Stegosaurus skeleton fossil sells for record $44 million at auction – 2024

The Summary A nearly complete Stegosaurus skeleton sold for a record $44.6 million at auction Wednesday. Sotheby’s, which handled the sale, described the fossil as the best-preserved Stegosaurus specimen of its size ever found. The buyer’s identity was not publicly disclosed. A 150-million-year-old, nearly complete Stegosaurus skeleton sold for a record $44.6 million at auction … Read more

Naomi Pomeroy, ‘Top Chef Masters’ star and James Beard Award winner, dies in tubing accident at 49 – 2024

The body of award-winning Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy, who drowned in a tragic tubing accident over the weekend, was recovered Wednesday after a multi-day search, officials said. Pomeroy, 49, was tubing Saturday with two others in the Willamette River near Corvallis, when she was suddenly pulled under the water after getting caught on a snag. … Read more

After reshaping Las Vegas, The Mirage to be reinvented as part of a massive Hard Rock makeover – 2024

LAS VEGAS — The Mirage is about to vanish from the Las Vegas Strip. Gambling ends and the doors close Wednesday at the iconic tropical island-themed hotel-casino that opened in 1989 with a fire-spewing volcano outside, and Siegfried & Roy’s lions and dolphins inside. Frenzied final days have seen standing-room crowds wagering to win $1.6 … Read more

Former White House official accused of acting as South Korea agent for luxury gifts – 2024

A foreign policy specialist who once worked for the CIA and on the White House National Security Council (NSC) has been indicted on U.S. charges she worked as an unregistered agent of South Korea’s government in exchange for luxury goods and other gifts. Sue Mi Terry advocated South Korean policy positions, disclosed nonpublic U.S. government … Read more

250-year-old musket balls from ‘Shot Heard ’Round the World’ discovered at Massachusetts park – 2024

Archaeologists recently discovered five musket balls at Minute Man National Historical Park in Massachusetts and traced them back to the event marked in history as “the Shot Heard ’Round the World,” which precipitated the American Revolutionary War in 1775, park officials said. The 249-year-old musket balls were discovered by archaeologists doing “compliance activities” in preparation … Read more

Dam failures force hundreds to evacuate as Illinois floods rage on – 2024

Residents who evacuated their homes Tuesday amid flooding were allowed to return after an inspection of the Nashville Reservoir dam in Illinois determined it was safe, authorities said. Two failures of the dam had earlier prompted authorities to urge hundreds of people to evacuate. On Tuesday morning, the Washington County Emergency Management Agency issued an … Read more