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For Valentine's Day, the Bronx Zoo lets you name a roach after your sweetheart
Saturday, February 12, 2022
The Bronx Zoo is offering an unusual way to show your undying love: its Name a Roach program. For $15, you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after your special someone.
Firefighters clean up after a wildfire that threatened California's Laguna Beach
Friday, February 11, 2022
A powerful brush fire drove evacuations and school closures in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Thursday. The blaze is about 20% contained, but unseasonably high heat means residents should remain vigilant.
1 in 5 Patriot Front applicants say they have ties to the military
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
The group, which is a rebrand of a group that attended the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., has created an image of Americana bolstered by racism, antisemitism and neo-fascism.
TikTok bans misgendering, deadnaming from its content
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
The changes are part of updated guidelines designed to improve safety and security on TikTok. It will also pull content that promotes disordered eating and restrict content related to dangerous acts.
People who work at Dollywood will soon be eligible for free tuition
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
The Dolly Parton amusement park's parent company will fund all tuition and fees for select programs. "Their futures should be grown with love, not loans," Herschend Enterprises CEO Andrew Wexler says.
These are the largest teams competing at the Winter Olympics
Friday, February 04, 2022
More than 220 athletes will represent the United States at the Olympics in Beijing, making it the largest delegation at the Games. Other large teams include China and the Russian Olympic Committee.
A listeria outbreak linked to Dole salads has killed 2 and sickened 17, the CDC says
Wednesday, February 02, 2022
The salads were recalled by Dole starting in December, and include a variety of greens sold in bags or clamshell packaging under 11 different brand names.
A pair of monster lightning strikes have shattered records for distance and duration
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
One record-breaking flash covered a horizontal distance of about 477 miles; another lasted about 17 seconds.
'The New York Times' buys Wordle
Monday, January 31, 2022
The Times acquired the simple word guessing game for an undisclosed price in the low-seven figures. The paper already maintains its own set of games.
Jessica Watkins is getting ready to be the first Black woman to spend months in space
Monday, January 31, 2022
It's been decades since astronauts walked on the moon. Watkins will spend six months on the International Space Station as part of a mission designed to bring them back to the lunar surface by 2025.
Blizzard warnings are issued as the Northeast faces a massive winter storm
Friday, January 28, 2022
What's already expected to be a major storm could turn into blizzard conditions. Boston and eastern Massachusetts could see two feet of snow.
Denver children's museum closes temporarily after anger at its mask policy
Thursday, January 27, 2022
The Children's Museum of Denver said that "regrettably, some guests who object to the Museum's mask policy have been inappropriately directing their anger toward our staff."
Amy Schneider's 'Jeopardy!' run has come to an end after 40 games
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Schneider ends her storied run on the show with the second-longest consecutive win streak in its history and $1,382,800 in earnings.
Coast Guard searches for 39 people missing in 'suspected human smuggling venture'
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The Coast Guard said the missing appear to have been part of a "suspected human smuggling venture" that took off from Bimini, Bahamas, a small island roughly 55 miles east of Miami.
Don't ignore your spam folder. It's how this woman learned she won a $3 million lotto
Monday, January 24, 2022
Laura Spears, 55, says she stumbled on her life-changing win a few days after buying a ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot. "I couldn't believe what I was reading," she says.
Dough-nate for doughnuts: Krispy Kreme says it will give blood donors a free dozen
Monday, January 24, 2022
The promotion follows an announcement from the Red Cross earlier this month that it is facing its worst blood shortage in more than a decade.
Brooklyn Nets assistant coach is fined $10,000 for deflecting the ball
Friday, January 21, 2022
With minutes left to play against the Washington Wizards, Brooklyn Nets assistant coach David Vanterpool reached into the game to deflect the ball. Both he and the Nets team were fined.
McDonald's will expand testing of its meatless McPlant burger to 600 new locations
Thursday, January 20, 2022
The plant-based burger is set to reach participating locations in California and Texas on Feb. 14. The announcement comes as several other big fast-food chains are serving up more plant-based items.
The newest Girl Scout cookie is feeling pain from the supply chain
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Adventurefuls, a brownie-inspired treat that features a caramel-flavored crème and a dash of sea salt, has fallen victim to some supply chain and labor disruptions as part of a "nationwide shortage."
An undersea cable fault could cut Tonga from the rest of the world for weeks
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Amid the 7.6-magnitude quake, the single fiber optic cable that the archipelago relied on for global communications ruptured.