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CBS News
7 hours ago
- CBS News
1 year since Chicago woman, Taylor Casey, went missing in the Bahamas and still no answers
It's been one year since Taylor Casey, a Chicago woman, disappeared from a yoga retreat in the Bahamas. There are still no answers in the case. Casey, then 42, was in the middle of a month-long yoga retreat near Paradise Island when she stopped showing up for classes. She was last seen on June 19, 2024. In July, Casey's family asked the FBI to take over the search from the authorities in the Bahamas, saying they were "not satisfied with how this investigation has been handled thus far." U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth's office and the U.S. Embassy also joined the efforts in assistance. Last week, Duckworth's office released the following statement: "Senator Duckworth and her office have been monitoring this heartbreaking situation for the last year. They continue to work closely with relevant federal agencies and push the Royal Bahamas Police Force to be as communicative and transparent as possible. Senator Duckworth and her office will continue to coordinate with Ms. Casey's family to help in any way they can." Last Friday, Peter Goudie, a spokesperson for the yoga retreat from which Casey disappeared, said there is "nothing more we can do." Goudie added, "police did everything they could." He also said the FBI and the International Criminal Police Organization responded as well. Casey's family believed search efforts have been marred by prejudice because Casey is a transgender woman. She has been a fixture in Chicago's transgender community and a youth advocate for decades. Casey's family is offering a $10,000 reward for any information on her disappearance. A Facebook group called "Find Taylor Casey" has remained active this year. Group organizers posted events in April and May, "A Day with Taylor." The Zoom events featured performances, yoga sessions, and storytelling. Phone recovered from the water In July, authorities in the Bahamas said they recovered Taylor's iPhone. Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said that, during a June 22 search, a dog picked up a scent from a tent and tracked it to the water, but the scent ended there. They subsequently located a phone under roughly 56 feet of water. Investigators in the Bahamas asked American authorities for help unlocking the phone. Authorities also reviewed surveillance footage from around the island, but there was "no information to connect at this time," the police commissioner added. "Find Taylor Casey" Facebook group organizers posted on April 9, "The police in the Bahamas have not yet released Taylor's phone or phone records." It is unclear which authorities are in possession of the phone at this time. Missing woman's mother seeking answers In an interview just three months after her daughter's disappearance, Casey's mother, Colette Seymore, said that something seemed "off" with her daughter before she vanished. "I talked to Taylor on June 18th. Taylor had called me and mentioned to me it was hard, it was hard at the yoga retreat," she said. "Something was off, I don't know if Taylor didn't want to alarm me, but I just felt like something was off." Seymore reported her daughter missing, but said when she first arrived in the Bahamas to speak to investigators, she said she did not see a single missing persons flyer for her daughter. "They were just really nonchalant and just not acting like it was their child missing," she said. "I had to return home without her. This is every mother's worst nightmare." Seymore said her visit only left her with more questions than answers. CBS News Chicago has reached out to Casey's family for an update on the investigation.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yuvraj Samra Leads Canada to Victory in Americas T20 Qualifier
Yuvraj Samra Leads Canada to Victory in Americas T20 Qualifier originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Yuvraj Samra's unbeaten 50 off just 15 deliveries led Canada to a 10-wicket victory over the Bahamas in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier match. Advertisement Opening the batting, Samra launched Canada's chase with a six and never looked back. His explosive knock, featuring five sixes and three fours, shattered the national record for the fastest T20 half-century, previously held by Harsh Thaker, who made 50 off 16 balls earlier in the tournament. "He's in really good form," said Canadian skipper Nicholas Kirton. "Obviously, he's a special talent." Set a revised target of 53 in 11 overs after a rain delay of over two hours, Canada chased down the total in just 4.3 overs without losing a wicket. Fellow opener Aaron Johnson remained on four not out. The Bahamas, who were 34 for three when rain interrupted play at Maple Leaf Cricket Ground, returned to post 52 for seven in their shortened innings. Kervon Hinds offered brief resistance with 12 runs, including three consecutive boundaries, but the batting order collapsed following the restart. Festus Benn was trapped lbw by Kirton, Eugene Duff was stumped, and Julio Jemison was run out in quick succession. Advertisement Canada, ranked 19th in T20 cricket, remains unbeaten in the regional final, having defeated Bermuda by 110 runs and the Cayman Islands by 59. They next face Cayman on Thursday, followed by Bahamas on Saturday and Bermuda on Sunday. Speaking to the Royal Gazette, Bermuda coach Cal Waldron said: 'We didn't execute our game plan against Canada. They gave us a higher total to chase than we wanted, and we were unable to chase it down to come out with a favourable result. We went back to the drawing board, looked at the good and the bad from the game against Canada." Bermuda must win their remaining matches to keep their qualification hopes alive for the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Guardian
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean' hopes to unearth ships and treasure
The Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries. But almost nothing is known about the life and times of actual pirates. Now a leading British marine archaeologist is co-directing an expedition that has been allowed for the first time to search for pirate ships off Nassau on the island of New Providence, a notorious pirate hideout 300 years ago. No one has until now explored the seabed for their ships and treasure, let alone everyday belongings that could be as valuable to historical research as a stash of emeralds, Dr Sean Kingsley said. 'The potential is enormous,' he added. 'We are expecting to find some really cool stuff because this is the real home of the pirates of the Caribbean. 'Pirates didn't keep journals listing their lawlessness. What happened in Nassau stayed in Nassau. If we want to discover the truth, we're going to have to dive for it.' The Bahamas was a major crossroads for trade and more than 500 ships have been wrecked off New Providence since the 1680s, according to historical sources. But there may be dozens more, with pirate ships among them. In 1718, when Woodes Rogers sailed to Nassau to become its governor, he noted 40 seized ships on the shore that had been 'either burnt or sunk' to destroy evidence and 'about 700 pirates'. In 1696, the privateer Henry Avery sailed to Nassau in his ship, the Fancy, laden with loot. He used some of the treasure to bribe the governor of the Bahamas, establishing Nassau as a base for fellow pirates. Top of the most-wanted hitlist of shipwrecks is the Fancy, a 46-gun flagship. Kingsley said: 'Avery of Plymouth lit the fuse and threw the grenade that started the golden age of piracy after looting a Mughal treasure ship of $108m off India. He then sailed to Nassau in 1696 to lie low, party and for the crew to break up with their cut of the booty. Avery scuttled the Fancy in Nassau. It's the crown jewels of pirate ships. If we were to find anything associated with it, it would be spectacular. Its plunder was the greatest and most successful pirate heist on the high seas.' The New Providence Pirates Expedition – which is dedicated to science, education, entertainment and tourism in the Bahamas – is drawing on historical and archaeological evidence to conduct the first underwater survey, which begins in September. The project has secured the first-ever agreement with the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation of the Bahamas, a partner collaborator. Kingsley has explored more than 350 shipwrecks in the last 30 years and is the founding editor of Wreckwatch, the world's only magazine dedicated to the sunken past. The affiliated Wreckwatch TV is collaborating with the New Providence Pirates Expedition to bring 'the history, ruined landscape and sea dogs of the golden age of piracy between 1696 and 1730 back to life' through a documentary film, The Mystery of the Pirate King's Treasure. The film's co-director, Chris Atkins, said: 'The Bahamas, with its azure waters and crystal-clear underwater visibility, is a film-maker's dream. For the first time in history, viewers are going to see with their own eyes the places where Blackbeard and gang terrorised the Americas. Somewhere out there are the wine bottles they partied with, the tobacco pipes they smoked, the pieces of eight carelessly lost and so much more. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with the real pirates of the Caribbean.' Asked how they will identify pirate shipwrecks, Kingsley said: 'Generally, if you find a Dutch, English or French shipwreck, it has a very specific type of material culture on it. If it's Spanish, it will have olive jars, a good marker. If it's British, it may have Bristol or London tobacco pipes, for instance. On a pirate wreck, you will find French, English and Dutch ceramics and a mix of coins, anything from Arabian to British, and weapons such as stinkpots, explosive weapons used by pirates.' Dr Michael Pateman, the expedition's co-director and the ambassador for history, culture and museology in the Bahamas, said: 'This is the first project to reconstruct the port and landscape where Blackbeard, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny and the rest of the notorious Flying Gang were based. Anything could still be down there.'
Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Yahoo
24 Students Just Shared The Wildest Meltdowns They've Ever Seen Rich Kids Have At Private Schools, And Oh My Word
Reddit user Katybee18 recently asked, "People who went to private school, what was the best rich kid meltdown you've ever witnessed?" Here are their wilddddd stories: 1."Two of the kids at my school got into a fight over a parking place, and one somehow drove his super lifted truck OVER THE HOOD of the other kid's sports car. Fortunately, both of their parents bought them new vehicles so nobody learned any lessons." —xiphias__gladius 2."My best friend at the time happened to be on vacation with her family in the Bahamas the same week I was, but she was there for her 16th birthday and brought a few other friends with her. Right before her birthday dinner, her mom gave her a Tiffany's box with a silver keychain, and she had a full-blown tantrum — crying, screaming, and cursing out her parents — because the keychain did not have car keys on it. The kicker? The friends and I were standing there as witnesses as her parents just took the abuse, took us all out to an embarrassingly overpriced dinner in a limo, then proceeded to give her a car wrapped in a bow once they got home." —rockedthelobster 3."I went to a very privileged international school. The kid of a diplomat (who was also independently extremely wealthy) totally crashed out because their parents told them they would have to take the bus home from school instead of their Bentley, because apparently, he got caught cheating on exams. The idea of riding home with us 'peasants' (even though many were just as privileged as him, if not more) had him so screwed up that he threw a trashcan out of the window and screamed, 'I'm going to kill everyone in this school!!!' at the top of his lungs. It was an international school in a country without guns, so it didn't carry quite the same weight as saying that in the USA. Still, I was mildly surprised when literally nothing happened to him for it, and the school admin took a firm stance of 'nothing happened.'" —avaslash 4."One kid had a meltdown because his grandma was hospitalized and he couldn't spend his holidays in his other house in Réunion Island. He went there every holiday." —WiswisBrebis 5."I had a friend in college from a very wealthy county in Southern California. She straight-up grew up on the beach. While in the laundromat, she complained to another friend and me about a surprise care package her mom mailed her. One of the items was a custom pair of TOMS shoes. They were adorable. It was extremely thoughtful of her mom to send them in the first place. She even chose the pattern and colors. My friend was furious and claimed that they were ugly. She said she wrote a scathing note on the package and returned it to her mom. The other friend and I were in shock and didn't even respond. We couldn't believe she did this and told us about it, as if what she did was good." —its-how-i-roll 6."I played competitive cricket on Saturdays with about six guys from school (a fairly middle-of-the-road private school). The other seven came from a neighboring private school, and these fellas were completely loaded. The coach's son, Josh, was used to getting whatever he wanted. His dad bought him a brand new gaming PC, though this was in 2005, so it was not what we're used to seeing today. However, his dad told him he needed to save for the monitor. Of course, Josh thought his dad would cave and buy him one. We're at cricket training, and Josh and his dad have a very heated argument about getting a monitor on the way home. Josh absolutely loses his shit, screaming at his dad. He then picks up a cricket ball and whips it straight at his dad's head." "Josh is 17 and has a hell of an arm. And for anyone who hasn't held a cricket ball, they're a lot heavier and harder than a baseball. Josh's dad spent four days in the hospital, and Josh never got to use his brand-new high-end gaming PC." —BattleDancingQuokka 7."A senior once got wasted and somehow ended up driving his car through a wall into the dining hall. His parents stormed into the school the next day with a lawyer and tried spinning the story that the school's parking lot had 'too many turns on the roads,' which is how his car ended up in the lunch line. Somehow, this worked, and the entire parking lot was rebuilt. The family 'donated' a new dining hall that now has their name on it." —peywrax kid got caught cheating and went to lawyer daddy to plead their case that they were just being efficient and 'using their resources.' It halfway worked. They weren't kicked out, but did have to take a zero. Incidentally, the school received a nice donation at auction from the family." —Briaboo2008 9."This dude got gifted a new sports car from his dad. The dealership didn't have the color he wanted, so he had to wait two weeks. He threw a temper tantrum, screaming, cursing, and throwing things. I'm dead serious." —Medical_Tutor_7749 10."A girl's dad came to pick her up from school in their new helicopter. She threw a tantrum and refused to get in it because she had asked for a white one, and he had bought a black one. He ended up flying home alone and sending a driver to pick her up instead." —WinterSoldierFetish 11."A guy genuinely believed the WiFi password was a basic human right. He screamed, 'I'll sue the school!' when they changed it." —aeonstudio_official 12."A girl in my class called her mom screaming because the maid packed her 'everyday' diamond earrings instead of her 'school' ones. She threw her entire Louis Vuitton bag at a wall and started hyperventilating. The school nurse had to calm her down like she'd had a panic attack." —ukraian-valkyrie 13."This rich kid threw a fit during a fire drill because it interrupted his Fortnite game. He actually shouted the classic, 'DO YOU KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS?' while refusing to leave the building. Administration had to physically escort him out. Outside, in front of the whole school, he kept whining that standing in direct sunlight would 'damage his skin investment.' He literally said that. Apparently, he was on a $1,000 skincare routine. Then a bird pooped on his blazer. Dead center. Custom-made. Everyone lost it. Even the teachers were laughing behind their clipboards." —lucyyygrif0812 14."A rich kid I grew up with backed his Porsche onto a Honda Civic, and just walked away from it. He was just being a POS. Not even kidding, a week later, he had a new Porsche. His dad has a garage full of them." —PegCity-Handshake 15."When the girls' nanny came to pick her up, but she didn't have a game the girl liked on her phone, she started SCREAMING in the middle of the changing room, and the nanny was basically begging her to stop." —Critical-Milk8581 16."One guy got expelled from boarding school for stealing money. He stole someone's card to spend like £400 on some new shoes and whatnot. So his dad came and picked him up, landing a helicopter in the sports field to take him away. That flight would've cost so much more than what the kid stole." —goldlord44 17."My classmate's parents bought her a brand-new car and gave it to her in the parking lot of the school after school on her 16th birthday, and she had a meltdown because it wasn't the color she wanted." —ranchojasper 18."When I was in high school, someone arranged for THOUSANDS of rose petals to be laid out on the school lawn spelling this girl's name to ask her out to prom. This was while a plane flew overhead, towing one of those banners asking the question. He got rejected and freaked the fuck out. Their parents were beefing with one another. People were telling the girl to just go with him since his family spent so much money. He was clowned on relentlessly. It was pretty hilarious." —madhero3333 19."This girl's dad bought her an ugly yellow Hummer, but the parking spaces at our school were too small for her to park. Her dad went to the school with a donation and demanded that they combine two spaces into one and give her a designated spot. The school refused, so she had to park in this strip mall, climb a fence, and cross the fields to get to school and would arrive PISSED every day." —Due-Huckleberry7560 20."A guy smashed a $10,000 guitar over a post at school when he couldn't learn a song. Another guy rented a private jet to go to our end-of-year event and showed up with his bodyguard, who threw a tantrum for him because the restaurant didn't have a 45-year-old whisky he wanted. Another guy paid for a steel door to be put in his room with iris scanners so his parents couldn't get in after a fight with them when they were away. I have many more stories. This was in Singapore." —Logical_Business9541 21."We were on a school trip for 10 days. They rented three Airbnb apartments in one building – a girls' room, a boys' room, and one for the teachers. This kid had a full meltdown when he found out one of the apartments was not for him and his girlfriend. They also fought loudly and publicly through most of the trip." —passportwhore 22."A spoiled brat lost her shit because she lost as student government president (she was insufferable). She's now a congresswoman in my country." —MisanthropeInLove 23."A girl in my class once cried because her parents bought her the wrong color Tesla for her birthday. She literally said, 'How am I supposed to show my face in the carpool lane in a white Model X?!' The best part? She refused to go to school until they exchanged it — and they actually did. She returned a week later in a matte black one and acted like it was a personality trait." —NaughtyMira_ "I knew a girl who, by age 16, had totaled two brand-new cars. When her parents refused to buy her a new one and told her to get a job if she wanted a car, she threw a massive fit and complained, because 'how dare they make her walk to school?' I remember just staring at her and laughing as she complained. It made her so mad, but I thought it was hilarious." —CaptainFartHole What's the worst rich kid meltdown you've ever witnessed? Tell us in the comments or share anonymously using this form.
The Sun
a day ago
- General
- The Sun
Lottery results and numbers: Lotto and Thunderball draw tonight, June 18, 2025
THE NATIONAL Lottery results are in and it's time to find out who has won a life-changing amount of money tonight (June 18, 2025). Could tonight's £5.2 million jackpot see you handing in your notice, jetting off to the Bahamas or driving a new Porsche off a garage forecourt? 3 3 You can find out by checking your ticket against tonight's numbers below. Good luck! Tonight's National Lottery Lotto winning numbers are: 08, 15, 31, 38, 44, 49 and the Bonus Ball is 59. Tonight's National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 05, 07, 10, 11, 18 and the Thunderball is 02. The first National Lottery draw was held on November 19 1994 when seven winners shared a jackpot of £5,874,778. The largest amount ever to be won by a single ticket holder was £42million, won in 1996. Gareth Bull, a 49-year-old builder, won £41million in November, 2020 and ended up knocking down his bungalow to make way for a luxury manor house with a pool. TOP 5 BIGGEST LOTTERY WINS ACROSS THE WORLD £1.308 billion (Powerball) on January 13 2016 in the US, for which three winning tickets were sold, remains history's biggest lottery prize £1.267 billion (Mega Million) a winner from South Carolina took their time to come forward to claim their prize in March 2019 not long before the April deadline £633.76 million (Powerball draw) from a winner from Wisconsin £625.76 million (Powerball) Mavis L. Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts claimed the jackpot in August 2017 £575.53 million (Powerball) A lucky pair of winners scooped the jackpot in Iowa and New York in October 2018 Sue Davies, 64, bought a lottery ticket to celebrate ending five months of shielding during the pandemic — and won £500,000. Sandra Devine, 36, accidentally won £300k - she intended to buy her usual £100 National Lottery Scratchcard, but came home with a much bigger prize. The biggest jackpot ever to be up for grabs was £66million in January last year, which was won by two lucky ticket holders. Another winner, Karl managed to bag £11million aged just 23 in 1996. The odds of winning the lottery are estimated to be about one in 14million - BUT you've got to be in it to win it. 3
