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New York Post - World News

Centuries-old whisky smuggler’s secret distillery discovered in Scotland

By: SWNS

11 May 2026 at 16:57

The remains of a 200-year-old whisky smuggler's secret distillery have been discovered by archaeologists.

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Archaeologists and volunteers uncovering a 200-year-old whisky smuggler's distillery in the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve.

A gloved hand covered in dirt holding a corroded copper alloy collar.

Archaeology Trainee Alice Connelly next to a timber post at an illicit whisky still site.

An overhead aerial photo shows an archaeologist excavating a dug-out stone structure next to a flowing stream in a grassy, snow-dusted gully.

Archaeologists and volunteers excavating an illegal whisky still site in a gully near a stream at Ben Lawers.

New York Post - World News

Mom has ‘very emotional’ meeting with woman who received her late daughter’s hand via transplant

By: SWNS

7 May 2026 at 16:22

Jackie Kirwan, 65, lost her daughter, Georgie Peterson, following complications from a congenital brain malformation, which led to debilitating seizures.

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Jackie Kirwan and Georgie Peterson smiling at the camera.

Georgie Peterson in a hospital bed with a nasal cannula.

Georgie Peterson as a child on playground equipment.

Jackie Kirwan (left) and Kim Smith (right) holding hands and smiling.

Two women smile at the camera, holding hands.

Georgie Peterson, a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Georgie Peterson, a young woman who was an organ donor, smiling at the camera.

Jackie Kirwan smiling in front of a wall of photos of her daughter.

Kim Smith in her wheelchair, smiling, with a Christmas tree and decorations in the background.

Jackie Kirwan, mother of hand donor Georgie Peterson, touching the arm of Kim Smith, the recipient of her daughter’s hand.

Close-up of a hand with a bracelet touching a transplant recipient's arm.

Kim Smith, the recipient of a hand transplant, waves to the camera.

The arm of a hand transplant recipient, featuring surgical scars and a tattoo that reads "all times."

A woman in a pink jacket and yellow pants sits in a boat on a river.

Jackie Kirwan, the mother who donated her daughter's hand for transplant, smiles while wearing a brown polka-dotted shirt.

Kim Smith, a hand transplant recipient, holding hands with Jackie Kirwan, the mother of her hand donor Georgie Peterson.

New York Post - World News

Gold watch used to ‘buy a spot on a Titanic lifeboat’ set to sell for $68K at auction

By: SWNS

6 May 2026 at 16:31

The watch was handed to a crew member by a passenger during the infamous sinking of the British ocean liner in 1912.

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A gloved hand holds the Caldwell gold pocket watch, rumored to have been a bribe for a Titanic lifeboat spot.

A gold pocket watch with an open lid, showing an engraved inscription on its back.

Portrait of Principal A. F. Caldwell, a man with light skin, dark hair, and wearing a suit and tie.

The Caldwell Family in 1912.

The Caldwell family on the deck of the Titanic.

The Caldwell family in 1913.

Illustration of the RMS Titanic sinking, with lifeboats and people in the water.

New York Post - World News

Sapphire Princess cruise ship recovers 5 bodies from sea during 3-hour mission

By: SWNS

24 April 2026 at 06:15

Five bodies - believed to be migrants - were pulled from the sea in a three-hour recovery mission by staff on a cruise ship.

Sapphire Princess crew members pull five bodies out of the Mediterranean Sea on April 21, 2026.

Medical staff examined the body, before taking him to the hold of the ship and the cruise ship moved off again at 6:59 p.m.

Crew members recovering bodies from the sea into a red rescue boat.

Sapphire Princess, with over three thousand passengers on board, is on a fourteen-day voyage which departed from a port near Rome, Italy, on April 19 and is scheduled to dock in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 3.