Tropical Storm Debby – the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – formed Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm follows Tropical Storms Alberto and Chris, and deadly and destructive Hurricane Beryl, which wreaked havoc across the U.S. in July. As USA Today reports, Debby is expected to […]
Whether you make them an appetizer or a meal, chicken wings are the bomb. And there’s a special day to celebrate the dish: National Chicken Wing Day today, July 29. As USA Today reports, National Chicken Wing Day goes back almost 50 years, to 1977, when then-mayor of Buffalo, New York Stan Makowski, proclaimed July 29 as […]
Researchers have discovered a rare genetic trait that could delay the onset of Alzheimer’s in people who face an overwhelming risk of developing the mind-robbing disease. As USA Today reports, in a study published this month in The New England Journal of Medicine, 27 people from an extended Colombian family who carried a genetic variant […]
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 […]
T-Mobile customers holding on to their legacy plans can expect to see higher bills come June. “For the first time in nearly a decade, in response to rising costs and inflation, we’re making small adjustments to some of our oldest rate plan prices,” explained the T-Mobile website. “Beginning June 5, the rate of your voice plan will […]
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the Upper Midwest and Montana for the second year in a row. Fires raging in British Columbia and Alberta have filled the skies with haze over parts of Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Wisconsin over the weekend and continuing into this week. As USA Today reports, Canada is […]
An eclipse itself isn’t dangerous for domestic animals such as dogs and cats, but experts say it’s probably best to not bring pets to experience the April 2024 total solar eclipse. As USA Today reports, experts’ biggest concern is not what’s happening in the sky but on the ground as crowds of excited and anxious people gather, said Dr. […]
Four out of five Americans likely have a lesser-known pesticide in their bodies thanks to the consumption of certain foods, according to a new study. In February, a study published in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology found that 80% of tested Americans had the chemical chlormequat in their systems, a plant regulating agent […]
Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a volcano erupted for the fourth time in three months. As USA Today reports, the eruption opened a fissure almost 2 miles long between Stóra-Skógfell and Hagafell mountains on the Reykjanes Peninsula, according to Iceland’s Meteorological Office, which had been warning for weeks about the eruption due to magma […]
Wendy’s is making nostalgia a flavor with their latest Frosty. The fast food chain is introducing their Orange Dreamsicle Frosty inspired by the classic childhood popsicle. According to USA Today, with the launch of Orange Dreamsicle Frosty on the first day of spring, the chain has now completed offering a flavor for each season. Wendy’s has […]