A snowboarder was trapped inside a ski gondola for 15 hours.she rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) – A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola in subzero temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort. According to officials and media reports. The woman took a gondola ride at Heavenly Ski Resort around 5 p.m. Thursday and was thinking of heading back down because she was too tired to snowboard. However, she told KCRA the elevator stopped several minutes later while she was still in the air. She screamed for her help, but no one heard her. She was not discovered until the elevator was reopened on Friday. She is investigating what happened at the ski resort.
The world's largest cruise ship has 20 decks, seven pools, and covers nearly four city blocks.
MIAMI (AP) — The world's largest cruise ship is set to begin its maiden voyage from the Port of Miami. Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas departs South Florida on Saturday to embark on her first seven-day island-hopping voyage through the tropics. Her vessel sails approximately 1,200 feet from her bow to her stern. It was officially named on Tuesday with the help of soccer legend Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates. The cruise line said the ship had the most booked single day and the most booked week in Royal Caribbean's history.
Zebras, camels, and fire!Circus animals rescued after truck fire on Indiana highway
MARION, Ind. (AP) – Police rescued the animals after a truck transporting zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a highway in northeastern Indiana. Indiana State Police Sergeant Stephen Glass said the tractor-trailer caught fire around 2 a.m. along Interstate 69 in Grant County, about 90 miles northeast of Indianapolis. State troopers, Grant County sheriff's deputies and a third party guided and rescued five zebras, four camels and a miniature horse from a smoke-filled trailer, where they were treated for smoke inhalation, he said. However, the animal was not injured. Another truck then delivered the animals to their destination.
Charges dropped against country singer Chris Young in Nashville bar arrest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee district attorney has dropped charges against country singer Chris Young stemming from an encounter with Alcoholic Beverage Commission officials conducting a compliance inspection. In a statement released Friday, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk said the charges against Young were dismissed “after considering all the evidence.” Young was arrested Monday night, according to court documents. He was charged with assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Young's attorney said he was happy with Young and the decision to drop the charges. Young is known for songs such as “Tomorrow” and “Getting You Home.”
'Saltburn' actor Barry Keoghan named Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theaters has named Barry Keoghan the recipient of its 2024 Man of the Year Award. Cogan is best known for his roles in “Dunkirk,'' “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,'' “The Eternals,'' and “The Banshees of Inisheline.'' Corgan recently starred in the comedy psychological thriller Saltburn, where they can be seen together. He has appeared in the Masters of the Air series, a World War II drama focusing on bomber crews, but he has also appeared in Hasty Pudding Theatricals' 2024 Woman of the Air series, which dates back to 1951.・The award of the year has not yet been announced.
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruins are inaccessible due to gang violence and land disputes
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico admits at least two famous Mayan ruins are inaccessible to visitors because of cartel violence and land disputes. But two tourist guides in the southern state of Chiapas say drug gang checkpoints on the route to the other two locations are causing many groups to avoid traveling there. The government seems uninterested. And there's even some anger where everyone suggests there's a problem. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's policy is to downplay gang violence, even as cartels occupy more territory within Mexico. Both guides say Palenque's majestic temple complex is still open and completely safe for visitors. But there are concerns that tourism in Chiapas will be hit.
More than 40 cars crash into Chesapeake Bay bridge in Maryland, injuring 13 people
BALTIMORE (AP) – Authorities say a crash involving more than 40 vehicles on the busy U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland has closed all lanes, injured 13 people and snarled traffic for about six hours. It was announced that. The Maryland Department of Transportation announced on social media Saturday that the bridge was closed after a morning crash in the westbound lanes. Transportation officials said in a subsequent post that eastbound and westbound traffic was alternating turns on the eastbound bridge, but the westbound bridge remained closed. Westbound lanes were reopened Saturday afternoon. The bridge crosses the Chesapeake Bay. It connects Maryland's Eastern Shore with the Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington metropolitan areas.
Man convicted of manslaughter in the murder of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who shot and killed former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith after a car crash nearly eight years ago has been found guilty of manslaughter. The jury in Cardell Hayes' retrial deliberated for more than four hours, reaching a verdict just after midnight Saturday, according to media outlets. He could face up to 40 years in prison. A jury acquitted Hayes of attempted manslaughter for shooting and injuring Smith's wife. Hayes was previously found guilty in December 2016 of manslaughter in the death of Smith and attempted manslaughter in the shooting injury of Raquel Smith. However, the jury voted 10-2 to overturn the conviction after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous verdicts were illegal.
Jackie Robinson statue stolen from Kansas park
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas town is in an uproar after a priceless Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from a public park. Wichita police continued to search Friday for the statue of the baseball legend and civil rights icon whose ankle was severed and removed on Thursday. Only Robinson's feet remain on the statue. City leaders said local residents are disgusted and angry and want justice. The police chief said it's even more upsetting that the statue was stolen just before Black History Month began. He is being rewarded $2,500 for information that leads to his arrest and $5,000 for information that leads to the statue's return.
Other passengers help a man open the emergency exit and walk on the wing of a plane at a Mexican airport
MEXICO CITY (AP) – At first glance, this seems like a classic case of bad behavior on a plane. Mexico City International Airport confirmed in a statement Friday that a man opened an emergency exit and exited the wing of a parked plane awaiting takeoff on Thursday. The man was handed over to police, the airport said. However, dozens of passengers signed a copy of a statement alleging that the airline made passengers wait for four hours without ventilation or water during the flight delay. His fellow passengers said he acted “with everyone's support and to protect everyone,” according to a photo of the statement posted online.
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