A German climber fell about 1,500 meters (nearly 5,000 feet) to his death on Monday, a day after reaching the summit of Ama Dablam mountain, according to a trekking company operator. Wolfgang Waschiczek, 57, was reported missing from Camp 3, which lies at around 6,200 meters. He had been resting after reaching the 6,812-meter summit…
Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist who ever lived, has been the subject of hundreds of books and movies. A pop icon, even today. He died 100 years ago this week, on Halloween – a coincidence that did nothing to diminish his mystique. But we’ll get to that. Erik Weisz was born in Hungary, in…
President Trump said Sunday that construction on a historic Washington, D.C., golf course will begin next month, despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought renovation of the East Potomac Golf Links course. “I am pleased to announce that the Department of the Interior, under the auspices of Secretary Doug Burgum, and in conjunction with…
Famed aviator Amelia Earhart vanished nearly 90 years ago on her quest to become the first woman to fly around the globe. A team of archaeologists are the latest to try to solve one of history’s greatest mysteries. Source link
Academy Award-winning actor Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such classics as “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” but also bucked Hollywood conventions throughout her lengthy career, has died. She was 102. Her publicist, Jeff Sanderson, said she died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and loved ones….
A team searching for Amelia Earhart’s lost plane has begun its expedition to the Pacific, where it plans to study a mysterious object that researchers say may be her aircraft. The item, known as the Taraia Object, has been visible in photos dating back to 1938, the year after Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared…
It’s some 37 feet of rusted steel, peeling paint, and shattered glass. But even at rest, this 1939 International Harvester school bus, called “Furthur,” conjures a sense of motion. “Furthur really is a call to action,” said Kelly Harris, director of the Haight Street Art Center in San Francisco. “It reminds us to never stop…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley    COVER STORY: Letting go: Why holding onto grudges can be damagingStudies have shown that people who hold…
Pope Leo XIV criticized the legalization of medically assisted dying, calling it immoral and an example of “false compassion” during a visit on Sunday to Lourdes, the Catholic shrine in France associated with miraculous cures of the sick. “It is precisely in the name of this inalienable dignity of the human person that we must…
The 64th New York Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious cinema events, opens Friday with the first of more than 70 fiction features and documentaries making their world or U.S. premieres, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and Godzilla. This year’s festival, which runs through October 12,…
