A letter written by a survivor of the Titanic disaster has sold for a record £300,000 at auction. First-class passenger Col Archibald Gracie wrote The Truth About the Titanic, which described his experience of the 15 April 1912 tragedy that claimed 1,500 lives on the vessel’s journey to New York. The letter card is dated…
Reuters Havana resident Araselys Rodriguez makes coffee during the blackout Cuba has suffered a nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael brings winds of up to 185km/h (115mph) to the Caribbean island. A statement from the country’s national energy company said “strong winds caused by the major hurricane Rafael caused the shutdown of the national electricity system”….
The rainbow lorikeet and its colourful plumage has topped Australia’s largest citizen science event as the most numerous bird recorded across the country. More than 4.1m birds were counted as part of BirdLife Australia’s annual Aussie Bird Count, a week-long event which involved 57,000 participants across the country last October. The vibrant rainbow lorikeet has…
Getty Images Apple has agreed to pay $95m (£77m) to settle a court case alleging some of its devices were listening to people without their permission. The tech giant was accused of eavesdropping on its customers through its virtual assistant Siri. The claimants also allege voice recordings were shared with advertisers. Apple, which has not…
The Trump administration is reportedly eyeing dozens of grants across the National Park Service for termination, according to reporting from the New York Times, one of several moves destabilizing the US’s investment in public lands. According to the newspaper, staff members at Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency” have created a spreadsheet of federal…
Play video content TMZ.com Chris Pousson grew up with Shamsud-Din Jabbar — the terrorist who killed 14 people in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day — and reconnected with him online in recent years … but he says Jabbar never gave any indication of being a killer. Chris joined us on…
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick Do Us A Simple Favor … and Ignore the Feud Rumor Published February 7, 2025 1:46 PM PST Blake Lively may have serious beef with her “It Ends With Us” costar Justin Baldoni, but she has plenty of other coworkers she gets along with … just ask Anna Kendrick. Despite…
The Memphis Grizzlies announced Saturday that two-time All-Star point guard Ja Morant has an injured right hip that will keep him out week to week. Morant was seen on crutches Friday night during Memphis’ win over the Washington Wizards. He originally was announced as having hurt his right hamstring during Wednesday night’s win over the…
There was not a flame in sight when a team of firefighters, newly arrived from Mexico, set out on Tuesday to search through the brush-covered land above the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. But their mission was essential: to look for traces of smoke and embers left behind by the Palisades fire, which had…
Donald Trump feted the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House on Monday, but several players, including quarterback Jalen Hurts, decided to skip the celebration. Hurts and other players cited scheduling conflicts as the reasons for their absences, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Despite the quarterback’s…
