Fireworks likely caused the death of a baby red panda at Edinburgh Zoo after she became so stressed that she choked on her own vomit, experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said on Thursday. Three-month-old Roxie died on Nov. 5, known as Bonfire Night in the UK when several firework displays light […]
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” used some rhymes, technology, and a chip off the old Rock to spread some holiday cheer. On a recent episode of the late-night show, a small Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson dressed as an Elf on the Shelf to answer some questions. “What sets you apart from other elves?” Fallon […]
Seoul, South Korea—South Korean actor Song Jae-lim, a former model who rose to prominence in K-dramas, was found dead in Seoul on Tuesday. He was 39. Song’s body was found in his apartment by a friend, who had planned to have lunch with him that day, according to the Seoul Seongdong police. A police official […]
An emperor penguin surprised locals when it appeared on a beach in Australia after making an epic journey of thousands of miles from its home in Antarctica. The penguin arrived on Ocean Beach in Denmark, Western Australia, on Friday, according to a statement from Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), sent to CNN […]
Coldplay front man Chris Martin took a dramatic tumble during a show in Australia before emerging apparently unhurt from a hole in the stage. Video of the incident posted to social media showed Martin addressing the crowd at the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday as he walked around during a break between songs, before […]
A 13-year-old girl is the latest person to lose her life in New York City while “subway surfing,” a dangerous challenge attracting young people on social media. “Subway surfing,” involves riding on top of a subway car while its moving. Yes, while it’s moving. The precarious trend, which has been around for years, has gained […]
Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles—a 2 followed by 36 zeroes—after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube. The virtually unpronounceable penalty amounts to $20 decillion—or around $20 […]
A vital glacier in western Antarctica appears to be smoking in a rare view captured by a NASA satellite earlier this month. The so-called “sea smoke,” isn’t actually smoke, it’s fog—and appears as cottony white wisps above the dark surface of the ocean water where Pine Island Glacier meets the sea in the satellite image […]
For five years after two teenage girls were killed and their bodies left along an Indiana trail, Richard Allen’s name sat unnoticed in a box with thousands of other tips about the mystery, until it was rediscovered by chance. Stashed in a box of tips from the public, Allen’s note said he saw three girls […]
Known as “Queen Elizabeth of Houston,” Elizabeth Francis died this week at age 115, making her the oldest person in the United States and the third oldest person in the world. Francis was one of the few people classified as a supercentenarian, a person who lives to be older than 110. The walls of Francis’ […]
A manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two people and fled the scene, local police said Monday. Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, was killed in the village of Altenfelden in Austria’s rural Muhlviertel region, near the border with Germany and the Czech Republic. A second man […]
Greetings, earthlings! I’m Jackie Wattles, and I’m thrilled to be a new name bringing awe to your inbox. I’ve covered space exploration for nearly a decade at CNN, and there has never been a more exciting time to follow space and science discoveries. As researchers push forward to explore and understand the cosmos, advancements in […]
Scattered across Florida’s hurricane-ravaged communities are piles of debris, remnants of what were once homes. Cherished memories—photo albums, family heirlooms, and tokens of love—swallowed by floodwaters and carried miles away, are now reduced to mere fragments and discarded amid the wreckage. But in one of these piles of lost memories, a small, inconspicuous velvet black […]
Nicole Scherzinger was a part of Liam Payne’s career rise and now she’s paying tribute to him. Payne died recently after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31. The group that made him famous, One Direction, was formed on the UK reality competition show “The X Factor,” […]
The winning ticket for Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot was sold in Buford, Georgia, the first time the top prize has been won in the state since 2016. The ticket matching all six numbers, worth $478.2 million, was sold at Quick Mart on Buford Dam Road, according to a news release from Powerball. The winner can choose between an annuitized prize of […]
The two test pilots for the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft—NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore—left Earth for the International Space Station under the impression their trip would last only about one week. Months later, after determining that the technical issues the Starliner experienced on the first leg of their journey posed too […]
A championship Chicago Bulls jersey worn by Michael Jordan in the mid-1990s is hitting the auction block. Sotheby’s says the museum-quality jersey was worn by Jordan for five months during the 1996–1997 season when Jordan was at the peak of his celebrity. He wore it in at least 17 games, including during the iconic Allen […]
Investigators looking into the death of singer Liam Payne said they are not yet ready to release his body to his family, pending further toxicology reports, according to a statement from prosecutors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Geoff Payne, father of the former One Direction singer, arrived in Buenos Aires on Friday. “The representative of the […]
Denny’s is closing 150 restaurants over the next year, and the 71-year-old diner chain is mulling a major change to its 24/7 operating hours. Fifty locations are set to close by the end of 2024, while the remaining 100 will shutter in 2025, Denny’s announced in an earnings call Tuesday. That amounts to a tenth […]
When scientists heard reports that a large, mysterious fish had been caught in Cambodia in 2020, excitement stirred. Could this be the “Mekong Ghost,” they asked—an elusive fish that hadn’t been seen since 2005 and was feared extinct? Photos of the fish and its telltale identifiers—an odd-shaped mouth and a protruding knob at its jaw—seemed […]
