• Great white shark chomps on whale carcass off Sarasota coast after swimming up to boaters' with its jaws wide open

    A great white shark flashed its pearly whites at boaters before chowing down on the carcass of a sperm whale that had beached itself days earlier.

  • Florida vacationers beware! Great white shark named 'Penny' circling warm waters

    A 10-foot great white shark, named Penny, was captured lurking the waters off the coast of Florida. According to ocean research organization OCEARCH, Penny was tracked off the coast of Fort Myers Beach at about 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17. The 10 foot 3 inch great white shark first pinged off the coast of Boynton Beach, Florida in Dec. 2023. She later made her way further southwest into the Florida Keys and then into the Gulf of Mexico. The 522-pound female shark lurked into the Sunshine State...

  • Fishermen Spot Great White Sharks Feasting On Whale Carcass Off St. Pete Beach, Florida

    Perhaps the most exciting thing to happen in Sarasota County, Florida in years occurred earlier this month when a sperm whale carcass wound up on a beach in Venice. I’m born-and-raised in Sarasota and cannot say I’ve ever seen a proper whale (not a dolphin) around here until the sperm whale washed up in Venice […]

  • Time to stop watch crime as the number lost or stolen more than triples in a year amid surge in crime

    The Watch Register said a recent surge in crime activity has driven a 236 per cent increase in the number of lost or stolen watches registered across its platform.

  • 3 great white sharks ping near Georgia, South Carolina coasts: 'It's moving days'

    Three great white sharks have appeared off the Atlantic coast in recent days, according to a nonprofit that conducts research on the large predatory fish.  The tagged sharks have "pinged" off the Georgia and South Carolina coasts in the last 24 hours, according to OCEARCH. Two pinged near Georgia on Tuesday night, WSB-TV reported. A shark named "Bob", which weighs 1,300 pounds was located off the coast of St. Mary’s Island. Another adult great white named "Breton" pinged further out. A juvenile...

  • Great Food, Great Service, Great location

    So, what does it take to run a successful long-standing restaurant in Mojacar. For starters a great location. Just a stone’s throw from the beach, Scotty’s certainly has the first criteria well and truly nailed. With its amazing 180-degree views of the dazzling blue Mediterranean, it is a delightful place to be. You will be […]

  • The numbers are in for the Great Backyard Bird Count

    A board member of Audubon Society Mahoning Valley was pleased with the total number of species reported locally this year.

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    Woman making aviation history on Cape Cod

    After graduating with an aviation management degree, the sky was the limit for Katie Servis.

  • Attack of the Corporations: Are the NLRB’s Days Numbered?

    SpaceX’s Elon Musk has a particularly bad track record. He vigorously helped squash a union drive at his 20,000 worker Tesla plant in Fremont, California in 2017 – and later in Buffalo. As In These Times headlined an article February 16, 2023, “Tesla Workers Announced a Union Drive. The Next Day They Were Fired.” Over 30 workers in Buffalo lost their jobs, for partnering with the SEIU-affiliated Workers United. (At the time, the company sent an email to employees banning recording workplace...

  • Farmers in Scotland fear rising dog attacks this Easter

    With Easter set to see an increase in visitors to the countryside, NFU

  • Lenny Kuhr vows to continue tour amid security fears

    Dutch singer Lenny Kuhr, who was heckled during a show on at the weekend over her links with Israel, has said she will continue with her tour despite the threats. Kuhr’s next performance, at the Geert Teis theatre in Stadskanaal, is planned for Tuesday but ticket sales have been suspended because theatre director Riëtte Kruize is contemplating extra security measures following “several nasty phone calls”. It is not clear if the show will go ahead or not. Kuhr, who became

  • TikTok US User Numbers Slow Amid Possible Ban

    TikTok’s troubles apparently go beyond a possible ban in the U.S. The social media platform has seen user growth slow for the first time in its history, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (March 17), citing sources familiar with the matter. That report lists a litany of headaches for the company, already dealing with […]