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Prince fans can party overnight like it's 1999 with Airbnb rental of 'Purple Rain' house
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For a short time, up to 100 Prince fans visiting the music superstar's hometown will have a place to stay when the party's over that will let them go crazy over his cultural legacy, a home featured in the film “Purple Rain.” Although the white, two-story home...
Titan implosion testimony paints a picture of reckless greed and explorer passion
Two weeks of testimony suggested the company responsible for an experimental deep-water submersible that imploded, killing five people, either recklessly ignored warning signs in the name of profits or represented the nation's explorer spirit in taking calculated risks to push humankind’s...
Prince Harry’s Sentebale organization leading initiative to support young people in Southern Africa
NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry’s latest philanthropic move will gather world business leaders and philanthropists to work towards fostering prosperity in Southern African communities, specifically focused on young people. In early October, Harry’s charity organization Sentebale,...
NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flaws
The carbon fiber hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process and behaved differently after a loud bang was heard on one of the dives the year before the tragedy, an engineer with the National...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan to the state Capitol
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore welcomed King Abdullah II of Jordan to the state's Capitol on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion with business and education leaders from around the state. It was the first time a foreign head of state has visited the Maryland State...
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here's a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly's yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers. Here is some key vocabulary, decoded. For starters ... UNGA: Acronym...
Prince Harry says harms of social media have created an 'epidemic' for today's youth
NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry said today's youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and their parents navigate cyberspace to this week's Clinton Global Initiative. ...
OceanGate co-founder says he hopes submersible tragedy yields renewed interest in exploration
The co-founder of the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic told a Coast Guard panel Monday he hoped the silver lining of the disaster would be that it inspires a renewed interest in exploration, including the deepest waters of the...
Passenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction
A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure. The Titan submersible imploded last...
Titan submersible's scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive
The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive. Appearing before a U.S. Coast Guard panel, Steven Ross told the...
