Day: December 24, 2024

The end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf fell into the ocean on Monday around 12:44 p.m. The wharf remains closed indefinitely.

TRUMBULL — More than $7,700 has been raised through GoFundMe to help pay medical bills for a Nichols Fire Department captain with Stage 4 kidney failure, according to the department. Capt. Jason DeManche “urgently needs a kidney transplant due to Stage 4 kidney failure that follows 16 years of a Lupus diagnosis,” the Nichols Fire Department said on its website. In a post online, DeManche’s family said they are seeking a compatible living kidney…

The collapse added to a long history of ocean waves beating back and outright destroying landmarks along the Monterey Bay coastline known for its pristine beauty.

An adopted man spent all 75 years of his life thinking he was an only child, only to discover he had several biological siblings waiting to welcome him to the family.

Powerful seas fueled by recent storms, a wharf more than a century old battered by hundreds of storms and a construction zone made for a “perfect situation” Monday for the partial collapse of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on Monday, according to a city official.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed an…

The former congressman says he’s innocent. Committee report contains volumes of
allegedly incriminating detail.

HONOLULU (AP) — One of the world’s most active volcanoes spewed lava into the air for a second straight day on Tuesday. The eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has stayed within the mountain’s summit caldera inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. No homes were threatened. Molten rock began shooting from the volcano before dawn on Mon…

Drones attacked the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in the Rostov region, Russia, on December 19. At least one fuel tank burned down, Radio Liberty reports. “New satellite images reveal that at least one fuel storage tank at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region was destroyed by fire following a drone strike five days ago,” the repo…