Lake Como mayor plans Venice-style tourist tax “We are already discussing the idea,” Alessandro Rapinese, the city’s centre-right mayor told The Times. “Revolutions begin with concrete measures and we are ready for this long journey.” ... 04/12/2024 - 8:21 am | View Link
Tourist dies after falling into sea in Tenerife A tourist has died after falling into the sea in Tenerife. It's believed the 53-year-old man was trying to take photographs of huge waves during a storm in Puerto de la Cruz on Wednesday afternoon ... 04/11/2024 - 3:23 am | View Link
British tourist dies in horror surfing accident on holiday in India File: Lifeguards said the sea had been relatively calm in recent days and Varkala Beach (pictured) was fully open to bathers (AFP via Getty Images) The man, described as an expert body surfer by ... 04/7/2024 - 12:25 am | View Link
Horror as British tourist dies from 'fatal head and neck injuries' after body surfing accident A British body surfer has been killed on a beach in India after being hit by a powerful wave. One witness said: “He along with another lady was seen swimming and body surfing at the beach from ... 04/6/2024 - 11:38 am | View Link
American tourist dies, U.S. Marine missing in separate incidents off Puerto Rico coast The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it is searching for a U.S. Marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico's northeast coast while on vacation, while another American tourist died in a ... 03/29/2024 - 12:54 am | View Link
Who was the first tortured poet? Maybe the ancient Egyptian who wrote, sometime in the 15th century BCE, “My beloved stirs my heart with his voice. He causes illness to seize me…. My heart is smitten.” Maybe the poet Catullus, whose heartbreaks lit up ancient Rome: “I hate and love,” he explained in Latin, “and it’s excruciating,” or (depending on the translator) “it crucifies me.” Petrarch’s sonnets, in 14th century Italy, complained that love both scorched and chilled.
Breaking up is hard to do, but music may just make getting over your ex a little easier. The best breakup songs provide a source of comfort to those dealing with the many stages of heartbreak. But just as no breakup is exactly the same, the same can be said of breakup songs.
8212; College football is ready to put the signs away.
Following a sign-stealing scandal that rocked the sport and hung over Michigan’s championship run in 2023, the NCAA’s football oversight committee approved Friday the use of coach-to-player helmet communications in games for the 2024 season.
The football rules committee last month made a recommendation to allow — but not require — teams at the highest tier of Division I to use radio technology similar to what NFL teams use.
Only one player for each team will be permitted to be in communication with coaches while on the field.
A man set himself on fire on Friday afternoon outside the Lower Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial is taking place.
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Witnesses say the man doused himself with liquid in Collect Pond Park, a designated protest area across the street from the courthouse, before orange flames soon engulfed him.
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94.
Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for killing a woman in a drunk-driving crash last year.
Porter, 22, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in February on the condition that he would be sentenced to no more than eight years in prison.