Have you ever wanted to name a new park? Now, you can vote to choose the name of Nevada’s newest state park. The park protects more than 1,600 acres of riverfront landscape, historic trails and former ranchland, but it still lacks an official name. According to Nevada State Parks, the 1,627-acre property is located along…
If this July felt unusually hot to you, you weren’t wrong. The month actually broke a national temperature record that had stood for decades. The contiguous United States averaged 76.9 degrees during July 2026, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That was 3.3 degrees above the 20th-century average, making July the hottest month…
An Ohio city named Beavercreek has officially embraced the animal already found throughout its community. City Council unanimously passed Resolution 26-37 on Aug. 10, affirming the beaver as a historic community symbol. The vote came as travel-center chain Buc-ee’s pursued a federal trademark lawsuit against Beavercreek’s Mini Mart, a local convenience store. Buc-ee’s claims the…
Where’s the beef? A Florida convention center cook is accused of helping a co-worker walk away with steak that costs a total of over $2,000. According to Local 10 News, Broward County deputies arrested 26-year-old Rahul Pandey after reviewing surveillance footage from the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale. The Aug. 2 footage allegedly…
If you’ve ever had your bag searched by TSA and had something taken away, you know how nerve-wracking it can be. However, TSA is reminding passengers that it does not confiscate routine prohibited items. There is typically a way to keep your item or pack it differently unless it is something dangerous. In an official…
A centuries-old forest in Portugal has joined one of the world’s most exclusive wellness groups. Buçaco National Forest, known locally as Mata Nacional do Bussaco, officially became a certified therapeutic forest on July 17. It is the first forest on the Iberian Peninsula and one of only four worldwide to receive the international designation. Until…
In a story that sounds a bit like Home Alone, a documentation problem prevented a 10-year-old boy from boarding a flight at Barcelona’s Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport. His parents reportedly responded by boarding without him. They took their younger child onto the plane while the older boy remained unaccompanied in a public section of…
What should have been a simple drink order at a Miami restaurant turned into a two-hour disturbance. The unusual encounter began when a customer allegedly tried to use a card that did not work. Ugo Patierno of Primo’s Italian Restaurant said Richard James Scott then asked to charge the drinks to his room at the…
A Colorado woman was shocked when she went to change the thermostat during a stretch of extreme heat and discovered the controls were no longer entirely hers. The system would not allow her to set the temperature below 79 degrees. Kyri Baker’s thermostat displayed a message explaining that the restriction was meant to conserve energy…