A woman asking others for help on social media described a “nightmare” scenario involving her brother’s children — detailing why she won’t allow the kids to stay at her place again. Over 5,500 reactions to date have come in, with over 1,500 comments posted on the personal drama as well. Describing herself as 32 years...
She may be only 12 years old, but that hasn’t stopped a Maryland girl from becoming the state’s “Master Angler.” Lucy Moore of Perryville, Maryland, is impressing fishermen decades older by winning the highly competitive “FishMaryland Master Angler Award.” The seventh grader has been proudly fishing since she was only two years old, Moore told...
Mobile app users: Click here to get the quiz! Labor Day this year is Monday, Sept. 2, 2024 — and millions of Americans are celebrating the national holiday. How well do you know the facts about the popular holiday? Try the Labor Day quiz above — and see how well you do! For more...
While off the Japanese island of Chichijima on this day in history on Sept. 2, 1944, then-future President George H.W. Bush was the only survivor after his aircraft was shot down by enemy fire, according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time, Lt. Junior Grade George Bush was a pilot...
When his infant son was diagnosed with a rare disease, a Canadian father was dismayed to discover there was no treatment or cure. So he set out to make one himself. Terry Pirovolakis, an IT director in Toronto, Ontario, welcomed his third son in Dec. 2017. It was a “normal, healthy birth,” he told Fox...
A unique item that is worth thousands was recently found at the bottom of a toffee tin. Wotton Auction Rooms, an auction house based in Gloucestershire, England, recently came across an old coin when evaluating items brought in from a private vendor. Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin is a continental dollar measuring 38 mm...
All aboard. California’s transportation landscape is getting a major upgrade as Caltrain, the oldest continuously operated railroad in the West, ushers in a new age of electric trains. This isn’t just any old train ride. It’s a journey into the future of public transit. Electric train (Caltrain) Caltrain’s electric debut Picture this. It’s a sunny...
A 73-year mystery was solved on this day in history, Sept. 1, 1985, when the shipwreck of the ocean liner RMS Titanic was discovered in the North Atlantic. The wreck was discovered during a joint mission between the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the French National Institute of Oceanography (IFREMER), according to the...
A man who shared a dramatic personal story on social media has received over 22,000 reactions to date in a short time, with an additional 1,400 people weighing in with comments. Writing on the Reddit page known as “AITA” (“Am I the a–hole?”), a man who said he lost his wife to ovarian cancer described...
“Observe them carefully, for this is your wisdom and discernment in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, ‘This great nation is truly a wise and discerning people'” (Deuteronomy 4:6). “So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him, ‘Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders...
