The Independent

 The United Nations and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading northward toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing perilous routes in the Sahara where criminal gangs subject them to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom and other abuses. A report released Friday by the U.N. refugee and migration agencies and the Mixed Migration Centre research group estimated that land routes in Africa are twice as deadly as the sea lanes across the Mediterranean — which is the deadliest maritime route for migrants in the world.The report said new conflict and instability in countries including Mali,...

Land routes across Africa are twice as deadly for migrants as Mediterranean voyages, UN estimates

Archeologists recently unearthed the grave of a man believed to be a chief in the Coclé culture, the archeological name for the people who inhabited Panama over a thousand years ago. Discovered in the El Caño Archaeological Park, the El Caño Foundation shared select images of the ongoing excavation...

Ancient tomb filled with gold, sacrificial victims discovered

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Long lost treasures lurk beneath the seas and other waters. Ancient canoes have been discovered, as have historic crusader swords. Recently, archeologists have been exploring the beautiful waters of the Adriatic Sea. Sandwhiched between Italy and the Balkans, this sea was a hub of ancient seafaring activity. In an exciting development, as announced by the University of Zadar on Facebook, archeologists uncovered an ancient road built about 7,000 years ago. Now submerged underwater, the road lends insight into the ancient Hvar people who lived in the region in the late Neolithic period.

Researchers Discover 7,000-Year-Old Underwater Road

Oregon State

Gearhart, OR

USA TODAY

A rare fish species washed ashore on a Northern Oregon beach. See the photos of what could be the biggest specimen ever sampled.

See the rare, 7-foot sunfish that washed ashore in northern Oregon

Indy100

A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia.The now-submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much of the past 65,000 years, covering some 390,000 square kilometres (around 242,300 miles) – an area bigger than New Zealand The scientists who made the landmark find, led by Kasih Norman of Queensland’s Griffith University, said that the “complex landscape” that existed on the Northwest Shelf of Australia was “unlike any landscape found on our continent today”.And yet, the humans who lived there spoke similar languages and created...

Lost continent 'unlike anything found today' discovered off the coast of Australia

Fox Weather

Molten lava forcefully erupted from the Voragine crater on the majestic Mount Etna along the east coast of Sicily, Italy, on Thursday.

Italy's Mount Etna erupts in fiery display as lava spews from crater over Sicily

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J. Souza

A fight between passengers marred the final night of a Carnival Cruise Line sailing on June 6th. The incident, which unfolded in the Lido Deck dining room onboard the Carnival Paradise, involved a group of women and resulted in thrown chairs and plates.

Cruise Ship Fight Near Buffet Captured on Camera, Passengers Banned for Life

An unidentified American tourist has been found dead on a remote beach in Greece just days after he was reported missing. According to CNN, the body was discovered on Sunday, June 16, on a rocky, fairly remote beach on the island of Mathraki. Another tourist had made the discovery. The...

Missing American Tourist Found Dead on Remote Beach on Greek Island

Kansas City, MO

CJ Coombs

My family has used the Wish-Bone brand Italian salad dressing to marinate chicken before tossing it on the grill and to make pasta salads. While the historic Wish-Bone Restaurant of Kansas City, Missouri doesn't exist today, it's nice to know the success generated by the restaurant's owner put Kansas City on the food map in the 1940s.

Dressing up Kansas City's Main Street with its Wish-Bone restaurant and salad-topping story

Roxana Anton

Greenpeace says extreme heat is the result of the climate crisis. Greenpeace activists with thermal cameras recorded surface temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius in 'heat islands' in Rome on Thursday amid the city's first heatwave of the summer. (according to wantedinrome.com)

The temperatures in Rome, Italy, have gone crazy as Europe fights the hottest summer in history

New Mexico State

 An American tourist was killed in Zambia this week after she was trampled by an elephant while on a wildlife excursion.Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, was thrown from a vehicle in the city of Livingstone this week as a group of tourists observed a herd of elephants. One of the elephants attacked the vehicle her, according to CBS News. Tourneau’s group stopped near the Maramba Cultural Bridge because of traffic caused by the herd. The woman had been visiting the country from New Mexico.“Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, of New Mexico, United States of America, died on Wednesday around 17.50 after...

New Mexico woman becomes second American tourist killed by an elephant in Zambia this year

Florida State

Latin Times

A group of treasure hunters said they recovered over 200 hundred silver coins from an 18th Century shipwreck off the coast of Florida, calling the moment "numbing." "You don't expect that. You always hope for it but you never expect it," boat captain Grant Gitschlag told WOFL-TV. The coins in...

Treasure hunters say they recovered hundreds of silver coins from 1715 shipwreck off Florida

The eye of Hurricane Beryl brushed the south coast of Jamaica on Wednesday, whipping the island with high winds and heavy rain for hours. By evening, the country’s prime minister said the country had yet to see the worst of it. "We can do as much as we can...

Hurricane Beryl sideswipes Jamaica with pounding rain, winds

LiveScience

A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds.

Medieval warrior woman was buried alongside 23 Spanish monks, and no one knows why

Los Angeles County, CA

 The search for a retired US police officer has been called off after “zero evidence” of him was found on the Greek island where he went missing more than two weeks ago.The brother of Eric Albert Calibet – known by his family as Albert – said that the 59-year-old remained missing and that he “deeply” suspected that foul play had occurred.Calibet, a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, had been vacationing on the idyllic island of Amorgos before he was reported missing by a friend on June 11.Prior to his disappearance, he had embarked on a challenging four-hour hike...

Search called off for retired sheriff’s deputy who vanished on hike on Greek island

WyoFile

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

New Jersey State

Clifton, NJ

Newark, NJ – Evangelos Megariotis, a 72-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Clifton, admitted to multiple counts of unlawfully prescribing pain medications to his patients. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the guilty plea today.

Surgeon Guilty of Illegal Narcotic Prescriptions, Faces 20 Years

Illinois State

Chicago, IL

Chicago Happenings

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

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89 migrants die, dozens missing when boat capsizes off Mauritania

Nouakchott, Mauritania — Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, the state news agency...

89 migrants die, dozens missing when boat capsizes off Mauritania

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