Chicago’s ‘Bean’ reopens after lengthy refurbishment
Chicago‘s famous Cloud Gate statue, commonly known as the “Bean,” reopened on Sunday after a nearly yearlong closure. The iconic sculpture in Millennium Park reopened ahead of the park’s 20th anniversary next month after the area underwent various improvements beginning in August 2023. The closure of the Bean frustrated tourists who have visited the Windy […]
Chicago Fountain Reopens After Being Vandalized by Protesters
Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain has reopened after it was vandalized by pro-Palestinian protesters late Friday night and into the early Saturday morning. Chicago Parks Department employee Revealed In a post on Sunday, X said the fountain was “on and fully operational,” according to the Chicago Parks Department. Said The company said the fountains would be closed […]
US reopens Gaza pier, resuming humanitarian aid deliveries
A pier built by the U.S. military to deliver aid to Gaza was closed twice as fighting between Israel and Hamas continued, but has since reopened. The pier was up and running again on Thursday, and relief supplies were being transported to shore. Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters Thursday that […]
Port of Baltimore shipping channel fully reopens following Key Bridge collapse
The shipping channel in the Port of Baltimore fully reopened Monday, months after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed when it was struck by a shipping vessel. The 700-foot-wide and 50-foot-deep channel reopened for commercial use after being closed for more than 11 weeks. In March, the Dali, a 213 million-pound shipping vessel, experienced a […]
Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed
Haiti’s main international airport reopened on Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to shut it down to traffic in early March. The reopening of Toussaint Louverture Airport in the capital Port-au-Prince is expected to help alleviate severe shortages of medicine and other basic supplies as the […]
NYC-Dublin portal in Flatiron District reopens with limited hours
i’m back. Portal, a livestream between New York City and Dublin, reopened on Sunday with several new measures aimed at deterring the deviant and disturbing behavior that forced its temporary closure. Almost five days after the attraction went dark due to strange noises from both sides of the pond, organizers turned it back on at […]
Erdoğan government formally reopens another Byzantine-era church as a mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, four years after the Turkish government designated it an Islamic house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. It was officially opened as a mosque. In 2020, Turkey officially converted the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora, known in Turkish […]
Bowling Alley Reopens Six Months After Maine’s Deadliest Mass Shooting By Former Army Reservist
In southwestern Maine, the state’s deadliest mass shooting occurred last October after a former Army reservist shot and killed 10 people at a nearby bar, leaving eight people dead, according to the Associated Press. bowling alleys reopened Friday. “We’re excited to open,” Samantha Juray, co-owner of Just in Time Recreation, a bowling alley in Lewiston, […]
Columbia partially reopens campus with desperate warning to faculty, students: ‘Remains a target’
Columbia University in New York has officially reopened its campus after weeks of unrest that included the takeover of academic buildings by anti-Israel agitators and hundreds of arrests. On Thursday, the university notified faculty that they would be able to return to work at the Morningside campus and have access to their offices as early […]
Maine bowling alley reopens 6 months after Lewiston mass shooting
Deciding whether to reopen after a mass shooting is a dilemma that business owners must face. For Justin and Samantha Juray, the answer didn’t come easy. But when they decided to reopen their bowling alley in Maine, they didn’t hesitate. Six months after the gunman opened fire, patrons returned Friday to find touching photos at […]