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☆ PlayStation, treasure hunts and natural wonders: What life is like onboard a giant oil tanker
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The movies, which feature ambushes, looting and a drunken captain, are far from real life, according to shipping veteran Ralph Juhl. The crew on board an oil tanker operated by Hafnia. Where the ship goes depends on where the demand for oil is and Dixon has sailed to every continent bar Antarctica, he said. An aurora borealis light display in the southern part of Norway, one of the natural spectacles seen by oil tanker captain DSA Dixon during his seafaring life. Oil tanker crew prepare mooring ropes to secure a bunker barge to their vessel for refueling.

☆ Roman Emperor Caligula's massive party ships were not burned by the Nazis during World War II, researchers say. A US artillery unit was to blame.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

For decades, many believed the Nazis were responsible for the destruction of Caligula's Nemi ships. While many believed the Nazis burned them during World War II, a new book finds that a US artillery unit was responsible for their destruction. At the time, it was widely believed that Hitler's Nazis were responsible for the burned ships. But a new book shines a light on their history — claiming it was a US artillery unit that burned the vessels. "Whoever is doing the fighting, war is always destructive"US soldiers with mortar shells scrawled with anti-Hitler chalk messages, 1943.

☆ Russian commanders are brutally punishing their own soldiers by putting them in 'holes in the ground,' UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russian commanders are punishing soldiers by putting them in holes in the ground covered with metal grilles. The ministry pointed to multiple recent reports from Russian personnel about the use of such holes in an intelligence update on Sunday. There have previously been reports of Russian soldiers getting into drunken brawls, which have sometimes been deadly. Since the early days of the war, reports have also emerged of Russian troops mutinying and refusing to fight. It has not confirmed the number of casualties, but The Center for Strategic & International Studies estimated in February that between 60,000 and 70,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine.

☆ Taylor Swift fans show support for fan killed after Houston concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Taylor Swift fans have rallied in support of a fellow fan who was killed early Saturday after leaving Swift’s Houston concert. Jacob Lewis, 20, was hit and killed by a drunken driver after The Eras Tour show at NRG Stadium in Houston on Friday night. Karyn and Steve Lewis, Jacob’s parents, told CNN that the money donated will go toward a scholarship for theater students in the Katy, Texas, area. “If we could have him back that would be our choice but that’s not an option so we need to move forward and do what we can do to support others,” Steve told CNN. “We’ve gotten support from people who don’t even know us and now we’re able to honor him in a special way,” Steve said.

☆ Removing shoes, reclining seats? What's deemed ‘unacceptable’ on flights may depend on where you’re from
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Conversely, only 32% of respondents in the UAE considered seat-reclining unacceptable, lower than the global survey average of 53%. Only 19% deemed crying babies to be "unacceptable" and less than one-third were troubled by noisy kids over the age of four. However, there was one issue that bothered UAE respondents more than European travelers. Only 21% labeled crying babies as unacceptable, less than the 25% of men in the survey. What's 'unacceptable' to American flyersAmericans are more likely than the global average to view acts like personal grooming and shoe removal on flights as unacceptable.

☆ Drinking is killing Russian troops, according to UK intel. Widespread alcoholism during the first Crimean War 150 years ago resulted in Russia's defeat.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Crimean War would become another example of the county's war drinking problem cataloged in the annals of Russian history. I don't think it's nearly as important nowadays, as it was during the Russo-Japanese War or World War One, but it's significant, right?" In an interview with Insider, Schrad expanded on the history of Russian drinking during wartime. A lot of it is the consequence of my research topic, which has been alcohol and Russian history. The Crimean War, the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, in particular, were all drunken fiascos.

☆ Why sex workers are protesting in Amsterdam
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Jessie Gretener | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The reduced hours come amid an ongoing campaign by the city council to move sex workers into an “erotic center” outside the heart of the city. She also spoke about welfare concerns for all sex workers, explaining how it could impact their ability to get home safely. A protest organized by sex workers interrupted a city council meeting on Thursday that was discussing location options for the proposed erotic center. Sex workers disagree, with Red Light United arguing that the erotic center could create an environment for more crime and “shady” behavior. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty ImagesRestrictions for sex workers is just one bullet point on Amsterdam’s re-branding attempt.

☆ Miami Beach curbs alcohol sales after 'unruly' spring breakers violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Brad Brooks | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 23 (Reuters) - The city of Miami Beach curtailed alcohol sales through Monday morning after drunken revelers on spring break got tangled in multiple shootings, fights, assaults and stampedes that resulted in at least two deaths in the past week. Miami Beach, a small barrier island just to the east of Miami, has long been a magnet for wild parties, as college students from around the country take advantage of an annual school vacation to descend on its white sand beaches for an alcohol-soaked rite of passage. All alcohol sales, including by liquor stores, for off-premises consumption are banned from 6 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Monday under an emergency declaration by city manager Alina Hudak on Wednesday. Businesses that sell alcohol oppose the measure, saying it will severely hurt their revenues. But the Miami Beach city commission earlier this week voted 4-to-3 against a curfew, with those opposed saying it would hurt businesses during this peak tourist season.

☆ To Curb Drunk Driving, More States Consider .05 Limit on Blood Alcohol Level
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | Photographs Adrienne Grunwald For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ALBANY, N. Y.—Alisa McMorris totes a wagon filled with leaflets and a picture of her son Andrew, who was killed by a drunken driver in 2018, as she makes the rounds in the state capitol. The 49-year-old Long Island woman, a member of the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is pressing legislators to pass a new state law that she says could decrease such tragedies: lowering the legal threshold for what constitutes driving under the influence of alcohol.

☆ Want to Reduce Binge Drinking Among Teens? Try Taxing E-Cigarettes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Lisa Ward | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Vaping and binge drinking may go together for many teens, so a tax that reduces vaping could also reduce drinking. Taxes on electronic cigarettes are designed to deter vaping. For teens, though, such taxes might have some unintended additional health benefits. A recent study found that states and municipalities with electronic-cigarette taxes had not only lower rates of vaping by teenagers, but less binge drinking and fewer drunken-driving fatalities for teens as well.

☆ Biting dogs and violence: Five takeaways from the Louisville police probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Here are five takeaways from the report:BITING DOGSLouisville police deploy dogs against people who don't pose a threat, and allow the dogs to continue biting after the suspect surrenders, the report found. It cited an instance where an officer ordered his dog to bite a 14-year-old Black teen who was not resisting. NECK RESTRAINTSThe investigation found that Louisville police use dangerous neck restraints against people who pose no threat. It cited a case in which police responded to the scene of an elderly Black man "dancing in the street." In one such case, police responding to a domestic violence disturbance call regarding a Black man.

☆ Your Airbnb is watching you
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Airbnb hosts are hotly debating the appropriateness of security cameras. Some guests and hosts say it's an invasion of privacy for vacationers. Arizona host Zach Narus says cameras provide a "peace of mind" to his guests, just as much as they do for him. Once a guest messaged Narus that there was a loud banging outside the property and asked him to use the security cameras to check for an intruder or wildlife. Disclosing the use of cameras, Narus says, discourages bookings that are looking to throw a party.

☆ I work in party hostels all over the world. Here are the 7 things I wish travelers would stop doing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Taylor Futch travels the world, making pit stops along the way to work in party hostels. For the past two years I've traveled the world and worked at a variety of party hostels in Central America and Europe. Futch at a party hostel. If you plan on going to sleep at 8 p.m., I wouldn't recommend staying at a party hostel. Do you work in a party hostel and want to share your story?

☆ 75% of LGBTQ+ startup founders hide their identity from investors, UK survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Proud Ventures, with the backing of Founders Factory and Investec Wealth, surveyed 118 founders and 61 investors based in the U.K. for the research. It is the first report of its kind in the U.K. startup community, according to Proud Ventures. A survey from Proud Ventures, a network of LGBTQ+ venture capitalists and angel investors, found that 75% of LGBTQ+ startup founders and 79% of investors conceal their sexual orientation or gender identity. A number of startup founders reported facing discrimination as a result of their LGBTQ+ identity. It is feared the contraction in startup funding, declining technology valuations and a worsening macroeconomic backdrop could worsen the situation for LGBTQ+ founders.

☆ Police chiefs apologise for Hillsborough failures after 34 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The 1989 FA Cup semi-final was the scene of Britain's worst sporting disaster when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death in an over-crowded and fenced-in enclosure in the lower tier. "Policing has profoundly failed those bereaved by the Hillsborough disaster over many years and we are sorry that the service got it so wrong," Chief Constable Andy Marsh, CEO of the College of Policing, said in a statement. "Police failures were the main cause of the tragedy and have continued to blight the lives of family members ever since. "Collectively, the changes made since the Hillsborough disaster and in response to Rt Reverend James Jones's report aim to ensure the terrible police failures made on the day and in the aftermath can never happen again," he added. Earlier this month, Newcastle United fans complained of "overcrowding and crushing" and a lack of stewarding at the Hillsborough Stadium during their FA Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday at the same Leppings Lane End.

☆ Trump hired Natalee Holloway's suspected killer's lawyer to defend him in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump hired one of the most famous criminal defense attorneys to represent him against E. Jean Carroll. Carroll has accused Trump of sexual battery and defamation. Tacopina told the Post that he has no issues defending accused criminals. I like the high stakes," Tacopina told the Times. Van der Sloot was never tried for Natalee Holloway's murder, but remains the primary suspect in the unsolved case.

☆ Putin is pardoning thieves, hit men, and murderers so that they can go to fight in Ukraine, Kremlin admits
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Kremlin admitted on Friday that Putin is giving pardons to convicts who fight in Ukraine. Murderers and hit men have signed up, and would be released after fighting for just six months. Wagner Group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen congratulating one newly-freed batch in January. The Wagner Group is a private army run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, and notorious for its brutality. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addresses former convicts released after serving in Ukraine, according to Russian state-controlled media.

☆ Mass Shootings in the U.S.: A Symptom of Despair - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jillian Peterson | James Densley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +23 min

Seven killed and 46 injured in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022He suffered from severe back pain. Eight killed and seven injured in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021He was known for being paranoid with a short temper. Five killed and seven injured in Aurora, Ill., on Feb. 15, 2019He had expressed violent thoughts. Nine killed and seven injured in Red Lake, Minn., on March 21, 2005He had been noticeably depressed and angry at church. Seven killed and seven injured in Fort Worth on Sept. 15, 1999He killed his daughter’s cat because he was upset.

☆ A Russian graveyard reveals Wagner’s prisoner army
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +18 min

The resting places were adorned with simple wooden crosses and brightly coloured wreaths that bore the insignia of Russia’s Wagner Group - a feared and secretive private army. The news agency matched the names of at least 39 of the dead here and at three other nearby cemeteries to Russian court records, publicly available databases and social media accounts. He said gravediggers told him the bodies had come from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, close to Russia’s border with Donetsk region. According to Russian court documents, Kochas and another man burst into the apartment of an acquaintance while drunk in an attempted robbery. But he refused, so he’s a fool.”A Russian graveyard reveals Wagner’s prisoner army By Felix Light and Filipp Lebedev in Tbilisi and Reade Levinson in London Photo editing: Simon Newman Graphics: Fielding Cage Art direction: Eve Watling Edited by Janet McBride

Four people were arrested in connection with the alleged rape of Madison Brooks, a Louisiana State University student who was fatally hit by a car shortly after the suspects dropped her off in an East Baton Rouge subdivision. Lee is Washington's uncle, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said. Carver told investigators that he, his friends and Lee did not know Brooks prior to meeting her at Reggie's, the report said. When they were about to leave, Brooks asked for a ride home, Carver told detectives. He told CBS affiliate WAFB of Baton Rouge that a rape did not occur.

☆ Tech stocks lead a Wall Street rally on week's final trading day — listen to 'The Homestretch'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

THAT'S WHEN, REMEMBER, THE FEDWAS SAYING THAT INFLATION WASTRANSITORY OVER A YEAR AGO, ITWAS THE MARKET THAT SNIFFED THATOUT FIRST. THEN MICROSOFT, I THINK IT ISREACTING VERY WELL TO THE FACTTHAT IT DID LAYOFF THOSE PEOPLEINITIALLY. THEY WILL BE HIGHER AND THATMAKES THE STOCK LOOK CHEAPERTHAN WHAT IT WAS, SAY, AT THESTART OF THE YEAR. I THINK THE STOCK IS GOING TO200, SPLITTING INTO TWODIFFERENT DIVISIONS. >> LOOK, MICROSOFT IS A COMPANYTHAT I THINK, AS I SAID INYESTERDAY'S MEETING, THE CLASSICTECH THAT GOES UP IF THE FEDSTARTS TIGHTENING AND ONE DAYTHE FED WILL, INDEED, STOPTIGHTENING.

When it comes to queer books, the loudest headlines may be about bans and censorship, but a quieter truth about the state of LGBTQ books reveals the resilience of their authors and commitment of their readers. The queer titles debuting in 2023 are as full of joy as they are examples of resistance, and those in the industry say LGBTQ writers are only getting more ambitious. And while queer young adult books are often the target of book-banning efforts, these titles drove the highest gains in the category, the report found. When it comes to considering a queer future, and what’s next for queer books, that’s something that’s been on the mind of Suzi F. Garcia, the editor of Lambda Literary, a nonprofit that advocates for LGBTQ books and authors. She described the book as having a “queer core” and a sense of hope while discussing issues critical to LGBTQ and Black communities.

☆ Russia plans to mobilize 500,000 soldiers in days. If they don't deliver victory, then 'Putin will collapse,' says Ukrainian spy chief.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Ukrainian military is warning that Putin is planning to mobilize up to half a million new troops. The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service said that they believe the mobilization will be announced on January 15. "If Russia loses this time around, then Putin will collapse," said Ukraine's deputy military intelligence chief. The new infusion of manpower will massively increase the number of soldiers Russia has deployed in occupied Ukraine. Russia's first mobilization in October of 300,000 soldiers was heavily criticized, with many mobilized soldiers being untrained, elderly, unwell, or too young to fight.

☆ I work in party hostels all around the world. I clean gross rooms and host all-night pub crawls in exchange for a free place to live — here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Taylor Futch works at party hostels and does everything from leading pub crawls to manning the desk. I worked at 4 hostels in 2022After Brazil, I worked at one of Europe's famous party hostels, Rising Cock Party Hostel in Lagos, Portugal, for two months and had an incredible experience. My job is to get to know the guests and host a series of nightly events like beer pong and pub trivia. You're bound to find some interesting things while cleaning inside a party hostel. My birthday fell on a Thursday, which is when my hostel has its weekly party, so I wound up DJing.

☆ A Russian soldier has been arrested for beating a captain to death while 'intoxicated'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian soldier has been arrested for beating a commander to death, say local reports. The man drunkenly beat the captain of a military unit to death during a train journey. Both men were part of President Vladimir Putin's military mobilization. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyA Russian soldier has been arrested for beating a captain to death, a Russian military court has announced. This is not the first time that Russian soldiers have been involved in drunken brawls.

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