Author: Amy B Wang
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Do your eyes hurt after the solar eclipse? Here’s what you need to know.
Students from Gold Camp Elementary School watch the eclipse with a crowd of hundreds at the Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center on Monday, August 21, 2017. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
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A father and daughter said flying Frontier was ‘miserable.’ The crew kicked them off the plane.
Frontier Airlines (Gazette file)
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A mob of beachgoers wanted to play with a baby dolphin — and wound up killing it
A dead baby dolphin displayed by a member of Equinac in Mojacar, southern Spain. (Courtesy Equinac via AFP/Getty Images)
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Heads up, Moscow mule lovers: That copper mug could be poisoning you
The Moscow mule — that Instagram-ready cocktail that has surged in popularity in recent years — has only a few ingredients: vodka, ginger beer, lime and ice. But perhaps the most crucial component of the drink is the copper mug in which it’s almost always served, beverage aficionados say. Now, public health officials are warning that those mugs could be poisoning…
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‘My sister says I am an alien’: A 9-year-old applies to be NASA’s planetary protection officer
When NASA announced last week that it was looking for a new planetary protection officer, the space agency received some incredulous responses. Some were agog at the six-figure salary: between $124,000 and $187,000 per year. Others laughed at the fantastical job title, one that conjured up science-fiction fantasies and battles with aliens. (In reality, NASA says,…
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A cop stopped a car for speeding — then pointed a gun at a passenger for more than 9 minutes
A video taken during a traffic stop in California is drawing debate over the officer’s decision to keep his gun pointed at the passenger for more than nine minutes. The stop took place last Wednesday morning along U.S. Route 101, south of San Jose, after an officer noticed a car pass him going 85 mph,…
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A teacher’s solution to buy school supplies for her classroom: Panhandling
As a public school third-grade teacher, Teresa Danks has grown accustomed to getting creative when it comes to providing supplies for her classroom. She hits up yard sales all summer. Weekends are devoted to thrift stores. Almost daily, she scrolls through online sales and secondhand websites. So when Danks’s husband joked over breakfast last Tuesday…
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Some people thought NPR tweeted ‘propaganda.’ It was the Declaration of Independence.
For about 20 minutes Tuesday, NPR traveled back to 1776. To echo its 29-year on-air tradition, the public radio network’s main Twitter account tweeted out the Declaration of Independence, line by line. There — in 113 consecutive posts, in 140-character increments — was the text of the treasured founding document of the United States, from its…
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A newly unearthed photo shows Amelia Earhart survived her final flight, investigators say
What happened to Amelia Earhart? That question has captivated the public ever since her plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 as she attempted to become the first female pilot to fly around the world. Now, investigators believe they have discovered the “smoking gun” that would support a decades-old theory that Earhart and her…
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Woman gives birth on Spirit Airlines flight, does not incur extra fees
Cristina Penton’s flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Dallas had barely taken off Saturday when she began feeling a strange sensation. No way, thought Penton, who was 36 weeks pregnant. Was that a contraction? Nearby on the Spirit Airlines flight were her two older children, both of whom she had carried to full term without any complications.…