Bubbles rise through the murky green water as divers tenderly explore a rare 15th-century shipwreck off Stockholm’s coast, believed to be the oldest warship found off Sweden. “It’s a very big ship, it was around 40-45 meters when it sailed probably,” project leader and marine archaeologist Hakan Altrock from Sweden’s Museum of Wrecks said, overseeing…
Gunmen carried out a deadly attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday, authorities said. The public security directorate initially said at least seven people were killed but later lowered the death toll to six. Two assailants stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate before…
If Billy Crystal is one of the kings of comedy, his family home in L.A.’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood was definitely his castle. “Sunday Morning” was invited there a few times for interviews, and I’d usually end up getting schooled on his backyard basketball court. It was, he acknowledged, a magical place: “Yeah, it kept me…
A Chinese-born couple was arrested in California on Tuesday, more than a year after 21 children were discovered inside their castle-like mansion near Los Angeles. They are accused of what the L.A. County district attorney calls “horrific punishment and beatings and child abuse.” The kids were almost all born via the largely unregulated world of…
London — A man who was caught on the grounds of the late Queen Elizabeth II‘s private residence with a crossbow two years ago in an admitted attempt to assassinate the British monarch was motivated by a mix of real and fictional events as he sought to “create a new empire,” a British prosecutor has said….
An extremely low flyover above a rugby stadium in South Africa has left many people asking: How low is too low? Two passenger jets — one following the other — swept just above the packed DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, coming really close to more than 56,000 people below. For a spectator who…
Liechtenstein’s royal house said Saturday that the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could inherit the principality’s throne in the future. Hereditary Prince Alois announced the change in his speech marking the country’s national day. He said it was approved on Wednesday by the necessary two-thirds majority of family…
Flooding submerged Indiana neighborhoods in water for the second day in a row, as parts of the state saw Wednesday the highest daily rainfall totals ever recorded in their areas. Some braced for more severe weather still ahead, as meteorologists warned Thursday that Indianapolis faced the greatest threats of storms slated to bring heavy rain…
Merryl Hoffman knew she was taking good care of her heart. The 63-year-old attorney didn’t smoke or drink, and she was an avid hiker who used to run marathons and other distance races. In her 40s, she had been diagnosed with a leaky mitral valve and underwent surgery to repair it. Every year since, she…
Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert’s 21-year-old son, Tyler Boebert, was arrested last weekend on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child and other charges. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says the investigation stems from an incident that occurred on New Year’s Day in 2024. The office didn’t provide additional information about the incident. Tyler Boebert currently…
