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NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders celebrated National Day, the Arctic island’s biggest summer festival, on Saturday to mark the solstice with songs, cannon salutes and dances under 24 hours of sunlight.Revelers across the semi-autonomous Danish territory, which is also coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump, honored the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer, with a march through their hometowns waving flags and participating in a seal hunting competition.The national holiday was declared in 1985, following a referendum on home rule six years earlier, with the inaugural raising of…

Delta Air Lines has added three new routes to its largest-ever Augusta schedule for the 2026 Masters in April.The new routes to Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) include Los Angeles (LAX), Nashville (BNA) and Newark (EWR). These expanded offerings will increase seat capacity during the tournament from 1,200 to nearly 4,000 peak days seats with up to 18 daily flights to the Home of the Masters. “As the leading airline in Augusta, we look for new ways to raise the bar and deliver an even more elevated Masters travel experience with 2026 featuring our largest schedule yet,” said Paul Baldoni, Delta’s…

Charles Hudson had just closed his fifth fund several months ago — $66 million for Precursor Ventures — when one of his limited partners asked him to run an exercise. What would have happened, the LP wondered, if Hudson had sold all his portfolio companies at Series A? What about Series B? Or Series C? The question wasn’t academic. After two decades in venture capital, Hudson has been watching the math of seed investing change, maybe permanently. LPs who’ve previously been patient with seven-to-eight-year hold periods are suddenly asking questions about interim liquidity. “Seven or eight years feels like a…

London CNN  —  By 8 p.m., three London tour groups are jostling for room in Mitre Square, where murder victim Catherine Eddowes was found with her face mutilated and kidney removed. “I once saw two guides get into a fistfight over space here,” claims Charlotte Everitt, a guide with London-based Rebel Tours. Tourists often arrive in London with a checklist: Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, afternoon tea — and a Jack the Ripper tour. Every night, hundreds of tourists retrace the supposed steps of Jack the Ripper — an unidentified serial killer who brutally murdered at least five women in 1888,…

LONDON (AP) — As the sun rose on the longest day of the year Saturday, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument in southern England has clocked the summer solstice over thousands of years.The orange ball crested the northeast horizon behind the Heel Stone, the entrance to the stone circle, and shone its beam of light into the center of one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments. The solstice is one of the few occasions each year when visitors are allowed to walk among the stones, which are otherwise fenced off. The crowd gathered before…

Luxury British cruise line, Cunard, has announced the details of its 185th Anniversary Sale available across 185 voyages.Now through July 9, 2025, guests can take advantage of fares starting at $899 per person plus a $185 onboard credit per stateroom on select voyages to Alaska, the Caribbean, Canada, Europe, the Mediterranean, the Panama Canal, Transatlantic Crossings and segments of the World Voyage. Featured sailings span Cunard’s four iconic ships, including flagship Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, the newly transformed Queen Elizabeth and the line’s newest ship, Queen Anne. “Celebrating 185 years of delivering unforgettable vacation memories is a milestone few…

Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the problem is more widespread among leading AI models. On Friday, Anthropic published new safety research testing 16 leading AI models from OpenAI, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, and Meta. In a simulated, controlled environment, Anthropic tested each AI model individually, giving them broad access to a fictional company’s emails and the agentic ability to send emails without human approval. While Anthropic says blackmail is…

CNN  —  At least eight people are dead following an accident involving a hot air balloon in Brazil’s southern region of Santa Catarina on Saturday, according to the local governor. “We are all shocked by the accident involving a balloon in Praia Grande, this Saturday morning. Our rescue team is already on site… So far, we have confirmed eight deaths” local governor Jorginho Mello said on X. He said 21 people were on board, the other 13 survived. Video posted to social media shows a hot air balloon catch fire while in the sky. The balloon then deflates and falls…

MILAN (AP) — Dolce & Gabbana beckoned the warm weather with crumpled, take-me-anywhere comfort in their menswear collection for spring-summer 2026, previewed during Milan Fashion Week on Saturday.The show opened and closed with a relaxed pajama silhouette — deliberately rumpled and effortless — in a clash of stripes, with both shorts and long trousers.The Beethoven soundtrack belied designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s more deliberate intent, underscoring the designers’ structured approach to soft tailoring. A broad shoulder double-breasted suit jacket and tie worn with pink pinstriped PJ pants encapsulated the classic summer dilemma: work vs. pleasure.Raw knitwear, or furry overcoats,…

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000 paid rides per week — but it is hardly smooth.  The past seven days in Waymo’s world illustrates just how dynamic the burgeoning robotaxi business can be. The company limited service nationwide on June 13 ahead of scheduled “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his policies.  Days later, Waymo announced it was expanding its robotaxi service area by another…