A female passenger has died hours after a casino boat caught fire off Florida’s Gulf Coast, forcing her and about 50 other passengers and crew to jump into the chilly waters to escape. Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point spokesman Kurt Conover said Monday that the woman died late Sunday, shortly after she arrived at the […]
A Japanese city issued an emergency alert to residents Monday after two people ate potentially dangerous portions of fugu fish that should not have been sold. Five packs of Yorito fugu (blunt head blowfish) were sold at a supermarket located in Gamagori city, in the central Aichi prefecture, by a licensed employee who had not […]
Nestle, the world’s biggest packaged-food company, has cited the unit’s weak position in the United States, where it trails Hershey, Mars Inc and Lindt, as the rationale for a sale. For family-owned Ferrero, the cash deal offers a chance for the Italian company to build scale quickly in that key market, where it has done […]
Bitcoin slid as much as 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week low, as worries about a regulatory crackdown on the market spread after reports suggested it was still possible that South Korea could ban trading in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s slide triggered a selloff across the broader cryptocurrency market, with biggest rival Ethereum down 23 percent […]
The idea of getting rich quick appeals to everyone. Unfortunately, while there are folks who can ride a bubble from bottom to top, not everyone profits when the market for something gets overheated. This is not a new phenomenon. If you were awake during history class, you may recall mention of tulpenmanie, which is Dutch for tulip mania. Tulips arrived […]
Four to eight inches of snow are expected across Connecticut as two weather systems come together Tuesday and Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch Monday afternoon for Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday afternoon. The most severe snow is expected in the state’s northwestern section, where accumulations should range from 4 to 8 […]
LONDON — The British government scrambled Monday to contain the damage as the country’s second largest construction firm was forced into liquidation after losing money on a series of contracts and racking up around $1.35 billion in debt. The bankruptcy of the firm, Carillion, one of the government’s biggest contractors, threatens more than 19,000 jobs […]
The days may be numbered for the world’s largest passenger aircraft. Airbus, the European aerospace group that makes the A380 superjumbo, said on Monday that it would have to end production of the plane if its only major customer, Emirates, did not order more. The admission by John Leahy, the company’s chief operating officer, was […]
Shortly after 8 a.m. local time Saturday morning, an employee at the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency settled in at the start of his shift. Among his duties that day was to initiate an internal test of the emergency missile warning system: essentially, to practice sending an emergency alert to the public without actually sending it […]
The specter of annihilation only minutes away was visited on Hawaii over the weekend when state emergency officials accidentally text-alerted the public that a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” People did what human beings might be expected to do in such terrifying circumstances. They flooded roadways, […]
The phrase “crashing into a building” took on a new meaning Sunday when a car in Southern California hit a center divider, went airborne and plowed into the second floor of a dentist’s office. Images taken by the local fire department show the white sedan partially wedged into the building, its rear exposed as it […]
As the death toll in the Montecito mudslides increased to 19 on Saturday, officials announced that the 101 Freeway would remain closed indefinitely. Search and rescue crews recovered the body of Morgan Corey, 25, who was found in debris near Olive Mill Road about 9 a.m. Saturday, officials said. She was among at least five […]
