Here’s where New York City, San Francisco and Amsterdam ranked on world’s best city list by entertainment guide ‘Time Out.’
Author: Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY
Fossils of giant, ‘mind-boggling’ swimming head creature unearthed in Canada
A new fossil named Titanokorys gainesi was found in the Canadian Rockies and measured 1.6 feet in length, according to a study published Wednesday.
Former Walmart president reveals plan for $400-billion Utopian city in the US desert
The mission statement for Telosa is to “create a more equitable and sustainable future” that can “become a blueprint of future generations.”
Man sentenced to five years in Vietnam jail for breaking quarantine and spreading COVID
Le Van Tri was found by a court in Vietnam as guilty for “transmitting dangerous infectious diseases” to eight people – including one who later died.
Teacher removed from class after suggesting student pledge allegiance to LGBTQ Pride flag
California teacher Kristin Pitzen was removed from Newport-Mesa Unified School District after a TikTok shows her joking about pledging to a Pride flag
Joe Rogan tests positive for COVID, says he’s taking unapproved deworming drug ivermectin
Podcast juggernaut Joe Rogan, who regularly downplayed the need for vaccines throughout 2021, announced Wednesday he tested positive for COVID-19.
McDonald’s in Oregon puts up a huge banner asking ’14 and 15-year-olds’ to apply
A McDonald’s in Oregon is pushing towards a new business model: Hiring 14-year-old and 15-year-olds to help offset a worker shortage in the COVID era.
Catastrophic photos and video show Hurricane Ida’s path of destruction across Louisiana
Ida is tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. mainland, and President Joe Biden declared Ida a federal disaster.
Arkansas doctor prescribed anti-parasitic drug ‘thousands’ of times for COVID
Dr. Robert Karas has been prescribing an anti-parasitic drug to “thousands” of patients, including Arkansas county jail inmates, to treat COVID.
COVID shuts down Texas oil town 100 miles from nearest ICU beds
Iraan, a small oilfield town in west Texas, has seen nearly half of the town’s 1,200 people affected by COVID-19, and the school has shut down.