Day: January 3, 2024

11 private islands around the world you can book for less than $1,000 a night

4:07 pm January 3, 2024

Vacationing on a completely private island seems like a luxury only affordable for celebrities and the wealthy. There are actually many private islands around the world that have rates very similar to a hotel. If you are looking to get away from a crowded all-inclusive resort and want to opt for a more secluded getaway, […]

Armed would-be carjackers pick wrong Chicago commuter to rob: ‘shot the car up’

4:03 pm January 3, 2024

A Chicago family is celebrating how a 40-year-old woman and her coworker were able to survive a violent attempted armed carjacking thanks to the coworker and his firearm. “If you see all those bullet holes and only one hit my child. That’s a miracle,” Janice Sims, the mother of Jaquita Sims, who survived the armed […]

North Carolina court upholds life sentence for teen convicted of killing his parents

3:54 pm January 3, 2024

Life sentences without parole for a young man who killed his parents were upheld Tuesday by a divided North Carolina appeals court panel, which said a trial judge properly reviewed potential mitigating factors before issuing them. In a 2-1 decision, the intermediate-level state Court of Appeals affirmed the sentencing of Tristan Noah Borlase. A jury […]

Who is interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber?

3:01 pm January 3, 2024

Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician who is the school’s chief academic officer, will serve as Harvard’s interim president after Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday. The Harvard Corporation announced Garber would temporarily take over for Gay, who left the school amid controversy over her handling of antisemitism on Harvard’s campus and allegations of […]

Don’t judge this solar car just by its size

3:00 pm January 3, 2024

How would you like to drive a car that runs on sunlight? Sounds cool, right? Well, that’s what the Solar City micro EV from Squad Mobility can do for you. It’s a small, cheap, and green car that can zip through the city streets without using any gas. And the best part is, it’s coming […]