Month: December 2019

A black rhino, thought to be the oldest in the world, has died in Tanzania at the age of 57. Fausta passed away on Friday from what is believed to be natural causes, according to the sanctuary where she had been living since 2016. “Records show that Fausta lived longest than any rhino in the

A half century after Curt Flood’s defiance paved the way for free agency in professional sports, his surviving children are lobbying for their once-estranged father’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. “My dad lost his health and his way,” said Curt Flood Jr., who’s 59. “It was a long road back

While five of the six playoff spots have been wrapped up in both the NFC and the AFC, there’s sure to be drama in the final week of the NFL season. Beyond the teams looking to secure the final two openings in the playoffs, the league’s top squads will be jockeying for position, all hoping

Joe Burrow and LSU just keep making it look easy. Up next: Clemson. With a record-breaking performance, LSU has advanced to the College Football Playoff national championship game, dominating No. 4 Oklahoma 63-28 in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Saturday. Next, the Tigers will play for a national title just 80 miles from their campus

A Massachusetts mansion that was once the home of a descendant of two US presidents was destroyed in a fire Friday. Charles Francis Adams III owned the Concord property until 1952, according to Massachusetts Land Records. Adams was the great-grandson of John Quincy Adams, the sixth US President, and the great-great-grandson of John Adams, the

At least 22 people were killed when a bus carrying factory laborers overturned Saturday in Port Said, Egypt, according to the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram. Eight people were injured when the bus collided with a truck and overturned on Port Said-Damietta highway. “Deadly road accidents take place on a daily basis in Egypt due to poor

Public school students in Seattle have until January 8 to get vaccinated or they cannot return to school, according to an announcement by the city’s school system. About 2,000 students need their immunization records updated, Seattle schools spokesman Tim Robinson told CNN affiliate KCPQ-TV. The division sent letters to parents last week and are now

Four people sustained minor injuries when an airplane crashed outside of Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Saturday. The crash happened in a parking lot across from the airport, a spokesman for the Buncombe County Department of Emergency Services told CNN. No details have been provided on what may have caused the plane to

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas on Saturday due to mechanical issues that may have been caused by a drone or bird strike, officials said. Flight 1281, departing Austin for Salt Lake City, Utah, “landed safely and returned to the gate, where customers deplaned normally,” Delta said in a

A small plane crashed Saturday into a wooded area of East Farmingdale, Long Island, authorities said. Only the pilot was aboard the Mooney M20R when it crashed about 1 mile south of the runway at Republic Airport around 4 p.m., a person with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. The pilot was on the final

Seven bodies were found on the remnants of a wooden boat which has washed onto the shores of the Japanese island Sado, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. A police officer made the gruesome discovery on Friday. After a thorough search by law enforcement and the Coast Guard, two decapitated heads were found on the boat.