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 …
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A 3-year-old girl is in the hospital recovering after she was attacked by a bear in her own backyard. The family lives in British Columbia, according to Global News, and the family was in the backyard when they heard their toddler screaming from the patio. But the cries were unlike anything her parents had ever …
Gamers face an unprecedented chance to utilize all those hours managing screens and mashing buttons as an air traffic controller. Back in April, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a new recruitment campaign designed to entice gamers into becoming air traffic controllers. Now, the numbers are coming in, and the Federal Aviation Administration is very pleased. …
A Washington D.C. woman’s months-long battle with a squatter in her home has finally come to an end. According to 7News on Your Side, Veronica Hegens has been trying to remove a woman from her property since last October. Unfortunately, local laws prohibited her from doing anything meaningful to remove Gwendolyn Broadie. After nearly facing …
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 …
There’s a lot of money being thrown around by people who are trying to come up with clever ways to keep our oceans free of trash and debris. For example, The Ocean Cleanup uses large U-shaped floating systems that rely on natural currents to trap trash. On the ground, volunteers like those with the Ocean …
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 …
A major Upper West Side landlord is facing a lawsuit that is accusing them of overcharging tenants and illegally stripping apartments of their rent-regulated status across four Manhattan buildings. Twelve residents filed the suit in New York State Supreme Court against Weinreb Management, according to West Side Rag, alleging the company illegally overcharged tenants by more …
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 Texas family is crediting their pet goose for saving the day when a fire broke out in their barn. The Gerber family says that their aptly named pet, Goosey, sounded the alarm when flames started to burn out of control one night while the family was sleeping inside the house. The entire thing was …