A pet donkey that escaped his owners five years ago in California has been found “living his best life” with a herd of wild elk. As the BBC and CBS News report, Terrie and Dave Drewry, of Auburn, are convinced the animal, filmed by a hiker earlier in June, is their pet “Diesel”. The couple […]
An 8-year-old Pekingese named Wild Thang took home the crown for the 2024 World’s Ugliest Dog contest. As NPR reports, this is the first victory for Wild Thang, a 5-time competitor in the annual event held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in the northern California city of Petaluma. The Pekingese, whose owner Ann Lewis received $5,000 in prize money, […]
McDonald’s is giving its fans a few more ways to save on a meal out this summer. As Food & Wine reports, last week the fast food giant announced that in addition to its much-hyped $5 Meal Deal and its Free Fries Friday, it’s also offering local exclusive discounts on the app too. “We heard our fans […]
Gentle reader, Nicola Coughlan isn’t just the diamond of the season in the fictional world of “Bridgerton.” The Irish actor is also the star of Skims’ newest campaign — another example of Kim Kardashian’s brand successfully casting a celebrity at the height of pop-culture relevance. As Fashionista reports, Coughlan, who is riding the crest of the super successful second half launch […]
Hiking and camping fanatics know all too well the risks of a tick bite. Ticks are tiny but carry mighty illnesses, including Lyme disease. They thrive in heavily wooded areas across the U.S. and although there’s greater risk in the northeast, the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic regions, cases of tick-borne diseases are reported in every […]
At its introduction event, Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay expressed a desire not to alienate longtime Windows aficionados, and that’s a good thing (though almost impossible, given the way many people react to change). Despite that goal of keeping it familiar, there’s plenty of innovation in Windows 11. So, what’s new in 11, and […]
A catastrophic earthquake and tsunami are inevitable for the coast of the Pacific Northwest, scientists say. Planning for that means imagining a disaster unlike anything that’s ever hit the modern United States. “Thirty or forty years ago, we didn’t even know that big earthquakes were possible in the Pacific Northwest,” said Diego Melgar, a seismologist […]
With a $6.1 billion fortune in electronic parts from the Taiwanese manufacturing and retail giant Yageo that he founded in 1977, Pierre Chen (Chen Tai-Min), turned in his quiet, studied manner quite early to collecting. As Food & Wine reports, since then, he has become one of Asia’s and the world’s foremost collectors of wine, […]
A proposal by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to place warning labels on social media platforms is finding support among doctors and advocates who are concerned that the sites contribute to mental health issues among teens. As CBS News reports, Murthy called for the warnings in an opinion piece in the New York Times last week. The […]
Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree is finally here. The huge game, from Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, is set in a world created in part by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. As The Verge reports, the game largely lives up to the massive hype, but it didn’t have a perfect launch. Bandai Namco issued a PSA on the day […]