Four New Jersey teenagers needed an overnight rescue after becoming stranded high on New Hampshire’s Franconia Ridge. Now state officials say the hikers may have to pay for the operation that brought them back down. Why? The four 18-year-olds—identified by NBC New York as Jainam Bhavsar, Purva Jayani, Tirth Shah and Advik Yadav—started hiking at…
An individual recovering from surgery thought their visiting friends had figured out lunch while she healed by offering to bring food. Technically, they had…just not for the ailing host. Writing on Mumsnet, user thevoiceofreasoning explained that they were “pretty immobile … just about get around on crutches indoors.” A married couple and their 10-year-old daughter…
Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, Kansas, has officially welcomed a very special new arrival. Amara and Armando are now parents to the first giant anteater ever born at the park. Tanganyika was “so excited” to reveal the birth in a Facebook announcement, after staff had been dropping hints about the new arrival just prior. The…
A homeowner who had already planned meals, bought groceries and prepared lunch for weeklong houseguests was caught off guard when they arrived with one more piece of information: their diets had changed. Writing on Mumsnet, the host—username Wtafdidido—said the guests had stayed before without any dietary restrictions or food dislikes. The host said she had…
A homeowner who went out of her way to keep builders supplied with drinks and snacks was left feeling dismayed after discovering that one worker had reportedly been helping himself to more than she bargained for. Mumsnet user Furrypaws18 has had workers in her home. The user shared that she regularly provided the workers with…
An Italian fisherman spent decades watching industrial fishing damage the waters he depended on for his livelihood. Eventually, he came up with an unusual way to fight back: putting enormous sculptures on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Bottom trawling involves dragging heavy fishing nets across the seafloor, catching marine life while also disturbing the…
A New York City nonprofit (CAMBA) that provides supportive housing to formerly homeless people has agreed to take additional steps before seeking to evict tenants who fall behind on rent. Supportive housing combines permanent housing with services intended to help residents remain stably housed. The changes are part of a settlement between the nonprofit CAMBA…
Residents across Las Vegas and Henderson have been beset by an onslaught of cockroaches. They have invaded homes to such an extent that, as the cockroaches settle in, people are moving out. News 3 Las Vegas has received complaints since Sunday from residents whose homes are more than a mile apart. Earlier reports from the…
For over a hundred years, one of New York City’s rivers has been missing one particular critter that called the waterway home. This summer, a centuries-long trend has ended. A motion-activated camera documented a North American river otter along the Bronx River at last. The image was recorded on June 23 by a camera placed…