Sharks have tested positive for cocaine off Brazil’s coast, according to a new scientific study. Scientists with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharkswho all tested positive for the drug, and 12 out of the 13 also tested positive for benzoylecgonine, cocaine’s primary metabolite. Their findings, published in the journal ScienceDirect, were the...
Former President Donald Trump‘s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, returned to Middletown, Ohio, on Monday as the senator’s hometown sits at the crossroads of the heartland crisis that has shaped American politics in recent decades. “This town was so good to me,” the GOP senator said during a rally at Middletown High School in...
A viral TikTok trend is taking over the internet —and it involves a singular fresh fruit. The lemon juice hair hack on social media has people squeezing fresh lemon juice into their hair to obtain a “natural” highlight. Anastasia Vlakhova is a 26-year-old Bulgarian beauty enthusiast who shares life hacks on TikTok —and one of...
An egg “experiment” has exploded online,and social media users have been questioning whether the viral trick is an experiment at all. Yana Kuzmich, a digital creator who posts under the handle @awesome_motherhood, was one of many users who shared an Instagram video of herself trying the trick. Using just an uncooked egg, toothpaste and aluminum...
Category is: “Television Legends’ Birthdays.” Answer: This record-setting game show host was born in Sudbury, Ontario, on this day in history, July 22, 1940. Correct response: Who is Alex Trebek? Famed game show host Alex Trebek was born to parents George Trebek, a Ukrainian immigrant, and his wife Lucille, who was French-Canadian. ON THIS DAY...
Chef Joyce Chen wore many titles in a life worthy of a novel. Wartime survivor. Immigrant. Mother. Entrepreneur. Inventor. American. Born in Beijing and raised in Shanghai, Chen most notably popularized Chinese food in the United States with her innovative Cambridge, Massachusetts, restaurants, cookbook, PBS cooking show, supermarket sauces and oils and patented cookware and...
Investing in a cooling fan could be a great option if you want to keep cool and comfortable this summer without lowering the thermostat. By themselves or used along with an air conditioner, cooling fans can potentially help you control energy costs and stay comfortable during the intense summer heat. A stationary tower fan or...
Before a baby is even brought into the world, life completely changes. Pregnant and new moms are filled with a variety of complex emotions when their baby is born, from pure bliss to stress as providing constant care for a newborn is often overwhelming. Those first few months of a new mom’s life are transformative....
APP USERS: CLICK HERE TO GET THE QUIZ! The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current news and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week’s quiz is headlined by the perils of being president and Hawaii’s legendary master of the waves....
On this day in history, July 21, 1999, Navy divers recovered the bodies of John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, 33, and her sister Lauren Bessette, 34, at about 10:30 a.m. in 116 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean about eight miles the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, following a...
