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☆ A Ship That Sank in 1881 Is Found Nearly Intact in Lake Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the early morning of May 11, 1881, Capt. John Higgins and his eight-man crew scurried onto a lifeboat and caught a final glimpse of their schooner, Trinidad, as it disappeared into the icy waters of Lake Michigan. After 142 years, its wreckage has finally been discovered. Trinidad was built at Grand Island, N.Y., in 1867 and was used as a cargo ship in the lucrative grain trade between Milwaukee, Chicago and Oswego, N.Y., according to a news release. “A lot of these schooners were built for one thing,” Mr. Baillod said in a phone interview on Friday evening.

Persons: John Higgins, Brendon Baillod, Robert Jaeck, Baillod, Mr, ” Locations: Trinidad, Lake Michigan, Algoma, Wis, Grand, N.Y, Milwaukee, Chicago, Oswego

☆ 3 Dead in Racially Motivated Shooting at Florida Store, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Three people were killed by a gunman inside a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., in what the mayor said was a “hate-filled crime.”The gunman died after shooting himself, Sheriff T.K. Waters of Jacksonville said at a news conference on Saturday evening. “This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people,” Sheriff Waters said. As news of the shooting filtered through the community, people formed prayer circles outside the scene, which was cordoned off by the police.

Persons: Sheriff T.K, Black, Waters Locations: Jacksonville, Fla, Waters

☆ Bray Wyatt, Former WWE Champion, Is Dead at 36
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Windham Rotunda, a former World Wrestling Entertainment champion and a third-generation professional wrestler known as Bray Wyatt, died on Thursday at the age of 36, the company announced. Mr. Rotunda’s death was announced by WWE’s chief content officer Paul Levesque, the former wrestler known as Triple H, on X, formerly known as Twitter. WWE also confirmed the death in a statement on its website. “Known for his captivating performances and incredible in-ring presence, Wyatt was a defining Superstar of his generation and accomplished many feats in WWE, including becoming WWE Champion in 2017,” the statement said. Mr. Rotunda was the brother of Taylor Rotunda, known as Bo Dallas; a son of the Hall of Fame wrestler Mike Rotunda; and a grandson of Robert Windham, known as Blackjack Mulligan.

Persons: Windham, Bray Wyatt, Rotunda’s, Paul Levesque, Wyatt, Rotunda, Taylor, Bo Dallas, Mike Rotunda, Robert Windham, Blackjack Mulligan Organizations: Wrestling Entertainment, WWE’s, Triple, Twitter, WWE, of

☆ Store Owner Is Fatally Shot by Man Who Confronted Her About Pride Flag
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Every time someone ripped down the rainbow Pride flag from the Mag.Pi clothing store in the San Bernardino mountains in California, the store’s owner, Laura Ann Carleton, responded by putting up a bigger one. Around 5 p.m. on Friday, she was fatally shot by a man who made disparaging remarks about the shop’s Pride flag, the authorities said. The man, whose identity has not been released, fled the scene on foot. Deputies found him with a handgun, and he was killed in an encounter with law enforcement, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. The department said that “detectives learned the suspect made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton.”

Persons: Laura Ann Carleton, Carleton, ” Organizations: San, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Locations: San Bernardino, California, San Bernardino County

The death toll in Maui stood at 89 on Saturday night and was expected to climb even further, according to Gov. Many survivors in the region were relying on each other in the wake of the disaster. More federal emergency workers and active-duty military personnel were headed to the island to help with the search and rescue effort. It remains unsafe for residents to return because of toxic fumes and other dangers, Mr. Green said. “We are going to do some reviews so we can make things safer going forward,” Mr. Green said.

Persons: Josh Green of, ”, Ashlee Yap, Richard T, Bissen Jr, Green, Irving Sotelo, Sotelo, Mr Organizations: Gov, Radio Locations: United States, Maui, Josh Green of Hawaii ., West Maui, Honokowai, “, Lahaina, Maui County, Government

☆ A survivor made a desperate dash into the sea to escape an inferno.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lisa Francis was trying to drive home from her job at a bank in Lahaina when the firestorm caught up to her. It was 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and she was trapped in traffic near the ocean. Whipped by bruising winds, the firestorm was raging its way west toward her and others in similar straits. They clambered onto the slippery rocks, Ms. Francis said. The fire roared through the cars and buildings along the street above, unleashing a choking wall of thick smoke.

Persons: Lisa Francis, Francis said Locations: Lahaina

When the brush fire was first spotted early on Tuesday, Maui County officials ordered evacuations in an area on the eastern edge of town near a school. But within a few hours, officials announced on Facebook and on the county website that the blaze had been “100% contained.” And for the next few hours, while the county Emergency Management Agency warned people to stay away from several blocked roads, there appear to have been no further evacuation orders. Only as the fire spread rapidly into Lahaina, rekindled by powerful winds, did officials order more evacuations, according to statements posted on the county’s website and social media accounts. But by then, in the afternoon, some people were already dodging flames and thick smoke as they made last-minute efforts to reach safety, and many residents said they never received any alerts. At a news conference on Thursday night, the fire chief, Bradford Ventura, said the blaze had moved so quickly that it was “nearly impossible” for emergency management officials to send out evacuation orders in time.

Persons: Maui, Bradford Ventura Organizations: Facebook, Emergency Management Agency Locations: Lahaina, Maui County

Devastating wildfires linked to climate change have lately become somewhat normal in the American West and beyond. In that sense, the Maui fires are nothing new. The ones on Maui this week are destructive in part because of the island’s isolation, fragile supply chains and dependence on tourism. The winds driving the fires, driven themselves in part by a hurricane passing hundreds of miles away in the Pacific Ocean, were expected to ease on Thursday. Phone service was down in some parts of the island’s west coast, including Hawaii’s former royal capital, Lahaina, where fire has been ripping through weathered wooden storefronts.

Persons: ”, Burgess Harrison, “ Organizations: Fire, U.S . Coast Guard, Hawaii Department of Health Locations: Maui, American, Maui and Minnesota, Minnesota, Hawaii, Lahaina

On the western side of Maui, some residents fled by swimming into the ocean, where they were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, Maui County officials said. Others escaped by car, driving past flames in the shadow of the West Maui Mountains. Two evacuation shelters closed because of the encroaching fire, and people inside were sent to new locations, Maui County officials said. The 911 emergency call service in West Maui was down early on Wednesday, and people were told to call the local police department directly instead, Maui County officials said. In Maui County, there were more 12,600 electricity customers without power on Wednesday, according to the tracking site poweroutage.us.

Persons: Hurricane Dora, Richard T, Bissen, Brian Schatz, Dora, —, Sylvia Luke, Hawaii’s Organizations: U.S . Coast Guard, Weather Service, Maui Counties, National Guard Locations: Maui, Maui County, West Maui, Hawaii, Lahaina, ”

A gathering of thousands of people in Manhattan’s Union Square Park on Friday quickly became an unruly scene, with dozens of police officers called to quell the chaos. Many in the crowd were looking to get free video game consoles that would be handed out by a popular social media streamer. However, by Friday evening, the police had arrested dozens of people, including the live-streamer who organized the event, Kai Carlo Cenat III, who was charged with inciting a riot. Kai Carlo Cenat III and a fellow streamer, Fanum, recently told their millions of followers that they would give away PlayStation 5 consoles at Union Square Park on Friday at 4 p.m. But the crowd soon grew “exponentially” and began to spill onto the nearby streets, blocking pedestrians and cars.

Persons: Kai Carlo Cenat III

☆ Some Wells Fargo Customer Deposits Disappear Because of a ‘Technical Issue’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Some Wells Fargo customers checked their bank accounts this week to discover that their recent deposits had disappeared, causing them to express concern over where the money had gone and, in some cases, to report being late on their bills. The missing funds were caused by “a technical issue,” leaving some customers’ deposits in limbo, Wells Fargo said on social media in response to customer complaints. However, the bank did not say on Saturday how many accounts had been affected or what had caused the problem. “A limited number of customers were unable to see recent check deposit transactions on their accounts,” Wells Fargo said in a statement on Saturday. “All accounts have been resolved and are showing accurate balances and transactions.

Persons: “, ”, Wells Fargo Organizations: Wells

☆ Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening DeSantis, Cruz and Other Republicans
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to making death threats on social media against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and other high-profile Republican politicians. Mr. Marshall faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing date has not been set, according to Tyler C. Box, Mr. Marshall’s lawyer. “He is ready to take responsibility and take the punishment the court sees fit to move on with his life.”

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz, Tyler Jay Marshall, Marshall, Tyler C, “, Box, ” Organizations: Florida Gov, Court, Western, of, U.S Locations: Oklahoma, Ron DeSantis , Texas, U.S, of Oklahoma, Enid

Several news organizations fell for an elaborate hoax on Tuesday that claimed that all Mattel toys, including the iconic Barbie doll, would be plastic free by 2030, starting with a new line of decomposable “EcoWarrior” dolls made with organic materials including mushrooms, algae and clay. The campaign, carried out by an activist group that calls itself the Barbie Liberation Organization, included a series of false news releases and advertisements purporting to be from the toy giant Mattel. The group said it wanted to capitalize on the hype that has surrounded the blockbuster “Barbie” film, released last month, and call attention to the use of plastic in toys. In one of the clips, the actor and environmental activist Daryl Hannah strolls along a picturesque beach, where she plucks a barnacle-encrusted doll from the sand.

Persons: Barbie, Daryl Hannah strolls Organizations: Mattel, Barbie Liberation Organization

☆ Worms Revived After 46,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At a time when the mighty woolly mammoth roamed the Earth, some 46,000 years ago, a minuscule pair of roundworms became encased in the Siberian permafrost. Millenia later, the worms, thawed out of the ice, would wriggle again, and demonstrate to scientists that life could be paused — almost indefinitely. The discovery, published this week in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Genetics, offers new insight into how the worms, also known as nematodes, can survive in extreme conditions for extraordinarily long periods of time, in this case tens of thousands of years. In 2018, Anastasia Shatilovich, a scientist from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia, thawed two female worms from a fossilized burrow dug by gophers in the Arctic.

Persons: wriggle, Anastasia Shatilovich Organizations: PLOS Genetics, Institute of Physicochemical, gophers Locations: Russia

Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles whose broad vocal range on songs like “Take It to the Limit” helped catapult the rock band to international fame, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Los Angeles. The cause was complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the band said on its website. “Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the group said. Mr. Meisner, the band’s original bass player, helped form the Eagles in 1971 along with Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Bernie Leadon. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and won a Grammy Award for record of the year in 1978.

Persons: Randy Meisner, “ Randy, Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon Organizations: Eagles Locations: Los Angeles, “ Hotel California, Hotel California

It topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and won a Grammy Award for record of the year in 1978. But Meisner was uncomfortable with fame. “We did two or three encores, and Glenn wanted another one,” Meisner said, referring to his bandmate, the singer-songwriter who died in 2016. “I told them I couldn’t do it, and we got into a spat,” Meisner told the magazine. “That was the end.”Meisner left the band in September 1977 but was inducted with the Eagles into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Persons: Meisner, “, ”, Rolling Stone, Glenn, ” Meisner, Parke Puterbaugh Organizations: Eagles, Roll Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Locations: California, Knoxville

☆ In a First, Louisville Taps a Black Woman to Lead Its Troubled Police Force
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Louisville’s interim police chief, Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, will continue permanently in her role and take over a department that has been in turmoil since the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and was excoriated this year in a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report. Ms. Gwinn-Villaroel, 49, will be the first Black woman to serve permanently as the Louisville Metro Police Department’s chief. She had been interim chief since January, after the resignation of her predecessor, Erika Shields, one of several recent leadership changes. “Over the past six months, Chief Gwinn-Villaroel has shown our city that she has exactly what I’m looking for in a chief and exactly what our community is looking for in a leader,” Mayor Craig Greenberg, who took office in January, said Thursday in a news release announcing her hiring. “She has extensive experience in law enforcement leadership and a record of reform.”Chief Gwinn-Villaroel, a 26-year law enforcement veteran, started with the department in 2021 as a deputy chief after having spent her entire career at the Atlanta Police Department.

Persons: Jacquelyn, Breonna Taylor, Erika Shields, Gwinn, Villaroel, Craig Greenberg, “ Organizations: Department of Justice, Louisville Metro Police Department’s, ”, Atlanta Police Department

☆ The Perpetual Stew Is More About Community Than Cuisine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They wore floppy toques and were flanked by an array of ingredients: vegetable broth, chili peppers, bay leaves, potatoes, shallots, radishes, garlic powder, canned beans, carrots and more — all crowdsourced from their eager guests. As their pots emptied, they made more stew. Annie Rauwerda, 23, started cooking a vegan stew in a slow cooker on June 7 and — with the help of her boyfriend, David Shayne, 27, and a close friend, Hajin Yoo, 23 — hasn’t stopped since. It’s a perpetual stew; Ms. Rauwerda and her friends eat most of it, leaving just a small amount of broth and other ingredients in the pot before they replenish it. They have repeated that cycle for over a month now, stirring an online buzz along the way.

Persons: Annie Rauwerda, David Shayne, Hajin Yoo, hasn’t, It’s, Rauwerda Locations: Brooklyn

Kevin Mitnick, a hacker who was once one of the most wanted computer criminals in the United States, died on Sunday, according to a statement shared Wednesday by a cybersecurity training company he co-founded and a funeral home in Las Vegas. After his release from prison in 2000, Mr. Mitnick began a new career as a security consultant, writer and public speaker. Mr. Mitnick, a convicted hacker, was best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of thousands of data files and credit card numbers from computers across the country. He used his skills to worm his way into the nation’s phone and cell networks, vandalizing government, corporate and university computer systems. Investigators at the time named him the “most wanted” computer hacker in the world.

Persons: Kevin Mitnick, Kathy Wattman, Mitnick, King David Memorial Organizations: KnowBe4, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, King David Memorial Chapel & Locations: United States, Las Vegas

☆ The Southwest Braces for Record-Breaking Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

People across the southwestern United States were trying to stay cool on Saturday as a punishing heat wave was posed to break temperature records. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for this weekend that covered more than 31 million people, mostly in Arizona, Nevada and California. Another 61 million people on the West Coast and in the South were under a heat advisory. The Weather Service forecast 45 record-high temperatures across the country ahead of the weekend. Municipalities and community organizations scrambled to provide water and cool shelter to their most vulnerable populations, primarily homeless individuals.

Organizations: National Weather Service, Weather Service Locations: United States, Arizona , Nevada, California, West, Southwest

☆ Overdue Book Is Returned to a Library After Nearly 120 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As books go, James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” is hardly a household name, but it has gained renewed attention after a copy was returned last month to a Massachusetts library nearly 120 years overdue. “This is definitely the longest overdue book that we’ve gotten back,” Olivia Melo, the library’s director, said on Sunday. “And we do get some books back after, you know, 10, 15 years.”The book, published in 1881 and written by a prominent Scottish physicist, was an early scientific text laying out electrical theories. Its 208 pages, bound by a cranberry-colored cover, are crammed with technical jargon and medleys of elaborate mathematical equations. The library acquired the book in 1882, Ms. Melo said.

Persons: James Clerk Maxwell’s, we’ve, ” Olivia Melo, ”, Melo Locations: Massachusetts, Scottish

☆ Large Crack Spotted in Roller Coaster Prompts Its Shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A roller coaster at an amusement park in Charlotte, N.C., was shut down on Friday after a visitor spotted a large crack in one of the ride’s pillars. The Carowinds amusement park said that it closed the coaster, called Fury 325, “after park personnel became aware of a crack at the top of a steel support pillar.”The ride will remain closed as crews make repairs, Courtney McGarry Weber, a park spokeswoman, said. Erin Wilson, a spokeswoman for the North Carolina Department of Labor said on Sunday that its Elevator and Amusement Device Bureau “will be investigating and plan to be at Carowinds on Monday.”Jeremy Wagner, who was visiting the park with his daughter, son, niece and his son’s friend on Friday, recorded video of the crack.

Persons: Courtney McGarry Weber, Erin Wilson, ” Jeremy Wagner Organizations: North Carolina Department of Labor Locations: Charlotte, N.C

☆ A ‘Priest’ Walked Into a Taqueria. Investigators Say It Was Intimidation.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An owner of a Northern California taqueria was the target of a federal wage theft investigation in November 2021 when he brought in a strange guest to talk to his employees. Eduardo Hernandez told workers at Taqueria Garibaldi in Sacramento that the man, who claimed to be a priest, was there to hear confession and “help with mental health,” according to an account that one employee gave federal regulators. But the employee, Maria Parra, found her interaction with the man to be more like an interrogation than a confession. Ms. Parra said that he told her he would ask her questions “to get the sins out of me.” But when the questioning began, the man “mostly had work-related questions,” she said. “The priest asked if I had stolen anything at work, if I was late to my employment, if I did anything to harm my employer and if I had any bad intentions toward my employment,” Ms. Parra said in a sworn declaration.

Persons: Northern California taqueria, Eduardo Hernandez, Taqueria Garibaldi, Maria Parra, Parra, “, ”, ” Ms Organizations: Taqueria Locations: Northern California, Sacramento

☆ Google Might Owe You Money. Here’s How to Get It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Anyone who clicked on a Google search result link from October 2006 to September 2013 is entitled to a piece — however small — of a $23 million settlement that the tech giant has agreed to pay to resolve a class-action lawsuit. The settlement’s administrators set up a website for people to submit claims. Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc., agreed to the settlement in August. The consolidated class-action lawsuit filed in 2013 accused the company of “storing and intentionally, systematically and repeatedly divulging” users’ search queries and histories to third-party websites and companies. This, according to the lawsuit, amounted to a privacy-law violation and a breach of Google’s own privacy pledge to its users.

Persons: divulging Organizations: Google, Alphabet Inc

☆ To Fight Book Bans, Illinois Passes a Ban on Book Bans
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Taking a new tack in the ideological battle over what books children should be able to read, Illinois will prohibit book bans in its public schools and libraries, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker calling the bill that he signed on Monday the first of its kind. The law, which takes effect next year, was the Democratic-controlled state’s response to a sharp rise in book-banning efforts across the country, especially in Republican-led states, where lawmakers have made it easier to remove library books that political groups deemed objectionable. “While certain hypocritical governors are banning books written by L.G.B.T.Q. The law directs public libraries in the state to adopt or write their own versions of a library bill of rights such as the American Library Association’s, which asserts that “Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval.”

Persons: J.B, Pritzker, L.G.B.T.Q, Mr, ” Organizations: Gov, Democratic, Republican, Harold Washington Library Center, American Locations: , Illinois, Chicago

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