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Two people died and and hundreds were evacuated after two fires broke out “almost simultaneously” on a Greek island near Athens on Sunday afternoon, officials said.About 200 firefighters were deployed to keep the twin fires from converging on the island of Salamina, which was under a high wildfire risk on Sunday. The first blaze was reported at 14:40 local time (11:40 GMT) near the island’s south coast and spread rapidly due to high winds, followed by a separate fire some 20 minutes later in the east. Their cause is not yet known.One of the fires had been brought under control…
California‘s bid to cap live event ticket resale prices at 10% above face value is dead for this legislative session.The California Senate Appropriations Committee held AB 1720 on its suspense file on Thursday (August 13), one day before the deadline for the state’s fiscal committees to report bills to the floor.A companion ticketing measure, AB 1349, was released from suspense at the same hearing and can now proceed to a Senate vote.AB 1720, the California Fans First Act, was introduced in February by San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney, as reported by MBW.It would have limited the resale price of concert…
Travis Kelce is showing off his new husband hardware ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs’ first football game of the 2026 preseason. Kelce, 36, was spotted walking into Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, August 15, looking effortlessly chic in a black-and-orange tie-dye two-piece. He accessorized his ensemble with a pair of black sunglasses, a metallic watch and his impossible-to-miss gold wedding band. Kelce, whose team will face off against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday, married pop star Taylor Swift on July 3 inside New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden arena. “It was a fun offseason, man,” the…
Syrian army helicopters have dropped roses on crowds at the Summer Syria festival at Damascus Citadel, as part of a wider push to revive cultural events after years of civil war.Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
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Married at First Sight’s Ryan de Nino has died. He was 40. A family member told TMZ on Friday, August 14 that the reality TV personality died “suddenly” in New Jersey “earlier this week.” The family will not be releasing any additional details about Ryan’s death, according to the outlet. Ryan’s sister Melissa paid tribute to her late brother via Facebook on Tuesday, August 11. “Ryan was so damn funny and witty. He was fiercely loyal to those he loved. He had a huge heart, always. I can’t explain what it’s like to lose a sibling,” she wrote. “Someone who’s…
The Philadelphia Flyers would be a good fit for Vladimir Tarasenko NHL Media: Mike Rupp on the best landing spots for unrestricted free agent forward Vladimir Tarasenko, who is still looking for a deal. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Jameson Coyle: “Who is next? It’s Vladimir Tarasenko, whose name is on the cup multiple times, Rupper.” Rupp: “Yeah, Tarasenko. I mean, he’s coming off a pretty good year in Minnesota. And he’s been that guy who can kind of just sign a one-year deal, and whatever that number is. Maybe you pay him, i0t’s one times five, whatever it is. And he’s…
The shallower an earthquake is, the more destructive its effects on the surface tend to be.Strong aftershocks were felt in the same area, including one with a magnitude of 6.1.Video taken at the port in Maumere showed large chunks of concrete breaking off the terminal building onto passengers waiting to board an inter-island ferry. Some were thrown into the sea when the gangway to a ship collapsed. Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, governor of East Nusa Tenggara province, told a news conference that they were killed in their sleep by collapsing rubble. Arnold Welianto, who lives in Talibura, a village near…
There’s an ongoing arms race to protect identities and privacy in the age of facial recognition, biometric scanning and data collection. Now, some of those concerns are coming from the influx of wearables, namely, smart glasses, and how to go about protecting oneself from being filmed in public. Some joke about singing Disney songs, others use software, and some have even resorted to physical tricks. And the concern is warranted: Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, for example, have been coined “pervert glasses” for recording people undressing, and the company is even being sued after a study revealed Meta’s subcontractors are viewing…
Paris Jackson had a fiery response after a social media user claimed that tattoos “make her look dirty.” Jackson, 28, clapped back via the comments section of an Instagram post shared by E! News on Thursday, August 13, responding to a user who wrote, “She is gorgeous, but those tattoos just make her look dirty and takes away from her look.” “Oh no what ever will i do 😰 (i’m dirty even without the tattoos),” the late Michael Jackson’s daughter wrote back. The post in question featured a clip of Paris’ Wednesday, August 12, interview on the “Call Her Daddy”…