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The ship that carried Captain James Cook to Australia more than 250 years ago has been found off the coast of Rhode Island, according to a new report by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM). Known for being the first European vessel to reach eastern Australia between 1768 and 1771, HMS Endeavour was later sold, renamed Lord Sandwich, and repurposed during the American War of Independence. In 1778, the ship was deliberately scuttled by British forces in Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, along with a dozen other vessels, in an effort to block advancing American and French forces. It has remained...

Donald Trump has launched a Twitter attack on Lawrence O'Donnell, the host of MSNBC's 'The Last Word.'The 69-year-old real-estate mogul tweeted “I hear that dopey political pundit Lawrence O’Donnell, one of the dummer people on television is about to lose his show- no ratings? Too bad,” CNN reported. After realizing that he misspelled the word “dumber,” the Republican presidential candidate did not waste any time and retweeted the same message, spelling “dumber” correctly. However, Business Insider reporter James Cook took a screen shot of the original tweet. Within the span of 12 hours, Trump called out several other television personalities...