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It’s California, so you don’t usually start your new year freezing, except if you are a fan of the polar bear plunge. Many of the swims are on New Year’s Day and raise money for charity, but all of them are guaranteed to take your breath away. Here are several places to take the plunge. […]

Boeing Co. secured orders for 50 737 Max narrow-body planes, padding its tally at the Dubai Airshow while building momentum for the grounded aircraft ahead of its potential return to the skies in coming weeks. Kazakhstan’s Air Astana signed a letter of intent for 30 jets, Boeing announced Tuesday, while an undisclosed customer bought 20, […]

Click:小型工作室 The merger of the big newspaper chains Gannett and GateHouse Media, which became final Tuesday, will create a “stronger” and “more viable” print and digital news enterprise “with deep local roots and national scale.” That’s the optimistic view mouthed by Michael Reed, the CEO of New Media Investment Group, GateHouse’s parent, on Nov. 14 […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —  The Middle East’s biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $8.8 billion. Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said this order replaces an agreement for 150 777x Boeing to 126 of that aircraft, […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y.  —  A white supremacist manifesto that appeared to be a copy of one linked to a man accused of attacking two mosques in New Zealand was circulated electronically at Syracuse University, campus law enforcement said Tuesday, adding to a string of racist episodes that have shaken the upstate New York campus. Federal investigators […]

BERLIN —  The son of former German President Richard von Weizsaecker was stabbed to death while he was giving a lecture at a hospital in Berlin where he worked as a head physician, police said Wednesday. A 57-year-old man is in custody after a man jumped up from the audience at the Schlosspark-Klinik and attacked Fritz […]

VALLETTA, Malta —  Malta authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Maltese businessman who appears to be a “person of interest” in the assassination of a leading investigative reporter. Yorgen Fenech was on a yacht intercepted on a northward course away from Malta by the Maltese military early Wednesday and forced back to port. In remarks to […]

Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES What Will Sondland Say? When Gordon Sondland enters the ornate House hearing room for televised testimony this morning, Republicans and Democrats will be looking for a make-or-break moment in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump — even as serious questions surround Sondland’s credibility. The hotelier-turned-U.S. […]

New Sauber driver Charles Leclerc was kicking himself after making a ‘stupid’ mistake on the final day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The 20-year-old Monegasque rookie hit the wall in turn 11 early on Friday morning, causing damage to the C37. It meant he lost half a day’s track time in the […]

McLaren has revealed that a bolt costing just £2 was responsible for the heat damage sustained by the MCL33 on Tuesday. Stoffel Vandoorne had enjoyed a productive morning on day two of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He topped the time sheets early on with a swift lap on hypersoft tyres. Click Here: […]