A tornado appeared to take shape over a Massachusetts wildlife refuge this week. No storm warning was necessary; the swirling darkness was less cloud and more 100% birds. On Sept. 14, thousands of tree swallows filled the sky above Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport during their fall migration, creating a spectacle the U.S….
A suspected break-in came to an abrupt end in North Carolina when a homeowner reportedly caught the man in the act and proceeded to hold him at gunpoint until sheriff’s deputies arrived. The Bertie County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched at 9:14 a.m. Sept. 15 to a residence in the 200 block of Sally…
A newly installed backyard fence did not stay upright for long after an Illinois contractor said the homeowner reportedly refused to pay for the work. César Diaz of Diaz Fence Company shared footage of his crew returning to the property and dismantling the wooden fence they had recently built. “We’re about to take away a…
A fallen tree left one Ohio homeowner with roof damage to repair. That was only the beginning of the unpleasant surprises. Next came another unwelcome discovery: the insurance deductible he remembered as $1,000 had quadrupled. Carl Roberts learned he would be responsible for the first $4,000 in repairs, according to WCPO 9. Roberts said his…
Researchers studying one of Japan’s rarest wild cats encountered something they had never documented before: a Tsushima leopard cat with a dramatically shorter tail. Then they found more. And as that number grew, so did their concern. At least three short-tailed Tsushima leopard cats were spotted during field surveys on the Japanese island of Tsushima, Kyoto…
An Arizona man started with a few missed homeowners association payments. Eventually, those missed payments cost him control of the very house where he planned to retire. 53-year-old Toby Newton fell behind on quarterly assessments for his home in Mesa, eventually amassing an unpaid principal balance of $977.96. That figure appears in the association’s eventual…
A backyard was supposed to be a place of safety and fun on a Sunday evening for one Texas family and their three children. Instead, surveillance footage captured a car bursting through the fence. Mere seconds prior, their 2-year-old had been right in its path, hanging out while the two older 5-year-old twins were in…
One decorative garden in upstate New York became the scene of repeated robberies, as resident Robin Pierce Draper kept finding her possessions stolen over and over. Flowers and other decorations had a habit of vanishing without a trace. Draper decided it was time to find the culprit, and she didn’t have to look far for answers….
An Ohio homeowner survived a tornado tearing through her neighborhood. Three years later, repairing what the storm left behind introduced another force of nature to endure. An EF-2 tornado tore through the Toledo area on June 15, 2023, damaging Angelique Garcia’s Point Place home. The National Weather Service (NWS) recorded peak winds of 130 mph…