Amanda Holpuch

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

Mr. Buffett, 94, was crowned the "Oracle of Omaha" because of smart investments he made as the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway. He also made some mistakes. Warren Buffett, the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, said he would step down from that position by the end of the year. Mr. Buffett, 94, transformed Berkshire Hathaway, once a textile company, into a powerful business investor, making billions along the way. Here's a look back at some of the defining moments in his life. Aug.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

Contestants gathered in Belgium to screech and move like gulls in a competition that is meant to "make sea gulls sexy again."Video Back transcriptEuropeans Screech Off at Belguim's Sea Gull Imitation ChampionshipContestant from Denmark, Italy and Britain won the top medals in this year's European Sea Gull Screeching Championship in the coastal Belgian town of De Panne.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

Col. Archibald Gracie wrote the letter while traveling on the Titanic days before the ship sank and plunged him into the icy North Atlantic. Days before the Titanic struck an iceberg, a first-class passenger, Col. Archibald Gracie, described the vessel in a letter written while on board: "It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey's end before I pass judgment on her."Colonel Gracie's journey on the Titanic had a catastrophic end, but he fared better than most.

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Holpuch

The video is short — just 19 seconds — and not particularly compelling. A viewer would be forgiven for clicking away before it ends. The grainy footage, uploaded on April 23, 2005, of a man standing in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo — “All right, so here we are in front of the elephants” — does not look like the sort of thing that would touch off a video revolution. And yet, two decades after that inauspicious start, YouTube is now a cornerstone of the media ecosystem.

3 weeks ago | tspantx.com | Amanda Holpuch

Two people died after their vehicle was trapped in floodwaters. Hail and strong winds were possible in parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma on Sunday, forecasters said.   About the author: Support Systems Tell us something about yourself.