Roy Funch, an American botanist who has lived and worked in Brazil’s hardscrabble northeast for decades, long looked at huge cone-shaped mounds of mud in the distance and wondered. What built them? How many were there? How long had they been there? After years of failing to generate interest in the mounds, a chance meeting […]
Naughty list! Teacher canned after spilling the beans on Santa
School officials say a substitute teacher who told first-grade students in New Jersey that Santa Claus isn’t real will not be returning to the school. NJ.com reports Montville Schools Superintendent Rene Rovtar confirmed Tuesday the teacher will no longer work in the district after the incident Thursday at Cedar Hill School. Officials say the teacher debunked other […]
TV star threatens to quit over Trump LIVE on-air (screaming MELTDOWN!)
ABC’s “The View” might have one less star by the end of this week. Liberal host Joy Behar threatened to quit after an on-air meltdown on Monday when she was asked to stop bashing President Donald Trump. Behar was shutdown by co-host Meghan McCain when she tried to turn a tribute to late President George […]
Hog wild! State parks have a MASSIVE pig problem
Hawaii officials are trying to come up with solutions for feral pig problems at some Big Island state parks. Officials have been working with surrounding land owners and other agencies on finding solutions, said Dean Takabayashi, the Hawaii island superintendent for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of State Park. While there […]
Feds finally confirm how country star died
Pilot error following engine maintenance problems caused the helicopter crash that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot at a small airport where he was to perform that night, federal investigators said. The pilot cut the engine too soon as he tried an emergency landing, leading to an uncontrolled descent, the National Transportation […]
Check your freezer! Massive new food recall announced
An Arizona company is expanding the scope of its recall of raw beef that could be contaminated with salmonella, federal officials said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a news release that a unit of Brazil’s JBS is now recalling a total of more than 12 million pounds of raw beef that was […]
Kid fights for right to pelt little brother with snowballs
A 9-year-old boy has convinced the leaders of a small northern Colorado town to overturn a nearly century-old ban on snowball fights, and he already knows who his first target will be — his little brother. Dane Best, who lives in the often snow-swept town of Severance, presented his arguments at a town board meeting […]
Driver falls asleep at wheel… what happens next is INCREDIBLE
An amazing automobile innovation may have just prevented a tragedy. The California Highway Patrol says it may have used the Autopilot system of a Tesla to stop the car after its driver fell asleep. The CHP says officers attempted to stop the Tesla Model S, which was doing about 70 mph on a highway early […]
You can help SAVE a 2-year-old’s life (Here’s how)
A worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl battling cancer. We’re spreading the word, hoping one of our readers may be a match… or knows someone who could be. And we’re hoping you’ll spread the word, too. Zainab Mughal has neuroblastoma […]
Battle for Nazi art treasure heads to court
Seventy-nine years ago, a Jewish woman named Lilly Cassirer surrendered her family’s priceless Camille Pissarro painting to the Nazis in exchange for safe passage out of Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Today, her great-grandson will walk into a U.S. courtroom for the latest round of what has been a nearly 20-year battle to get it […]
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