A patient was airlifted from Beaver Island to be taken to a mainland hospital for more advanced medical care on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The U.S. Coast Guard Traverse City Air Station launched a Sikorsky MH-60T Jayhawk around 5 a.m. to evacuate the patient, who was experiencing respiratory distress, the station said in a Facebook post. A Beaver Island paramedic was onboard to assist during…
As Sean “Diddy” Combs awaits his May trial on federal charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering, the disgraced hip-hop mogul’s rise and fall is being examined once again in another documentary. Investigation Discovery’s new docuseries “The Fall of Diddy,” which concluded Tuesday, depicts Combs as a man prone to violent outbursts who used his power…
Jan. 31—A business jet with six people on board — including a pediatric patient — crashed Friday evening near the Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia, erupting into a massive fireball, scattering debris throughout the streets, and setting at least one house and multiple cars ablaze. In a briefing Friday night, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said there was no official number…
I’ve been recommending “The Alabama Solution” to everyone I meet since I landed at the Sundance Film Festival last week — but only under my breath. That’s because Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman’s bombshell investigation of the Alabama prison system, which premiered here Tuesday, was screened in advance for press under strict embargo. Understandable, once…
Rihanna made her first appearance in court during ASAP Rocky’s assault trial Wednesday, with the singer seated in the gallery as the downtown Los Angeles court heard key testimony about an alleged shooting that could send her rap star partner to prison for nearly 20 years. On the witness stand was Terell Ephron, a.k.a. ASAP…
British “Love Island” star Jack Fincham was released from jail on bail Wednesday after appealing a guilty plea for being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog. The 32-year-old had pleaded guilty earlier on Wednesday and was sentenced to six weeks behind bars. He was also ordered to pay 3,680 pounds ($4,600) for kenneling, fines and…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. With the war in Ukraine dominating Russia’s economy, a once-lively mortgage market has largely ground to a halt, paralyzed by soaring interest rates and a sharp curtailment of state subsidies for first-time buyers. The result: For many Russians, the dream of homeownership…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Anyone desperate to leave China as part of an ongoing exodus known as the “run” movement may need to find alternate destinations, as the repatriation of Chinese migrants from the United States looks increasingly likely. China on Monday pledged to accept the…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. China’s homegrown open-source artificial intelligence model DeepSeek topped app charts in the United States and Europe on Monday, beating out U.S.-based rival ChatGPT for the most popular free app on Apple’s App Store, in what some commentators saw as a potential…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Five years ago, authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and surrounding areas in Hubei province imposed a travel ban on some 18 million people, just days after admitting that the newly emerging coronavirus was transmissible between people. The lockdown…
