Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew’s possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin’s coastline. Wisconsin maritime historians Brendon Baillod and Robert Jaeck found the 156-year-old Trinidad in July […]

Madison Prewett has no regrets when it comes to her decision to stay celibate before marriage and doesn’t care if others don’t understand. Ahead of her book’s release, “The Love Everybody Wants: What You’re Looking for Is Already Yours,” the “Bachelor” alum took to Instagram to share a message to […]

Wildlife traffickers pleaded guilty this week in federal court in California to illegally importing endangered sea cucumbers — which are prized in China for food and medicine and as a reputed aphrodisiac — from Mexico. Zunyu Zhao and Xionwei Xiao were charged with conspiracy and illegal importation of brown sea […]

The state of Virginia is warning of a statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease, a “rare but serious” bacterial illness that can lead to meningitis. Since June 2022, there have been 27 cases of the disease reported in eastern, central, and southwest Virginia — three times the expected number of cases […]

A Rhode Island airport ended a brief lockdown Friday after police said the potential security threat that prompted it was unfounded. The Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick posted online about the lockdown shortly before noon. It said police determined there was no credible security threat about 45 […]

A former pizzeria owner has been sentenced to two years in prison for using over $660,000 in fraudulently obtained pandemic relief funds to buy an alpaca farm. In 2020, Dana McIntyre, 59, of Grafton, Vermont, submitted a fraudulent application for a Paycheck Protection Program loan, prosecutors said. He inflated information […]

Noah Lyles’ recent criticism of NBA players calling themselves “world champions” has gotten heat from current and former basketball players. But no one’s reaction was as spicy as Gilbert Arenas’. In a recent episode of his “Gil’s Arena” podcast, Arenas, Rashad McCants and other former NBA stars were discussing Lyles’ […]

A 17-year-old Texas girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Friday has been charged in the murder of a 21-year-old man, while another suspect remains at large, police said.  Investigators in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, said two people of interest were identified in the Aug. 29 […]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) wrote in the Austin American-Statesmen on Friday that he has introduced a bill to regulate name, image and likeness in college sports. NIL in college sports was finally born in 2021, but it has not come without question marks and controversy. “College sports are a great […]

Heavy realigment hit college football in the offseason and was the talk of the sport weeks before games kicked off. The Pac-12 Conference was decimated before the season started. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah announced their move to the Big 12, while Oregon and Washington announced they would join […]