Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters’ wurst nightmare
A truck carrying hot dogs spilled its contents across Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania after a mechanical failure caused a collision ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Images show dogs and their owners paddleboarding for a fun event on England's south coast
Dogs and their owners participated in the U.K. Dog Surfing Championship on the English south coast, showcasing their skills in ...
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
NEW YORK -- Sotheby's is set to auction a 54-pound Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, estimated at $2 million to $4 ...
Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in a record-high helicopter rescues
Rescuers retrieved two men from Torreys Peak in Colorado after they were struck by lightning, marking what may be the ...
A 700-pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours
Alaska Man Survives Boulder IncidentAn Alaska man, Kell Morris, survived being pinned by a 700-pound boulder in an icy creek ...
An Alaska Mother’s Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm
Mother’s Day at Musk Ox FarmOn Mother's Day, the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska, offers free admission and a ...
Liam and Olivia dominate — again — with top baby names for a sixth year in a row
Popularity of Baby Names in 2024 The Social Security Administration has revealed that Liam and Olivia remain the most popular ...
Royal Air Force engineers shamed by judge over theft of Paddington Bear statue
Two military personnel, Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, were chastised by a judge for vandalizing and stealing a statue of ...
A 'fish doorbell' has turned into an unlikely online hit
In Utrecht, Netherlands, a "fish doorbell" has been installed at a river lock to allow viewers of an online livestream ...
A Swiss politician was fined for buying pink water pistols online
Swiss politician Marc Jaisli was fined 6,500 francs for purchasing pink water pistols online that were deemed to violate the ...
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