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From US to Singapore, countries race to track hantavirus
14+ hour, 54+ min ago (911+ words) By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) " Health authorities across several countries are racing to trace and contain an outbreak of the hantavirus after the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that five confirmed infections had been identified among people connected to…...
Hotel Bed Tax Revenue Remains Strong for Santa Barbara
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (138+ words) SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The latest hotel bed tax figures are out for Santa Barbara and they are up. The City Finance Department says the bed tax, or transient occupancy tax (TOT), was about $2 million higher than the budget projection…...
14th century shipwreck reveals huge cargo of rare Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (785+ words) (CNN) " In the waters off Singapore, a recently uncovered a shipwreck with a huge cargo of blue-and-white porcelain is shedding light on the storied Chinese craft produced during the turbulent era of the Mongol Empire. The roughly 650-year-old ship, which…...
Beaches in Spanish tourist hotspot shut after rare, venomous sea slugs found
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (275+ words) Beaches in the town of Guardamar del Segura, in southeastern Spain, closed earlier this week after the discovery of two venomous sea slugs in the water, local authorities announced. Due to the appearance "of the blue dragon (Glaucus atlanticus), and…...
Man in hospital after falling from balcony in Isla Vista
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (124+ words) ISLA VISTA, Calif. (KEYT) - A man fell around 40 feet from a patio during a party in Isla Vista. The man hit beach rocks below the cliff. The patient was in critical condition and was carried in a litter basket up…...
Italy and Spain deploy ships to help Gaza aid flotilla targeted in drone attack
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1173+ words) By Sophie Tanno, Oren Liebermann, Ibrahim Dahman and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) " Italy and Spain say they are sending vessels to help a flotilla that was targeted by drones while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, with activists claiming that…...
We're being cooked alive:' Europe burns as temperatures soar above 100 degrees
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (610+ words) By Laura Paddison, Luke Snyder, CNN (CNN) " Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent " including France, Spain, Albania, Portugal and Greece " battle raging, deadly fires as temperature soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit....
Barcelona is shutting two of its cruise-ship terminals to cut tourist numbers
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (386+ words) (CNN) " Barcelona's cruise-ship port is to close two of its terminals, as part of efforts to fight the city's overtourism problem. The closure, which will bring the number of operational terminals down to to five when it takes effect next…...
A guide to the parts of Spain that aren't sick of tourists
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (1625+ words) By Fiona Govan, CNN (CNN) " For the past two years, summer in Spain has meant prominent protests against tourism: holidaymakers being drenched by angry locals armed with water pistols in Barcelona and protesters marching under banners proclaiming "Your paradise is…...
Spanish government official calls for investigation into Lamine Yamal's birthday party "objectifying' people with dwarfism
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (863+ words) By Matias Grez and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) " A Spanish government official has called for an investigation into Barcelona star Lamine Yamal's 18th birthday party after a prominent disability activist group said organizers of the event hired people with dwarfism "solely…...