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"Son of Sam": "They wouldn't understand what it was to walk in darkness."

"Son of Sam": "They wouldn't understand what it was to walk in darkness."

This story originally aired on Aug. 11, 2017. It was updated on Aug. 2, 2025. David Berkowitz terrorized New York City by killing six people and wounding seven others in seemingly random shootings from July 1976 to July 1977. In 2017, in his first...

Championship Tucson girls soccer coach dies suddenly  | Greg Hansen

Championship Tucson girls soccer coach dies suddenly | Greg Hansen

Very sad news: Kelly Pierce, who coached Salpointe Catholic to girls state soccer championships in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025, died Friday from sudden cardiac arrest. Pierce also played for two Salpointe state soccer champions, in 1998...

Becoming rentABLE taps Into $60B disability travel market with national STR strategy

Becoming rentABLE taps Into $60B disability travel market with national STR strategy

Becoming rentABLE and Evolve Lodging’s Accessible Retreat unit. Image courtesy of Woodward. Summertime for many means excursions to vacation spots or visiting out-of-town friends and family. For those who have a disability, however, the options of...

U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Sees Record Growth in Airlift and Cruise Arrivals

U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism Sees Record Growth in Airlift and Cruise Arrivals

U.S. Virgin Islands tourism experiences record growth in airlift and cruise arrivals, with the territory reporting strong gains across air travel, cruise passenger numbers, accommodations, cultural events, and marketing partnerships. The halfway...

Trinidad and Tobago place tenth, 14th at NORCECA U-18 Beach Volleyball Champs

Trinidad and Tobago place tenth, 14th at NORCECA U-18 Beach Volleyball Champs

Sports Roneil Walcott 4 Hrs Ago TT's Darion Sparks (R) makes a diving play as teammate Josie Cedeno looks on during a NORCECA Men's Under-18 Beach Volleyball World Championship qualifier at the Juan Dolio beach, Dominican Republic. - Photo...

Daytona Beach resident heading to Texas to provide disaster relief

Daytona Beach resident heading to Texas to provide disaster relief

Volunteers with a Volusia County nonprofit will be heading to Texas to help people trying to recover from devastating flooding. Maria Davila, founder of the Daytona Beach nonprofit Healthy Souls International, plans to go to Kerr County, Texas, on...

Carlos Correa brings spark to Astros, but production questions linger

Carlos Correa brings spark to Astros, but production questions linger

BOSTON — Carlos Correa’s second chapter as a Houston Astro started in earnest during the seventh inning of Friday night’s game at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox trailed by one, but runners stood at first and second base with no outs. Right-handed...

Trinidad and Tobago stumble in Norceca U-18 beach volleyball

Trinidad and Tobago stumble in Norceca U-18 beach volleyball

Sports Roneil Walcott 8 Hrs Ago TT's Sarah Mohammed (R) goes up for a spike in the NORCECA U-18 Beach Volleyball World Championship qualifiers at Juan Dolio beach in Dominican Republic. Photo courtesy Sean Morrison - Trinidad and Tobago's men's...

Danilo Gallinari's Pregnant Wife Attacked By Shark

Danilo Gallinari's Pregnant Wife Attacked By Shark

Published August 1, 2025 10:49 AM PDT Ex-NBA player Danilo Gallinari's pregnant wife experienced the "worst day" of her life while vacationing in Puerto Rico ... revealing she was attacked by a shark. Eleonora Boi -- a TV reporter who got hitched...

Bad Bunny residency sparks 140% Airbnb surge, boosts islandwide tourism

Bad Bunny residency sparks 140% Airbnb surge, boosts islandwide tourism

Bad Bunny’s residency will run from July 11 to Sept. 14 at the Puerto Rico Coliseum. (Credit: NUEVAYoL video/YouTube) The highly anticipated Bad Bunny residency in Puerto Rico this summer is driving a sharp increase in visitor interest, with...

6 less-expensive beach vacations in the U.S.

6 less-expensive beach vacations in the U.S.

A woman relaxes on the beach in Crandon Park, Friday, July 28, 2023, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Maybe this wasn’t the summer for a far-flung trip. But even if we’re not exploring the Mediterranean or living it up at an...

Junior golfers off on international travels

Junior golfers off on international travels

Created: Jul 09, 2025 11:00 AM Fletcher Logie, left, Cole Graham and Lachlan Soutter are heading to Pinehurst A number of Bermuda’s promising golfers will get a taste of international competition in the coming few weeks. AOliver Betschart and...

Pregnant Wife of Former NBA Player Bitten in Shark Attack

Pregnant Wife of Former NBA Player Bitten in Shark Attack

The ocean is a great democratizing force. It’s a place where all are equally welcome – and equally at peril. One of the agents of that force is the humble shark, which recently proved that even celebrities aren’t above being bitten. The shark...

Team Bahamas 3rd at 37th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships

Team Bahamas, with Maddisson Carroll in the front holding the awards, celebrating their third-place finish in the 37th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Puerto Rico. By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor...

I ditched UK for ‘Europe’s Maldives’ with fab beaches & £1 beer…childcare’s FREE & bills cost less than KFC Family Feast

I ditched UK for ‘Europe’s Maldives’ with fab beaches & £1 beer…childcare’s FREE & bills cost less than KFC Family Feast

IT’S known as the “Maldives of Europe” thanks to its stunning white sand beaches and crystal clear turquoise waters. Add to that an insanely cheap cost of living that's a jaw-dropping 61 per cent lower than the UK, and it was a no-brainer for...

These 16 Travel Essentials Just Dropped to Their Lowest Prices Ever for Prime Day—From $5

These 16 Travel Essentials Just Dropped to Their Lowest Prices Ever for Prime Day—From $5

Sun, surf, and sand—as if there weren’t plenty of reasons to love summer already, Amazon Prime Day is back, running from July 8 to July 11. The mega online retailer has rolled out thousands of new discounts in honor of the savings event, and some...

Trinidad and Tobago men finish 8th at NORCECA Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championships

Trinidad and Tobago men finish 8th at NORCECA Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championships

Sports Roneil Walcott An Hour Ago TT's Jerome Morrison tries to earn a point at the net during the NORCECA Under-21 Beach Volleyball Championship qualifiers at Juan Dolio beach in Dominican Republic. - Photo courtesy Norceca The Trinidad and...

T&T U-15s near last ditch solution for Concacaf tourney, two US-based players in 18-man squad

T&T U-15s near last ditch solution for Concacaf tourney, two US-based players in 18-man squad

Trinidad and Tobago will get to Aruba two days late for the Concacaf Under-15 Championship. But, crucially, they will be in time for kick off in their opening Group E encounter against Barbados in League B. And perhaps the most important thing is...

This Indian-Origin Businessman Is Set To Fly To Edge Of Space On Bezos’ Blue Origin Mission

This Indian-Origin Businessman Is Set To Fly To Edge Of Space On Bezos’ Blue Origin Mission

Last Updated:August 02, 2025, 22:53 IST Arvinder Singh Bahal, an Indian-origin real estate investor, will fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin's NS-34 flight on August 3, 2025. Arvi is a real estate investor born in Agra, and now a naturalised...

9th Traveler Visits Hawai'i With Dengue Virus

9th Traveler Visits Hawai'i With Dengue Virus

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) recently confirmed its ninth travel-related case of dengue in 2025. As of the end of June 2025, the DOH reported eight dengue cases on Oʻahu and one case on Maui. Several countries in...

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