Sailboat stranded on New Smyrna Beach is demolished, hauled off The sailboat's owner had tried to sell the boat for a $1 before surrendering it to Volusia County which demolished and removed it on Monday. 01/8/2025 - 3:07 am | View Link
Artist uses beached sailboat in St. Pete to spread message of 'hope' after hurricanes A beached sailboat in St. Petersburg’s North Shore Park serves as a reminder of the storm that brought it there. 01/7/2025 - 10:56 am | View Link
Turkish man 'smuggled' from St-Pierre to N.L. after meeting sailboat owner in bar A Turkish national flew from Paris to the islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon in hopes of sneaking into Canada, but with no idea how. That is, until he met a Canadian sailboat owner in a bar, who offered to ... 01/5/2025 - 9:38 pm | View Link
A captain is selling his sailboat for just $1, but there’s a catch Because of the expense, Askar has put his sailboat up for sale on craigslist.com for just $1. Askar is still looking for a serious buyer, one who could give the old boat a new life. “Very good, ... 01/2/2025 - 6:10 pm | View Link
Beached sailboat in New Smyrna Beach gets attention for $1 listing A sailboat, which is now just off the 12th Avenue beach access, has been creating a spectacle and attraction for beachgoers since it hit the sand on Dec. 22. 01/2/2025 - 1:12 pm | View Link
By JAIMIE DING, JULIE WATSON and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have burned at least 10,000 homes, buildings and other structures, officials said Thursday as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and quickly grew.
The fast-moving Kenneth Fire started in the late afternoon in the San Fernando Valley just 2 miles from a school serving as a shelter for fire evacuees and then moved into neighboring Ventura County by the evening.
Only hours earlier officials expressed encouragement after firefighters aided by calmer winds and help from crews from outside the state saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region’s devastating wildfires that have killed 10 people so far.
“We are expecting this fire to rapidly spread due to high winds,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, echoing the forecast that called for winds to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning.
Water is dropped by helicopter on the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan.
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE OFFENHARTZ, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — In a singular moment in U. S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene.
Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago.
General Daily Insight for January 10, 2025
We’re replacing the bad with the good. As the changeable Moon squares balanced Venus, our old vices are beckoning us with the simplicity of nostalgia. The Moon conjoins expansive Jupiter at 5:01 pm EST to help us expand our minds even further. Internal peace will allow us to seek out fresh, healthy ways to be creative and have fun.
Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz:
– As Heat draft picks seemingly were executed by anyone but the Heat for years on end, Pat Riley noted, “To be honest with you, I’m not a draft-pick guy. You know that.”
– He also had offered along the way, “I think a draft pick every other year is good.”
– So what have the Heat done the last three years?
SALT LAKE CITY – As the Miami Heat broke their huddle in the locker following Tuesday night’s victory over the Golden State Warriors, the chant was, “Breakthrough on three!”
The hope, after an excruciating double-overtime loss the night before against the Sacramento Kings, was of better days ahead amid a largely middling season,
In that regard, even with their ragged play and needed late heroics, enough again broke right for the Heat in Thursday night’s 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz at Delta Center.
“It was definitely a sign of mentality stability and some improvement in that department,” coach Erik Spoelstra said.
MIAMI GARDENS – Notre Dame has had bad experiences playing at Hard Rock Stadium. Alabama dominated the Fighting Irish in the 2013 BCS National Championship. The Hurricanes did the same to Notre Dame at home in 2017.
But those memories are faded now. The Fighting Irish leave Miami Gardens with a 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl, and they will have a chance to win their first national title since 1988.