Dramatic details emerged Tuesday after police said human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia’s second fatal attack in about a month. The latest victim was 40-year-old doctor Dave Hogbin, who fell from a steep bank Saturday into the Annan River south of Cooktown in Queensland state, his … Read more
With all eyes on the ocean during the final day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Monday afternoon, a surprise guest made an appearance: a whale. A safe distance from athletes Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil and Brisa Hennessy from Costa Rica, who were competing in a semifinal match, a whale breached and … Read more
The U.N. says it has fired nine staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The U.N, secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists Monday. It did not elaborate on … Read more
U.S. personnel in Iraq injured in rocket attack U.S. personnel injured in rocket attack on Iraq air base 00:17 Several U.S. personnel appear to have been injured in a suspected rocket attack against U.S. and Coalition forces at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Monday, a Pentagon spokesperson said, adding that officials at the … Read more
8/5: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Debby wreaks havoc in Florida, heads to Georgia and the Carolinas; Inland communities increasingly susceptible to flooding from hurricanes Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link The post 8/5: CBS … Read more
Researchers from the University of Michigan’s Notion Archaeological Project have struck gold. The team of archeologists discovered a “hoard of gold coins” from the Persian Empire in western Turkey. The researchers announced the “very rare” find in a news release on Friday. The design of the coins – which features the figure of a kneeling archer – is … Read more
U.S. personnel injured in rocket attack on Iraq air base – CBS News Watch CBS News Several U.S. servicemembers were injured in a suspected rocket attack on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. No servicemembers were killed in the attack. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive … Read more
Metal detectors beeped across a quiet, five-acre plot of forest and field on England’s eastern Suffolk coast as dozens of American and British service members sifted clumpy, wet soil from a deep impact crater. The tiniest of remains of U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. John Fisher might be here. Exactly 80 years ago Sunday – … Read more
American-born pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis broke a world record for a ninth time at the Paris Olympics on Monday and brought home a gold medal for Sweden. The Louisiana-born 24-year-old athlete cleared 6.25 meters Monday, beating the mark of 6.24 meters he set in the Xiamen Diamond League in China in April, launching higher … Read more
Greenland has melted before, and as the climate warms, it will melt again — this time leading to what scientists warn could be 20 to 25 feet of sea-level rise. During one of the warm periods within the last 1.1 million years, the center, not just the edges, of Greenland’s massive ice sheet melted away, … Read more