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Rome CNN — Ten months after the luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in a sudden storm, salvage crews managed to lift it 50 meters (164 feet) from the seabed on Friday afternoon, the company running the $30 million recovery operation said. The superyacht was scheduled to be lifted at the weekend, but salvage crews from TMC Marine said the process went faster than anticipated. The top of the hull is now visible above the surface and TMC Marine said it will be lifted fully out of the water on Saturday. The 56-meter (184-foot) superyacht went down…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — During his best director acceptance speech at this year’s Academy Awards, Sean Baker zealously spoke about the importance of theatergoing, particularly the increasingly threatened independently-owned cinemas. Baker was accepting the award for “Anora,” which won five of the six Oscars it was nominated for that night.On the other side of that awards campaign, the independent filmmaker is continuing his evangelism for seeing films on the big screen by teaming up with Pluto TV for “Free Movie Weekend,” which highlights independent and family-owned theaters across the country throughout the summer, including the Music Box Theatre in Chicago…
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the JPMorgan China Summit in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOnce a laggard in the online investing game, JPMorgan Chase now believes it is a leader.The bank on Friday is set to unveil new tools that allow investors to research and purchase bonds and brokered CDs through its mobile app, CNBC is first to report.Users can set up customized screens and compare bond yields on the same banking app or web portal that…
Facebook Tweet Email Link The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that it will fund longer-term health studies of the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after a 2023 train derailment that sent more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the soil, water and air. The community has long asked the government to do more to help answer questions about the mental and physical effects of the disaster, which some people say they continue to struggle with more than two years later. The funding will be available through the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. In 2024, under the…
by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 8:30 AM ET, Thu June 19, 2025 The Travel Corporation (TTC) unveiled a new strategic growth plan that will help strengthen its leadership, grow its touring and cruise divisions and further support the brands’ trade partners. This new plan restructures TTC’s global sales, which will now report to the new Chief Sales Officer & Deputy CEO, Melissa DaSilva. The new plan focuses on growing three main segments of its touring and cruise division: young adult travel, led by young adult tour brand Contiki; mainstream touring, led by Trafalgar, Insight Vacations and Costsaver; and luxury travel, led…
Electrify Expo, which has spent the last five years putting on festivals across the U.S. to educate people about electric vehicles, is launching a demo experience where people can take an EV home for a weekend. The first company to partner up is Tesla, and Electrify Expo CEO BJ Birtwell says more brands will come on board in the near future. “It’s an opportunity for our attendees at Electrify Expo to have a no-pressure, non-sales-y experience with an electric vehicle on their terms, running errands and fitting this vehicle into their lives to see if it actually makes sense for…
When American Masters approached Marlee Matlin about doing a documentary, Matlin had one name in mind to direct: Shoshanna Stern.Like Matlin, Stern is deaf. She also hadn’t directed before. But Matlin, who herself became the first deaf person in the Directors Guild of America just a few years ago, was certain she was up to the task.The resulting film, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” is an intimate look at her life: Growing up in a hearing family; winning the best actress Oscar at 21 for her first movie role in “Children of a Lesser God,” which film critic Rex Reed…
Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a discussion and vote on thimerosal in flu vaccines, a preservative tied to debunked claims from decades ago of links to autism. The meeting, scheduled to start June 25 and run for two days, is the first for a newly installed group of eight Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members. US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
This article originally appeared in the June issue of AGENTatHOME magazine. Subscribe here to receive your free copy each month.Universal’s Epic Universe theme park will undoubtedly wow your clients with its intriguing lineup of innovative, adventurous experiences. For those advisors who haven’t had a chance to see the Orlando theme park for themselves, here are some tips on how your customers can make the most of their vacations.Book Two-Day Stays One day isn’t enough to experience everything inside Epic Universe, which made its debut late last month – so guests shouldn’t plan to park hop. After all, there’s a generous number…
London CNN — Pro-Palestinian activists broke into Britain’s largest air base and damaged two military aircraft in central England early Friday. Palestine Action, a UK-based group that aims to disrupt the operations of weapons manufacturers supplying the Israeli government, posted footage of the action to its X account. The video shows two people riding on electric scooters on the tarmac of RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire. The activists can be seen spraying red paint into the turbine engines of two Airbus Voyagers, which they said were targeted for their alleged role in carrying military cargo and for their use in…