A large house in Monroe, New York, was vandalized when nearly 1,000 individuals attended a party at the location promoted as “the biggest Project X mansion pool party in the world.” However, the owner of the home, Osher Zelik, rented it out believing a small family would be staying for the weekend. According to the …
A State Farm agent in Newark, Ohio, was helping clients file storm damage claims Tuesday afternoon when a tree came through the roof of her own office and landed on her desk. Erin Curtis had stood up and walked downstairs from her second-floor office moments earlier. The tree struck the building at 1550 N. 21st …
A July 7 fire destroyed the storage barn at Kiowa Valley Organics, a family farm on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, taking with it the building the farm’s entire harvest ran through. Owner Krista Peace told CBS Colorado she saw smoke from a short distance away and knew immediately which building was burning. A crowdfunding effort has …
What do you do when a donkey gets loose from its pen? You let it do what it wants. One of the furry creatures got loose on a busy street in Morrilton, Arkansas. It drew the attention of several law enforcement vehicles, stopping traffic while officers tried to corral him to safety. The donkey stood …
If you don’t keep a close eye on your energy bills, you may want to change that. CenterPoint Energy has told one Houston homeowner he may be owed close to $14,000 after finding he overpaid on his electricity for 14 years. Peter Yang, a retired engineer and pastor, discovered the problem himself by walking outside …
Where do all of the fees on your phone bill go? You may be shocked to learn the answer. A federal program funded by charges tacked on to American phone bills pays more than $340,000 a year to keep hundreds of buildings connected to the internet on Adak Island, Alaska. There’s just one problem: nearly …
Farmers and residents in the villages around Larissa in central Greece are still crossing a bridge that floodwaters buckled almost three years ago. Why? Because going around it can add more than 20 miles to their trips.The Paleopyrgos bridge over the Pineios River was one of dozens wrecked when Storm Daniel hit the region in …
Jackie, a female bald eagle whose Big Bear Lake nest is watched by millions through a live cam, is recovering at a raptor center after she was found grounded and unable to fly. Rescuers brought her in on July 18, and she’s now recovering at the Ojai Raptor Center in Ventura County, California. KTLA reported …
What happens when nature and your favorite sport collide? It might look a little something like what happened on this British Columbia golf course. A black bear walked up to a golf cart, pulled a bag of clubs off the back of it, and hauled it away while golfers filmed. It all went down at …
It seems that no matter how good a cause is, there are individuals who would like to see it burn. The bountiful Clair Community Garden in North Omaha, Nebraska, was vandalized less than 24 hours after celebrating a new grant. Nearly every plant was destroyed. Pastor Portia Cavitt walked into the scene on Friday morning, …