Michael Phelps qualified for finals in the 100 meter butterfly and the 200 meter freestyle at the Arena Grand Prix in Charlotte, N.C. on Friday. He scratched the freestyle event but competed in and won the butterfly event. Last month Ryan Lochte won the 100 meter butterfly at the first meet Phelps competed in since he retired but he did not compete at this meet due to an injury.
NASA astronaut, Reid Wiseman of Baltimore, Md, prepares for a May 28th launch to the International Space Station. He and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency and Maxim Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency will travel aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the orbiting space station.
Voting nuns, viewing a solar eclipse, “Pay as you wish” hotel rooms, playing with giant Playmobil figures, and more in today’s daily brief.
Queen Elizabeth II’s speech honored the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins at a State Banquet at Windsor Castle. This is the first time an Irish president has been welcomed to Britain since the republic became independent. A former IRA commander, Martin Guinness, also attended the banquet. The Queen said during her speech that Britain and Ireland shall “no longer allow our past to ensnare our future”.
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Thousands of people who evacuated Chile’s low-lying coastal areas returned home on Wednesday morning after authorities called off a tsunami alarm as damage from a massive overnight earthquake seemed mostly limited.
Soldiers from U.S. Army’s Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division return to Fort Campbell in Kentucky after a nine-month combat deployment in Afghanistan. The 60 soldiers were welcomed home during a ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield.
Sochi, Russia hosts the 2014 Paralympic Games from March 7-16. 547 athletes from 45 countries will take part in the games which opened with ceremony full of performances, a parade of athletes, fireworks, and the lighting of the Olympic flame.
Costumes, dancing, music, and parades are all part of the annual celebration of Carnival in many countries throughout the world.
Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, marks the end of this weeks long celebration before the beginning of Lent.
This is the state’s third dry winter and the drought is affecting farmers and sparking wildfires.
At the beginning of Carnival season, a national stick fighting competition takes place in Trinidad every year with the winner receiving the title “King of the Rock.” The winner is the first fighter to draw blood from his opponent.
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