There are very few things as frustrating as unexpected home maintenance costs. From broken appliances that require a service call to major issues like damage to a roof, those expensive bills can shock even the most budget-savvy homeowner, leaving them with a surprise bill. For one Toledo, Ohio, man, the frustration of unexpected repair bills …
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I don’t think Lindsey Austen’s first experience with drone delivery went quite the way anyone drew it up. Instead of finding her package waiting somewhere safely in the backyard, she got to watch it descend from the sky and take a dive directly into her swimming pool. The delivery was caught on video and shared …
A northwest Atlanta resident is lucky to be alive after a fire tore through her home around 9:20 a.m. on Aug. 21, 2026. Atlanta News First shared video footage of the smoke from the fire, which could be seen billowing up against the otherwise green landscape of the nearby trees. According to WSB-TV, NewsChopper 2 …
A man wearing a cracked baby-doll-style Halloween mask spent about 15 minutes running up to strangers in downtown Philadelphia, threatening people, chasing pedestrians, and recording at least some of the encounters on his cellphone, according to police. One woman was confronted twice. During the second encounter, police said the masked man approached the 40-year-old jogger …
A Florida company president and her son are accused of turning their employer’s accounts into a six-figure luxury fund, with police saying the money went toward everything from yachts and designer clothes to a Brickell condo and Mercedes-Benz rentals. Maria Rodriguez and her son, Miguel Antonio Perez, were arrested Wednesday after an investigation into more …
A Massachusetts worker ended up in the middle of a rescue so unusual that firefighters had to bring surgeons to an industrial site to help get him out. The worker’s arm became trapped in a conveyor at a Newport Materials facility in Westford on Friday, Aug. 14, leaving him stuck roughly 10 feet above the …
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 self-described polling company managed to get a fabricated Los Angeles mayoral poll into the news, onto social media, and even into the incumbent mayor’s campaign messaging before admitting there was never a real poll at all. Median Strategies claimed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a nearly 12-point lead over City Councilmember Nithya Raman …
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 …
Jimmy Buffett’s Key West recording studio will be recreated inside a new permanent exhibition opening this fall in Mobile, Alabama. The Jimmy Buffett: Son of a Son of a Sailor Experience opens Sept. 12 at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf. The 6,000-square-foot installation will explore Buffett’s music, travels and lifelong connection to the …