On Dec. 26, 2004, one of the largest recorded earthquakes struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, heaving a piece of seafloor roughly the length of California about 36 feet sideways and 16 feet up. Some 6,000 aftershocks followed. The tsunami t
The wave surged and rushed. It sent water as high as 160 feet slamming onto land with a force far outstripping that of an atomic bomb. When the tsunami inundated the coasts of more than a dozen Indian Ocean nations on Dec. 26, 2004, about 230,000 pe
In the summer of 2021, Josh Hunnicutt, a longtime personal trainer and the owner of the New Species CrossFit gym in Royal Oak, Mich., had a surprising opportunity: Greg Glassman, CrossFit’s contentious but charismatic co-founder, offered — more or l
Early into his incarceration in a Jamaican prison, Adidja Palmer, the dancehall artist known as Vybz Kartel, learned to rig a makeshift studio. He would wrap himself inside his mattress and record his vocals on a contraband iPhone, while other inmat
queen777 Colorful buri fans made by housewives Joy Soriano, founder of Zyrrahs Arts and Crafts, began her passion for local handicraft in the 1970s. I started trading various handcrafted Philippine products such as bags and shoes using fabrics from
On Sunday morning, half-a-dozen GPS-enabled trucks with specially reinforced containers reached the factory site as part of the waste disposal process.Photo: Getty Images On Sunday morning, half-a-dozen GPS-enabled trucks with specially reinforced c
50jili President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. File photo from the Associated Press WASHINGTON After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for
Larry Henares was a Make My Day columnist, Former National Economic Council Chairman, and Presidential Adviser Hilarion Maramba Henares, Jr., better known as Larry Henares, passed away Dec. 14, 2024, at the age of 100. He was best remembered for his
It takes several hours, first by car, then by boat, by tricycle, and finally by foot to reach Sitio Casili, a remote Dumagat community in Rodriguez (Rizal) that is home to an estimated 100 indigenous children. The journey is long, the roads are roug