Day: December 25, 2024

Hawaii crime boss dies of overdose in federal custody: medical examiner

10:27 pm December 25, 2024

A prominent Hawaii businessman who headed a sprawling criminal conspiracy, funneling drug money through shell businesses and ordering the torture and death of his late son’s best friend, died in federal custody from an opioid overdose, Honolulu’s medical examiner said Tuesday. Michael Miske, 50, died of “toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,” the medical examiner’s office […]

Ravens-Steelers draws over 15 million viewers as NFL gains bigger audience over CFP games

10:17 pm December 25, 2024

The NFL and college football had games airing at the same time last Saturday, and the NFL won the ratings war. Despite the 12-team College Football Playoff format making its debut, it did not get nearly the same viewership the NFL did. SMU and Penn State aired at 12 p.m. ET and averaged 6.4 million […]

‘The Twilight Zone’ host and creator was plagued with PTSD after WWII but was ‘not a broken man’: authors

9:30 pm December 25, 2024

Rod Serling spent three years as a paratrooper during World War II – an experience that haunted him the rest of his life. The Emmy Award-winning creator and host of “The Twilight Zone” passed away in 1975 at age 50 from a heart attack. Ahead of what would have been his 100th birthday – Dec. […]

Kate Middleton joins King Charles for Christmas Day service after ‘brutal’ year

9:24 pm December 25, 2024

Kate Middleton ended a “brutal” year by delivering some holiday cheer. The Princess of Wales was all smiles on Wednesday as she joined her father-in-law, King Charles III, for the traditional Christmas Day walk to St. Mary Magdalene Church. The service took place at Sandringham, the estate on the windswept North Sea coast that has […]

Google Maps is deleting location history soon, so act now to save your data

8:30 pm December 25, 2024

Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be automatically deleted after a specific deadline unless you take action to back it up. This transition represents a shift towards enhanced privacy as […]