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Coast Guard suspends search after fishing vessel sinks off Massachusetts
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (631+ words) GLOUCESTER, Mass.The search for survivors on a commercial fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Massachusetts with seven aboard has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday. The Coast Guard launched a search and rescue mission early Friday…...
The Real Italian Crime Story Behind The Big Fake
5+ day, 56+ min ago (848+ words) At the start of The Big Fake, a Netflix dramatization of one criminal's involvement in the most tumultuous events in At the start of The Big Fake, a Netflix dramatization of one criminal's involvement in the most tumultuous events in…...
Coast Guard suspends search for 77-year-old cruise ship passenger who vanished off of Cuba coast
4+ week, 1+ day ago (209+ words) The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard on a cruise ship near Cuba on New Year's Day. Crews searched for eight hours over 690 square miles (1,787 square kilometers) for the woman, whose name had…...
After a Plane Crashed in the Texas Fog, 2 Stories of Rescue
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (920+ words) Todd Donaldson was fishing with family on Monday near Galveston, Texas, when he caught a glimpse of a plane " flying too low, he thought " before it vanished back into the dense fog that had enveloped the bay. A few seconds…...
I’m a New Yorker who went to Naples, Florida, for the first time, and 6 things surprised me
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (555+ words) When the temperatures dropped below 50 degrees Fahrenheit this October in New York, I was jonesing for one last taste of summer. So I headed to the southern part of Florida, where the sun beams down on white-sand beaches and crystal-blue…...
Autistic kids are at higher risk of suicide. Why don’t their parents and doctors know?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1799+ words) When Anthony Tricarico was diagnosed at 7 with autism spectrum disorder, his parents, Neal and Samara, were told that he might need extra support at school, so they made sure he got it. When doctors suggested therapies for his speech and…...
I was on a United flight that made an emergency landing. After I saw smoke out the window, I sent goodbye texts.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (554+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vincent Goh, a 25-year-old working in the Bay Area for a Cantonese publishing house, who was on United flight 869 when it made an emergency landing at SFO. It has been edited…...
12 famous women who served in the military
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1474+ words) Women have been an important part of the armed services since the beginning, with icons like Harriet Tubman participating in the Civil War. While being female in a traditionally male-dominated space hasn't always been easy, these women have still served…...
Hiker dies after bear knocks him into 2,600-foot ravine
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (395+ words) A veteran Greek hiker died Tuesday after falling into a ravine in the north of the country after a bear encounter, rescuers said. Christos Stavrianidis was declared dead at Kavala hospital shortly after he was found in the 2,600-foot ravine…...
400-pound monster alligator named Pepe ‘detained’ for ‘being a dinosaur without proper papers’ in NC
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (716+ words) The scales of justice came for Pepe. Cops detained" and rescued " a monster 10-foot alligator they nicknamed Pepe the Gator sunbathing on a busy road in North Carolina and "charged" him on suspicion of being a "dinosaur." "Witnesses say he…...