A Canadian man was forced to abandon his electric truck after charging failures during a family road trip. Dalbir Bala of La Salle, Manitoba, left his Ford Lightning electric vehicle (EV) in Minnesota last month after he failed to charge its battery at two different charging stations. He continued his drive to Chicago in a […]

Police are investigating multiple retrieved vehicles after they were discovered submerged in a lake in Doral, Florida, by underwater search teams and divers. Divers at a private agency investigating missing persons cold cases found about 30 vehicles while exploring the lake. They notified the local police, and dive teams from various agencies began efforts to […]

Fentanyl toxicity has been ruled as the cause of the death of former child actor Austin Majors, who died earlier this year at the age of 27 in a homeless shelter. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office revealed the cause of Mr. Majors’ death on Tuesday. His death was declared accidental by the medical […]

A 3,000-year-old arrowhead was discovered to have been made out of iron from a meteorite, according to a study by researchers at the Natural History Museum of Bern in Switzerland. Originating from between 900 and 800 BC, the arrowhead—measuring 1.5 inches and weighing 0.1 ounces—was found in Mörigen on Lake Biel, Switzerland. The rare artifact […]

Elon Musk has indicated the possibility that he might need surgery ahead of his proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg. “I’m getting an MRI of my neck & upper back tomorrow,” Musk wrote in a post on social media on Sunday night. “May require surgery before the fight can happen. Will know this week.” In late […]

Riders aboard a roller coaster in Ohio experienced more thrill than they were hoping for after it froze midair near the top of a 205 feet drop on Aug. 3. About 12 people were forced to walk down the Magnum XL-200 ride by metal exit stairs due to a mechanical problem that resulted in an […]

An expert has weighed in on the debate spreading online that a bear in an eastern China zoo was actually a human in a costume. In a CNN interview with Siew Te Wong, a wildlife biologist and sun bear expert, he says that he is “very very convinced, 100 percent sure that it is a […]

A 35-year-old mother of two died from “water intoxication” on Independence Day weekend in Indiana after trying to quench her thirst too quickly, her family have said. Also known as water toxicity or water poisoning, water intoxication, though rare, can occur if an individual rapidly drinks too much water. After Ashley Summers spent a leisurely […]

Scientists have managed to revive roundworms that have been frozen for 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost some 40 meters underground, according to a new study published in PLOS Genetics on July 27. The worms stayed alive through cryptobiosis in a state of suspended metabolism, according to Teymuras Kurzchalia, a professor involved in the research who […]

Taylor Swift’s “Eras” concerts in Seattle, Washington sparked seismic activity equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake, seismologist Professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach told CNN. Ms. Caplan-Auerbach, a Western Washington University professor, first tracked the activity after seeing a Facebook group she monitors discussing Pacific Northwest earthquakes. She found that the waves from both nights had a pattern […]

A 39-year-old man was found dead after accidentally falling off a hotel balcony at Walt Disney World’s Contemporary Resort in Florida on Wednesday. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the man died at the scene at the resort, which is located next to the popular Magic Kingdom theme park. The deceased was identified as Jeffery […]

Police in Greene County, Ohio, used a helicopter to locate a 3-year-old boy who went missing for several hours before being reunited with his family. According to local media, the 3-year-old was in the backyard of a house when he ran away from his babysitter around 6 p.m. local time on Thursday (July 20). Greene […]

A woman slipped off a cliff in Turkey and plunged to her death on July 6—just moments after her boyfriend had proposed to her. Yesim Demir, 39, plummeted around 100 ft. off the ​​​cliff in Canakkale, a city in northwestern Turkey, where the couple had planned to celebrate with a sunset picnic. Ms. Demir’s boyfriend, […]

A Texas man lost both of his hands and all of his toes after a single flea bite. Michael Kohlhof, 35, was admitted to a San Antonio emergency room after losing feeling in his toes and suffering from what his family initially thought were severe flu symptoms, according to his family’s GoFundMe post. Soon after, […]

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he would resign after a review by a panel of scientists concluded that some of his scientific papers contained “manipulation of research data,” according to a report released by the Stanford Board of Trustees. The resignation is preceded by a review launched in December by the board of […]

Gan Jing World’s 2023 #GJWBestDad Hashtag Photo Awards recently announced the results of the Father’s Day “Best Dad” photo contest. Suzi Anna’s winning submission of a father and son playing outdoors will receive a cash prize of $1,000. Judges praised the photograph’s quality and depth of interpretation in its meaning and message. “The photo depicts […]

Elise Finch, an Emmy-award-winning CBS New York meteorologist, has died aged 51, the station announced Sunday. Ms. Finch died at a local hospital and her cause of death has yet to be determined, CBS News said in a statement expressing their “profound sadness” at the news. “Elise was on the air with us just this […]

Pat Sajak, host of the hit TV show “Wheel of Fortune,” said he is himself surprised by his long-standing role on the game show of over 40 years. Mr. Sajak, 76, took to Twitter earlier this week to joke about his history on the show. A Twitter user called @Chicago_History posted a question, asking, “If […]

Israeli surgeons at Hadassah Medical Center-Ein Kerem performed a miracle surgery and successfully reattached a boy’s head after a car accident in which he was hit while riding his bike. Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, suffered from an internal decapitation, officially known as bilateral atlanto occipital joint dislocation. The ligaments holding the base of […]

American Airlines canceled a North Carolina teenager’s ticket and detained him after he was caught using a travel hack known as “skiplagging.” Logan Parsons had planned to fly to Charlotte from Florida. However, an indirect ticket terminating at JFK airport in New York—but with a layover in Charlotte—was less expensive than a direct flight to […]

A 4-year-old Japanese girl died in her mother’s care after the local government decided not to place her in temporary protective custody—a decision influenced in part by an artificial intelligence evaluation program, according to officials in the prefecture of Mie. Mie police arrested the girl’s 42-year-old mother in June for allegedly inflicting injuries that resulted […]

Czech-French writer Milan Kundera died in Paris on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Moravian State Library of Brno. He was 94. “Unfortunately I can confirm that Mr. Milan Kundera passed away yesterday [Tuesday] after a prolonged illness,” Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the library in his homeland, said. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said […]

Bryan Johnson, a 45-year-old tech executive, has quit his attempt to reverse his aging process involving blood plasma infusions from his teenage son. Two months ago, Mr. Johnson recruited his ​​17-year-old son Talmage and 70-year-old father Richard for a tri-generational blood-swapping treatment. Mr. Johnson, his son, and his father all had one liter of blood […]

A new neighborhood in Gastonia, North Carolina will require all residents to fly the American flag in front of their property. Brock Fankhauser, the developer of 1776 Gastonia, said residents will receive an American flag upon moving in and will have agreed to displaying it at all times, according to a report by WCNC. “We’re […]

Six people were killed and one injured in a stabbing at a kindergarten in Lianjiang, a city in Guangdong Province, on Monday. The victims of the 7:40 a.m. local time attack included three children, two parents, and a teacher, according to Reuters. A suspect, a 25-year-old man with the surname Wu, was detained by police […]

Sonya Cruz of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died from an infection caused by blastomyces, a rare fungus that releases harmful and potentially deadly spores into the air when disturbed. The fungus is most prevalent in damp, forested areas of the soil. Once the spores settle in the lungs, it can cause an infection called blastomycosis and develop […]

A firefighter reunited with the pregnant woman and daughter he rescued from an elevator 18 years ago. On an April night in 2005, after Mary Majcunich-Beasley finished her shift as an air traffic controller, she entered the control tower’s elevator and pressed the button for the first floor. When the elevator stopped, Ms. Majcunich-Beasley smelled […]

Authorities have increased shark patrols after multiple suspected shark attacks were reported over the weekend on New York beaches. On Tuesday, a 47-year-old man was bit in his right knee while swimming in chest-deep water off of Quogue Village Beach, Quogue police said. The bite left him with lacerations on his knee and was from […]

Gary Gene Ramirez, a 75-year-old Hawaiian man, was arrested and charged in the 1982 rape and murder of a Palo Alto teen, the Santa Clara district attorney’s office announced on Tuesday. Karen Stitt, 15, was waiting for a bus in Sunnyvale, California, the night of Sept. 2, 1982. She was last seen by her boyfriend who […]

A 3-year-old girl has defied the odds when she achieved a significant step in her ongoing recovery after surviving being hit by a car. After months of surgery and years of therapy, Shaylie Edwards, now aged 6, has graduated from kindergarten. “This kid was just destined to do something incredible,” Erica Edwards, Shaylie’s mother, told […]

Graphic photos of the catastrophic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven other people were shared among Los Angeles County employees, a lawyer for the NBA player’s wife Vanessa Bryant told a jury on Aug. 10. Just hours after the crash, Bryant met with sheriff Alex Villanueva […]

It is common for people to feel like the world is a dark place in the late hours of the night. Uncontrollable streams of negative thoughts may plague your mind as you lie awake or scroll through your phone. You might succumb to your cravings for leftover cheesecake or a bottle of wine. Night owls […]

Love Island 2017 winner Kem Cetinay is said to be “deeply shaken” after being involved in a collision that left a motorcyclist dead, witnesses said. The 26-year-old TV personality was driving in Romford, East London, on Thursday morning when a motorbike collided with his Mercedes G-Wagon. According to witnesses, the motorcyclist was overtaking traffic while […]

For several years running, the Georgia-based fast food chicken chain Chick-fil-A has consistently been ranked as one of the best restaurant chains in the country. From coast to coast, Americans have come to love it for a variety of reasons, including its speedy and friendly service and top-secret chicken recipe. Chick-fil-A is insistent that it […]

Two people were found dead inside a burned vehicle in the path of the raging McKinney Fire in Northern California, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. The bodies were found around 10 a.m. PT on Sunday by fire personnel battling the fire. “The vehicle was located in a residential driveway along Doggett Creek Road, […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday it plans to make the monkeypox disease a nationally notifiable condition. The designation, which is scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 1, updates requirements for states to provide data on cases to the agency. According to the CDC, this will enable the agency […]

The Biden administration on Thursday warned businesses and health insurance providers that limiting coverage of contraceptives, after a Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, would violate federal law. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, mandates that insurance plans offer free birth control and family planning counseling to insured persons and […]

President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden will hold her wedding ceremony on the White House’s South Lawn, the bride-to-be announced on July 26. She will marry her fiancé, Peter Neal, on Nov. 19. “Sooo not sure how best to update but was supposed to do so weeks ago…but we have finally figured out where the […]

A soccer player who was injured in a brawl that broke out in a match at Oxnard High School died on July 25, police said. Police reported that Misael Sanchez, 29, passed away more than two weeks after an on-field brawl broke out over a referee’s call at around 11 a.m. during an adult soccer […]

Amid a skyrocketing crime surge, wealthy Minneapolis neighborhood residents are raising money to hire off-duty police patrols to work extra hours. This is supported by the Minneapolis Safety Initiative, a nonprofit created by the city council in January. It raises money for the services through crowdfunding—typically the online solicitation of small-dollar donations. The community is […]

Bodybuilder and NPC/IFBB judge Jerry Ward has died at the age of 46. He passed away Friday night, according to a recent post by Gary Udit, a bodybuilding promoter. The cause of death has not yet been determined. Ward is survived by his wife Erin Merritt. Ward most recently worked in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a commentator […]

While fending off six robbers, a passenger on a Chicago Transit Authority train was stabbed and suffered critical injuries early July 22, police Supt. David Brown said. Six robbery suspects pursued a 42-year-old man into a Red Line train at the North/Clybourn station at around 2 a.m., demanded his things, and attacked him with a knife […]

The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward of $5,000 for information about the man who was charged last year with stealing two of Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs and the shooting of her dog walker. He was accidentally released from a Los Angeles County jail in April. James Howard Jackson, 19, was one of the […]

Italian police have thwarted the potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a female Baroque artist. The Carabinieri (Italian law enforcement) said art dealers had allegedly described the work as being painted by a follower of Gentileschi in order to fraudulently obtain export permission from Italian authorities. […]

Jewelry and gems worth up to $10 million belonging to show exhibitors were stolen from an armored truck. In the early morning of July 11, a Brink’s truck was robbed near Los Angeles, said the security company. The vehicle was loaded with merchandise on July 10 after an exhibit hosted by the International Gem and […]