Calling an initial compensation offer “insulting,” an attorney representing Costa Concordia passengers announced Tuesday details of a $460 million civil lawsuit against the owner of the wrecked cruise ship, The Guardian reports.
Authorities have evacuated a West Virginia hotel after one guest was found dead and at least four others fell sick from suspected carbon monoxide exposure.
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Martin de la Torre recently photographed this statue of St. Michael at the Basilica of Our Lady of Gaudalupe in Mexico City.
It is a symbol of peace around the world, but the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro is causing a ruckus in one of London’s most fashionable neighborhoods ahead of this summer’s Olympics.
America’s top roadside attractions are highway accidents of a good kind. More surprising is that these products of the automobile’s golden age continue to thrive in a time of air travel and triple-digit gas prices.
In a Jan. 30 story about the death of a University of Utah student after she suffered a seizure and fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort, The Associated Press erroneously identified a Summit County sheriff’s sergeant. The story should have cited Sgt. Ronald Bridge.
Authorities say a screener at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport spotted a suspicious-looking item in a carry-on bag, tested it for explosives and determined it did not pose a threat.
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Italian emergency officials say they are calling off a search for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, due to the danger to rescue workers, according to the Associated Press.