A team of researchers are on their way to a remote island to inspect what they think could be the wreckage of famed aviator Amelia Earhart's plane. The group, from the US-based Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and Purdue University, are expected to arrive at Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific Ocean by Monday in the hopes of solving the mystery of her disappearance. The American pioneer vanished while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, spawning decades of speculation on her fate. read more
Navanethem (Navi) Pillay of South Africa, a former United Nations high commissioner for human rights and judge on the International Court of Justice, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday. read more
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week that the execution of the man who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 would be "public." read more
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Monday aimed at bringing down near-record diesel prices ... read more
I saw the Amelia exabit when it was at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. It was quite enlightening. I had no idea she was such a socialite. Almost a Kardashian of her day. I also had no idea how close they were to landing, or that she was within radio contact.
I always thought she just took off and was never heard from again.