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Facebook Tweet Email Link A British holidaymaker has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly tried to drown his daughter-in-law in a Florida swimming pool, authorities have said. Mark Raymond Gibbon, 62, was on vacation at the Solterra Resort in Davenport, Florida, with his family when deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were called to a disturbance in a backyard swimming pool on Sunday evening, the sheriff’s office said in a post on X. According to the victim and witnesses, Gibbon was in the swimming pool with his 33-year-old daughter-in-law when the pair started arguing about his grandchildren,…
Facebook Tweet Email Link As the Trump administration tries to chart a path out of its Jeffrey Epstein mess, senior aides turned to someone who has increasingly become one of the president’s chief problem solvers: Vice President JD Vance. Vance originally planned to convene top White House and Justice Department officials at his residence Wednesday evening to talk over the administration’s handling of the Epstein case, as well as the need to craft a unified response, though the meeting appeared to have been moved amid intense media scrutiny. Still, the planned meeting was just the latest high-stakes task following an…
Facebook Tweet Email Link A meeting between Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could take place as early as next week, a top Kremlin aide said Thursday, as the US president’s deadline for Moscow to show progress in ending its war in Ukraine looms. Preparations for the meeting are already underway, and although it was “difficult to say” how long they will take, the goal is for the meeting to take place next week, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. If the meeting does go ahead, it would be the first held between…
Facebook Tweet Email Link When the plane started shaking violently on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam last week, some passengers thought it was going to crash. The jet had hit severe turbulence, flinging people into the ceiling, and service carts across the cabin. One passenger said it felt like an earthquake. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Minneapolis, where 25 people were taken to the hospital. It was just the latest in a series of recent turbulence incidents resulting in injuries, hospitalizations and even a death. A 73-year-old man died of a…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Island getaways have long captured our imagination. South Pacific landfalls with coral reefs and tropical beaches, European isles bristling with medieval castles, a remote cabin in the woods on a lake island — the choices seem almost unlimited. But we’re not alone in our attraction to these idyllic escapes. Many of the more famous names have become expensive and overcrowded. But it doesn’t have to be that way. These 11 magical American island destinations aren’t on every “best islands” list, and they’re better for it. Apostle Islands (Wisconsin) This Lake Superior archipelago is split between the…
Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to begin work on a new US census that excludes undocumented immigrants from the population count. “I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS,” the…
Facebook Tweet Email Link The champions of this year’s US Open are set to enjoy the biggest payday in tennis history. Tournament organizers announced on Wednesday that the men’s and women’s singles champions will each earn $5 million at this year’s tournament, a 39% increase on the $3.6 million awarded in 2024. Overall, the tournament’s prize purse will top $90 million – the largest in tennis history and a 20% increase on last year, which stood at $75 million. There will also be sizeable increases in pay for those who progress to the latter stages of the competition, with singles…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Israel’s security cabinet is set to decide on a full reoccupation of Gaza, a move that would mark a major escalation of the conflict in after nearly two years of war in the territory. Despite international pressure, opposition from the Israeli military and domestic fears the operation will endanger hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for a complete takeover of the besieged enclave. In an interview with Fox News shortly before the security cabinet meeting, Netanyahu was asked whether Israel plans to take military control of all of Gaza. “We intend to,” Netanyahu said. He…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Families of some of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have sailed towards the Palestinian enclave on Thursday, in a desperate attempt to put pressure on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it contemplates expanding the war in Gaza. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, as well as the opposition and a large part of the Israeli public, are strongly against the expansion of the operation, arguing it would put their loved ones at even more risk. As the flotilla set off from the port of Ashkelon in southern Israel, Lior Horev from…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a region known as Wallacea. Located beyond mainland Southeast Asia, Wallacea includes a group of islands between Asia and Australia, among which Sulawesi is the largest. Previously, researchers have found evidence that an unusual, small-bodied human species dubbed Homo floresiensis — also called “hobbits” due to comparisons with the diminutive characters in fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien’s books — lived on the nearby island of Flores from 700,000 years ago…