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COZUMEL, Colo. — Cozumel welcomed the first visit by the ultra-luxury cruise ship MSC Explorer I. The luxury liner docked at the island on Friday during its first voyage through the Western Caribbean. The ultra-luxury ship docked in Cozumel on Friday. Photo: December 20, 2024. Flying the Maltese flag, the ship can accommodate 900 passengers divided into 461 suites with sea views. The ship docked at the Punta Langosta International Cruise Terminal on Friday as part of its itinerary. Cozumel Mayor Jose Luis Chacón Méndez met with the ship’s captain, Pietro Sinisi. “During my 30-year career, I have had the…

1. The Distribution Sector Dealt with DisorderShrinking distribution options created an ever-more challenging landscape, especially for independent publishers, throughout the year. The situation has become serious enough for indie publishers that the heads of various associations and smaller presses are working on various plans to offer indie presses more distribution options.The challenging distribution landscape took center stage in March, when Small Press Distribution abruptly shut down after struggling for years to remain a viable distributor for small, and mainly literary, presses. Earlier in the year, in an effort to modernize SPD’s nonprofit operations, its executive director, Kent Watson, moved to…

The U.S. Senate approved a stopgap funding measure to avert a government shutdown shortly after a midnight deadline for a bill that ignored President Donald Trump’s request to end the debt ceiling. The bill will then go to Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.Hours after an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 366-34 in the House, the Senate passed the bill by an 85-11 vote. It was passed 38 minutes after the deadline, but the government did not trigger the closure procedure in that time.The White House said in a statement Friday that the president supports “bringing this bill forward” and avoiding…

BOSTON — The death of a beloved mother whose body was found in a luxury Boston apartment last week is being investigated as a homicide, authorities announced Thursday.The body of 30-year-old Chantel Gillespie was discovered on Thursday, Dec. 12, inside a fifth-floor unit at the Harris South End at 390 Harrison Avenue, Boston police said.”We have reason to believe that Mr. Gillespie’s death was a homicide,” police said in an updated statement released Thursday morning. “Preliminary information indicates that this was not a random act and the building’s residents or the public are not at risk.”Investigators said they are still…

New restaurant opens in Greenwood Aspen Creek Grill opened this week at 1287 N. Emerson Ave. in Greenwood. This is Aspen Creek Grille’s second restaurant location in the Indianapolis area, and the restaurant has approximately 270 seats, making it the largest of Aspen Creek Grille’s eight locations. The menu features familiar favorites from Aspen Creek Grill’s existing locations, such as hand-cut Black Angus steaks, house-smoked ribs and hand-crafted burgers, as well as freshly squeezed margaritas and other specialty drinks. Aspen Creek Grill is open Monday through Friday from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM, Saturday from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM,…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing the three largest U.S. banks for failing to protect customers from fraud on the jointly owned payments platform Zelle.The lawsuit, which also targets Zelle’s official operator Early Warning Services LLC, claims that Zelle users lost more than $870 million during the network’s seven-year life as a result of these claims. He said he suffered a loss.”The nation’s largest banks rushed to implement Zelle because they felt threatened by competing payment apps,” CFPB Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement. “By not taking proper safeguards, Zelle became a gold mine for scammers, while leaving…

Gisele Perico: ‘I’ve never regretted my decision to make the trial public’French rape victim Gisele Pericot was sentenced Thursday by a court in the south of France after her ex-husband was jailed for 20 years for drugging and rape, accusing him of luring dozens of strangers to abuse him over nearly a decade. He finally appeared in court.Dominique Perico, 72, was found guilty on all charges by a judge in Avignon. He was on trial along with 50 others, and all were found guilty on at least one charge, but their prison sentences were shorter than prosecutors had requested.Although the…

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderDecember 20, 2024, 3:51 PM ETClose Mike Coppinger joined ESPN in 2021 after covering boxing for USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppingerRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Sporting a muscular beard, leather jacket, jeans and shoes, Tyson Fury was at the Wonder Garden Carnival Friday night in preparation for Saturday’s unified heavyweight championship rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. He weighed a career-high 281 pounds.Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) was clean-shaven, shirtless and wearing track pants in May when he weighed 262 pounds. The 36-year-old was eliminated in the ninth round…

NEW YORK (AP) – Neil Cavuto, the Fox News Channel business journalist who frequently harassed President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters on his weekday afternoon news show, ended his final show Thursday. He retired from the station after 28 years.Kabuto, a mainstay at Fox since its founding in 1996, also hosted a show on Fox’s sister company, Fox Business Network, but was not considered one of the stable opinion hosts. .FILE — Anchor Neil Kabuto appears on the set of the Fox Business Network show “Kabuto: Coast to Coast” on March 9, 2017. His last show moved swiftly through a…

When you buy through our links, The New York Post may earn compensation and receive an affiliate commission. Featured prices are subject to change. Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot raised a lot of eyebrows when he selected Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth pick in last spring’s draft. This seemed like an odd choice considering that just a few weeks earlier, Atlanta had signed free agent Kirk Cousins ​​to a four-year, $180 million contract. On Sunday, the Falcons, who are 7-7 and still in contention for the NFC South title, will begin to learn whether there was a method to…