to embark on a vacation around […]
The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret club in Paris, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday, much to the sorrow of tourists. “The Moulin Rouge, in 135 years of history, has experienced many adventures but it is true that for the wings, […]
This article was originally published in Kentucky Lantern. Long awaited financial help will be coming to “kinship care” Kentuckians who are raising a minor relative such as a grandchild or niece, thanks to a bill that received unanimous approval in the House Friday. Senate Bill 151 now heads to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk for a […]
Solar sails, which harness sunlight as sailboats harness the wind, could be affordable probes in the search for alien life on at least two icy moons in our solar system — Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus, a new study suggests. Unlike conventional rockets, which require lots of fuel to generate thrust, solar sails leverage the […]
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian FMCG and tobacco giant ITC’s shares jumped more than 8% on Wednesday, after top shareholder British American Tobacco’s $2 billion stake sale in the company went through smoothly, removing a key overhang on the stock. In India’s third-largest block deal, BAT completed the sale of 436.9 million shares, or roughly 3.5% of […]
After British flight attendant Sarm Heslop vanished from her boyfriend’s luxurious catamaran, the 47-foot Siren Song, he sailed out of U.S. territorial waters and had the freezer replaced in Grenada, according to her family’s private investigator. Heslop was last seen alive three years ago Thursday, leaving a restaurant in the U.S. Virgin Islands with boyfriend […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature Friday. Lawmakers on the Virginia House Appropriations Committee voted 17-3 to advance the measure, a top priority of Republican Gov. Glenn […]
President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina’s Democratic Primary, which kicked off Democrats’ nominating process in the 2024 election cycle. Biden was challenged by U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, and self-help author Marianne Williamson, but neither gained much, if any, traction in the state to make the primary truly competitive. Phillips even publicly said he […]