MGM Resorts announced Tuesday that its flagship resort MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay on the Las Vegas Strip will be sold for $4.6 billion. This is the second major joint venture between MGM and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) in the past three months. MGM Resorts expects the multi-billion-dollar deal  to give them net …

American and Canadian firefighters were welcomed with loud cheers at Sydney International Airport this week when they arrived in Australia to help combat the catastrophic bushfires that are burning across the country. This is the first time that firefighters from the U.S. have accepted missions in Australia since 2010, according to CNN. About 100 firefighters from the U.S. and Canada have …

A female sex predator from the UK disguised herself as a teenage boy to assault innocent young girls after grooming them on Snapchat and Instagram. Gemma Watts, 21, targeted teens as young as 14 on social media and police fear she could have assaulted up to 50 youngsters.  She posed as 16-year-old Jake Waton and …

Two of Chicago’s airports, O’Hare International Airport and Midway Airport, have installed “Cannabis Amnesty Boxes” for passengers to dispose of their recreational marijuana before boarding their flights. The cannabis amnesty boxes, as they’re called, are stationed just past each Transportation Security Administration checkpoint, said Maggie Huynh, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Police Department told the Chicago Tribune. The …

Think your profanity-laced T-shirt would be fun to wear on your next cruise? Carnival Cruise Line says no. The company recently updated its dress code policy to ban “offensive” clothing and accessories from its ships. This includes items with messages or images that contain nudity, profanity or sexual innuendo or suggestions. Guests are also prohibited from wearing clothing …

Many United States officials believe that Iran shot down the plane that killed 176 people including 63 Canadians.  U.S. intelligence picked up signals of a radar being turned on, sources told CBS News. U.S. satellites also detected two surface-to-air missile launches, which happened shortly before the plane exploded.. The US increasingly believes that Iran mistakenly …

An avalanche at an Idaho ski resort killed one person Tuesday, and rescuers dug out five others who had minor injuries, officials said. Silver Mountain Resort confirmed the death and injuries in a Facebook post. Searchers combed through the snow with probes and rescue dogs, resort officials said. “The staff at Silver Mountain extend their deepest …

All 176 people on board a flight to the Ukrainian capital Kiev were killed when the plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport, Iran’s Press TV reported. The Boeing 737 jet, operated by Ukraine International Airlines, took off early Wednesday morning with 167 passengers and nine crew on board, Press TV reported, …

A British teenager has been given a four-month suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in a Cyprus resort town last summer. The 19-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at a district court in Paralimni on Tuesday. Lawyer Lewis Power told reporters outside the court that the …

A drunk woman who asked male fliers to join her in the ‘mile high’ club then attacked cabin crew during a four-hour rampage has been jailed for six months. Demi Burton, 20, propositioned two men while intoxicated on red wine before boarding the eight-hour flight from Abu Dhabi to Manchester. When she was refused any more alcohol, she raised her …

A New Jersey woman is suing TripAdvisor after she was tossed to the ground while riding a camel during a 2018 tour in Morocco. Breanne Ayala, 24, is accusing the Massachusetts-based travel website and its San Francisco-based subsidiary Viator of negligence and breach of contract for failing to ensure the tour company was operating safety, The Boston Globe reported. Ayala and her family booked …

A Colombian national who went missing yesterday morning after going swimming in Kuta Beach was found dead this morning, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) in Bali said in a statement.  “A joint search and rescue team began searching since early this morning… and the victim was finally located and immediately evacuated to Sanglah …