By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Tuesday, paring the previous day’s nearly 2% rise as the top U.S. diplomat renewed efforts to push for a ceasefire in the Middle East, and as slow demand in China, the world’s top oil importer, continued to weigh on the market. Brent crude futures for […]
Fans of the Cleveland Guardians likely don’t want to hear that the 2024 season was a wildly successful one. It really was, though. Saturday’s Game 5 loss to the Yankees and subsequent exit from the playoffs now extends their World Series drought to 76 years, but not all is lost. Far from it, in fact. […]
Archaeologists have unearthed a fourth-century Roman military structure in southeastern Turkey, confirming historical records of the fortress’s construction during the reign of Emperor Constantius II. The newly uncovered structure was found at Hasankeyfone of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the world. Over a span of 10,000 years, more than 20 cultures — including the […]
A New York state school district employee has been arrested and accused of killing her older sister, whose body was pulled from a river earlier this week. Jamie J. Busch, 53, of Honeoye Falls, was taken into custody on Friday and charged with murder in the death of 62-year-old Penny Busch, Monroe County Sheriff Todd […]
Scientists have unspooled the life history of an ice age baby who lived in southern Italy about 17,000 years ago, revealing the child most likely died from a congenital heart disease. The tiny remains of the youngster also showed evidence of poor development and inbreeding, while a DNA analysis revealed that the child was male […]
A stranded boat near Bradford Beach caught the attention of multiple passersby on their morning walks Wednesday. The abandoned boat appeared to be stuck in the sand near the rock wall between MooSa’s restaurant and McKinley Marina. No people were inside. The top of the sizeable, multilevel vessel is visible to drivers and pedestrians traveling […]
In 2019, a NatGeo expedition attempted to locate Irvine’s body (lost for over 95 years) and hopefully retrieve the man’s camera, based on Holzel’s conclusions. They failed, although the expedition was filmed and became a gripping 2020 documentary, Lost on Everest. Chin’s expedition took up the mantle for the hunt for Irvine’s remains this year. […]
Eden Golan certainly never imagined she would be a symbol of hate. But that’s exactly what she became when she was chosen to represent Israel at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, held in May in Malmö, Sweden, amid the horrors of the Israel-Hamas war. Despite calls for Israel to be banned from the contest, the […]
