Local man Matthew Mulhern is currently running from John O’Groats to Lands End in 30 days. He is half way at the moment, having run on average 30 miles a day for 15 days straight.
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A married couple visiting from the United Kingdom has drowned at an unpatrolled beach south of Wollongong, in the New South Wales Illawarra region. New South Wales Police Inspector Luke Geradts said a 66-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman were swimming at Shellharbour Beach South on Boollwarroo Parade at Shell Cove when they came into

Tehran: It’s been nearly four days since Iran named Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as its next Supreme Leader, but his whereabouts and the circumstances of his elevation remain shrouded in mystery. He has not appeared before the supporters or shared a video address. He or his office has not even issued a written statement, as state

Two pipelines built just for the occasion—one in Saudi Arabia and one in the United Arab Emirates—bypass the Strait of Hormuz. They are the only ways to get a significant amount of oil out of the Persian Gulf into world markets. The oil terminal at the Fujairah port, where pipelines, including the Abu Dhabi Crude

A military conflict has erupted in West Asia as Iran attacks its neighbouring Gulf states in retaliation for the United States-Israeli strikes inside the country. In the middle of the turmoil, Israel has introduced a concept called “bomb shelter dating”, aimed at helping people meet and interact while they take cover during air-raid sirens. Patrons
Global oil markets swung both ways for a second straight day on Tuesday as mixed signals from the Trump administration about the war in Iran and security in the Strait of Hormuz caused panic among investors and energy traders. Galaxy Globe bulk carrier and Luojiashan tanker sit anchored in Muscat, as Iran vows to close

Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, showing it is in control of a strategic waterway that it has closed off to the rest of the region’s oil producers. The tanker Luojiashan anchored in Muscat, Oman, as Iran exerts control over the Strait of Hormuz. As Gulf Arab

U.S. installations damaged in strikes U.S. baseat Erbil Airport U.S. base or a base hosting U.S. forces Air defense infrastructure Note: Some sites shown were claimed to have been struck by Iran-aligned militias. Data are as of March 10. The New York Times Iran has responded to the U.S.-Israeli assault on the country by launching

A 35-year-old woman from Florida is facing the possibility life in prison in connection with a shooting earlier this week outside popstar Rihanna’s Beverly Crest mansion, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the singer’s home in 9500 block of Heather Road around 1:15 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of shots fired.

The snow that fell in eastern Lane County this morning soon will be replaced by heavy rain throughout northwest Oregon from March 11 to March 13, the National Weather Service is predicting. NWS said a “long duration Atmospheric River” will impact northwest Oregon over these three days. The heaviest rain is expected in southwest Washington

Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu is drawing backlash from the right after recent interviews resurfaced showing the athlete openly identifying as liberal. Liu said she and her family attended protests for causes like Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate, climate action, and opposition to ICE, comments that surprised some MAGA supporters who had embraced

Critics of the regime say the lack of public appearances raises questions about who is actually directing Iran’s government. A source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post that the assessments are that although Mojtaba Khamenei was injured during the war he remains capable of carrying out his duties and managing state affairs as

Yamaha Motor Corporation’s headquarters in Cypress, Calif., on July 7, 2021. (DigitalIceAge via Wikimedia CC 4.0) Another California company has announced its decision to move all operations outside of the state. Yamaha Motor Corporation, known for creating motorized vehicles like motorcycles and WaveRunners, is set to relocate its headquarters to Kennesaw, Georgia, after more than 45

A customer places a bag of food items into a shopping cart at Grocery Outlet in Oakland, Calif., on June 7, 2024. (Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE) Anyone who’s watched (regular) television in California can likely belt out the catchy “Grocery Outlet, Bargain Market” jingle by heart. Unfortunately, the Emeryville-based supermarket chain doesn’t have much to sing about these

Manual transmissions now live in a much smaller corner of the performance market. Every farewell edition and every closed order book makes the surviving cars more interesting. Value usually rises when rarity meets driver appeal. Buyers who move early often land the best outcome. The strongest bets share a few clear traits. They offer a

Wawa is spreading its wings across Greater Cincinnati after opening its first Ohio location in Liberty Township last year. Since 2025, the Pennsylvania-based gas station and food and beverage destination has introduced nearly a dozen stores to the Greater Cincinnati region, including its newest location in Liberty Township, which is set to open March 12.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has developed a reputation for taking stocks to parabolic levels. This is particularly true of stocks like Nvidia and Palantir Technologies, which have driven exponential growth from their 2022 lows. Now, with those AI stocks likely to grow more slowly, some growth investors may want to move on to other names. Finding

Iran on Tuesday responded to United States President Donald Trump’s warning that America would strike “twenty times harder” if oil passage through the Strait of Hormuz is disrupted. The US President further threatened to “take out easily destroyable targets”. (AP) “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz,

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A dump truck ran into the back of a school bus on Interstate 10 Monday near mile marker 350 in Jacksonville. The wreck happened at about 6:54 a.m. as both vehicles were traveling in the right eastbound lane of I-10. The dump truck driver, a 44-year-old Jacksonville man, said “he was very fatigued behind the

A complex March storm will have everything from spring-time severe thunderstorms to freezing rain to some snow stretched across Michigan. The precipitation won’t be light either. In any of the various types of weather, there will be times of heavy precipitation. The general scenario is thunderstorms develop after 7 p.m. today over southwest Lower Michigan.