“One of the relatives said one of the deceased was an investment agent and all (the deceased) invested, but the business was not going as expected. They made an appointment to discuss the matter in Thailand.”
CBS News – An experienced climber was found dead on Saturday inside the crater of Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state that draws hikers, skiers and snowboarders year-round.
Officials say he was attempting to snowboard and died after falling roughly 1,200 feet from the summit, where an icy ridge had cracked off near the rim beneath his feet.
The climber was identified as Roscoe "Rocky" Shorey, a 42-year-old from Washougal, Washington, according to the...
NY POST – Jenna Rizzo, a women’s weight loss coach from Georgia, is sharing three “easy steps” to shedding pounds before summer — gamify your activity, follow the “one-scoop rule,” and get at least seven hours of sleep a night.
“Over the years, I’ve learned the worst thing that you can do is try to go zero to 100 overnight,” Rizzo said in a popular TikTok last month.
Women’s weight loss coach Jenna Rizzo is...
The New York Times – You should worry that a crying baby will be in the seat next to you.
You should worry that snow in Chicago will snarl air traffic.
But you should never, ever have to worry that a plug in the side of your plane — a hidden weak spot — will suddenly blow out at 16,000 feet. That is what happened to Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 shortly after takeoff from Portland, Ore.,...
Orcas caused enough damage to sink a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar last week. A small pod has been slamming boats in recent years, worrying skippers hiding in shallow waters.
The National Park Service has re-issued a warning advising visitors to keep a safe distance from "mountain rivers, streams, and waterfalls waters" that are currently running "very cold and very fast."
CASE #1: Man dies after falling off cliff in Pirate's Cove
By: Ashton McIntyre, Jun 22, 2023
Sheriff's office officials say at around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to reports of a man who had fallen off a cliff at Pirate's Cove near Avila Beach.
Witnesses reported a man was sitting on the cliff, overlooking the water, and when he got up to leave he lost his footing and slipped backwards, falling around 200 feet to the...
AP – Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand's most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
There were 47 people on White Island, the tip of an undersea volcano also known by its Indigenous Maori name, Whakaari, when superheated gases erupted on Dec. 9. Most of the 25 people who survived were severely burned.
The island's owners, brothers Andrew, James and...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – On a recent flight to Chicago, Allison Levy said she was “white-knuckling” the armrest as the plane rumbled and shook for brief periods of time.
Ms. Levy, 47, who lives in Arlington, Va., started to take deep breaths and tried to reassure herself: “It’s like a bumpy road — it’s not a big deal.”
But, she added, “if I knew the person next to me, I’d definitely grip their thigh.”
Airplane turbulence,...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Walt Disney World employee is facing a charge that he surreptitiously took a video up the skirt of a female customer, allegedly telling investigators he had done it more than 500 times over the past six years.
Jorge Diaz Vega, 26, worked at the Star Wars gift shop inside Disney World's Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida until his recent arrest on one count of video voyeurism, a third-degree...