During the first week of July, the popular travel center and gas station chain Buc-ee’s opened its largest location in Georgia, just off coastal Interstate 95. But it’s not the beaver-branded merchandise or the smell of barbecue that’s attracting Georgia’s sea turtles — it’s the harsh glare of towering high-mast lights. As CNN reports, under […]
The percentage of kids who didn’t get their recommended childhood vaccines rose to a record high during the last school year, continuing a post-pandemic trend of Americans opting out of vaccinations. As CNN reports, a record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all reported […]
Welcome to the heat dome, folks. More than 80 million people in the eastern half of the U.S. have been under at least a Level 3 of 4 “major” heat risk, according to CNN. Regions across America are poised to break more records again this Summer as climate change keeps upping the ante on the new […]
Local officials in several Texas counties have now confirmed a total of 80 fatalities in connection with the devastating flooding that happened over the weekend in and around the central Texas town of Kerrville. Among those deceased in Kerr County are 40 adults and 28 children, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said Sunday. Death Toll Rises, […]
Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than two days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces. As CNN reports, at least 1,700 people are now confirmed dead in Myanmar after what was the largest earthquake to hit the […]
Amid a deluge of executive actions during only his first week in office, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to halt all external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources within the agencies. As CNN reports, the initial orders were delivered Tuesday to staff at […]
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is America’s highest civilian honor. This year, fashion devotees definitely tuned in for the most recent awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President Joe Biden recognized two titans of the American Fashion industry. CNN reports that Vogue editor Anna Wintour and American fashion designer Ralph Lauren were two of the awardees of the […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed its highest warning on thousands of eggs distributed to Costco locations in five states last month, saying there’s a “reasonable possibility” that eating them could result in “serious adverse health consequences or death.” The eggs are potentially linked to salmonella exposure. As CNN reports, the affected product […]
In May, Red Lobster filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy after a tumultuous few years. Buca Di Beppo followed suit this summer. Now, TGI Fridays is heading down the same path. As Delish reports, TGI Fridays filed for bankruptcy protection over the weekend. The restaurant chain said that struggles following the Covid-19 pandemic were the “primary driver of our financial […]
Nestled between Sarasota Bay and the southwestern part of Tampa Bay in Florida, the developers of the new Hunters Point community, Pearl Homes, billed the property as the first “net-zero” single-family home development in the US, meaning residents produce more energy from solar panels than they need, with the excess energy either being stored or sold back to […]