The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is topping off its guitar-shaped hotel, which is slated to open next year in South Florida. The SunSentinel reports the topping off is planned for Monday. The 450-foot (137-meter) tower can be seen for miles and is part of an overhaul of the gambling and entertainment complex in Hollywood. The new tower will include 806 guestrooms and suites. The newspaper reports an additional 168 rooms and suites will be located in a seven-story tower that flanks the pool complex. The new facilities will bring the total of hotel rooms at the complex to 1,264. The original hotel at the site opened in 2004. The expansion also includes a casino with 3,267 slot machines and 178 table games, including blackjack and baccarat. Top News: Thai Cave Rescues Continue, With 8 Boys Saved Yu Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images It is scheduled to open in mid-2019. Get the latest from NBC 6 anywhere, anytime Download the App Available for IOS and Android Follow … [Read more...] about Hard Rock Topping Off Guitar-Shaped Hotel in South Florida
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Did ‘hotshot’ NY Times reporter Ali Watkins simply benefit from top-secret pillow talk?
James Wolfe, left, the former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and New York Times reporter Ali Watkins, right. Federal investigators had seized years' worth of Watkins’ email and phone records as part of a leak probe into Wolfe. (AP, File) New York Times reporter Ali Watkins’ swift rise to prominence in Washington, D.C. journalism circles happened quickly by industry standards, as she is still only 26 years old. But now the media industry is wondering if some of her success is due to top-secret pillow talk — and ethical lapses that may have come with it. Last week, a shock indictment revealed that prior to joining the Times, Watkins had a three-year romantic relationship with former Senate Intelligence Committee aide James A. Wolfe, 58, who was accused by federal prosecutors of lying about leaks of sensitive information to journalists, including Watkins herself. And now the New York Times has announced it is investigating … [Read more...] about Did ‘hotshot’ NY Times reporter Ali Watkins simply benefit from top-secret pillow talk?
Did A US Military Vehicle Kill A Boy In Lithuania? It’s ‘Fake News,’ Defense Minister Says
World NATO A news story that appeared to be from one of Lithuania’s top news sites reported that a U.S military vehicle had killed a boy during NATO exercises last week, but the European nation’s defense minister has dismissed the story as “fake news.” Although it was actually posted on an obscure website, the article was designed to look like it came from Lithuania’s news website Delfi. The report accused a U.S. armored vehicle of hitting and killing a young boy riding a bicycle during NATO military exercises in the Baltics. Lithuania’s Defense Minister Raimondas Karoblis told Reuters that this was “almost a textbook” example of “fake news.” A Wiesel armored fighting vehicles of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, take part in Thunder Storm 2018 multinational NATO military exercises on June 7, 2018, near Pabrade, Lithuania. Defense Minister Raimondas Karoblis told Reuters that this was “almost a … [Read more...] about Did A US Military Vehicle Kill A Boy In Lithuania? It’s ‘Fake News,’ Defense Minister Says
In eye of storm, North Koreans sees scant news of Kim’s trip
Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Updated 9:36 pm, Sunday, June 10, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Eric Talmadge, AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 Residents go about their business near one of the city’s biggest department stores and shopping areas in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, June 10, 2018. Despite the focus of world attention on the upcoming summit in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, many North Koreans remain in the dark about what is happening outside their isolated nation. less Residents go about their business near one of the city’s biggest department stores and shopping areas in Pyongyang, North … [Read more...] about In eye of storm, North Koreans sees scant news of Kim’s trip
Florida Beaches Make Dr. Beach’s Top 10 List
A crescent-shaped beach on the Hawaiian island of Maui got the top slot Thursday on the list of best beaches issued annually by a Florida professor known as Dr. Beach. Kapalua Bay Beach topped the list released by Stephen Leatherman, a coastal science professor at Florida International University in Miami. And don't worry about that lava-spewing volcano impacting visits to the Kapalua beach. The Kilauea volcano is on a different Hawaiian island, the Big Island. Leatherman's list even has a second Hawaiian beach on the same island as the volcano, Hapuna Beach State Park, coming in eighth on the list. But Hapuna is on the opposite side of the Big Island. Top News Photos: Train Crash in Italy Kills 2 Antonio Calanni/AP The other beaches on the top 10 list are Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks, coming in second, followed by Grayton Beach State Park in the Florida panhandle; Coopers Beach, Southampton, New York; Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts; … [Read more...] about Florida Beaches Make Dr. Beach’s Top 10 List