Author: Lindsey Bever
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A woman tried to board a plane with her emotional-support peacock. United wouldn’t let it fly.
K-9s, felines . . . and peacocks. Airlines that have begun talking about tightening restrictions on a proliferating array of “emotional support” animals on commercial flights may have found their case bolstered this week after a picture of a peacock that was reportedly denied a seat aboard a United Airlines flight traveled far and wide. The Jet Set, a…
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The Doomsday Clock just moved: It’s now 2 minutes to ‘midnight,’ the symbolic hour of the apocalypse
Alexa, what time is the apocalypse? Ulp. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced the symbolic Doomsday Clock a notch closer to the end of humanity Thursday, moving it ahead by 30 seconds after what the organization called a “grim assessment” of the state of geopolitical affairs. “As of today,” Bulletin president Rachel Bronson told…
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How a malnourished teen escaped a house full of chains and freed her 12 siblings
There were no toys and no bicycles on the front lawn — only weeds that sometimes reached six feet tall. Neighbors rarely saw the 13 siblings who lived inside the home in a quiet neighborhood in Southern California, because they never went outside to play. Instead, authorities said, they were held captive in a dirty…
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Another country has banned boiling live lobsters. Some scientists wonder why.
Poached, grilled, or baked with brie. Served on a roll, or in mac ‘n cheese. Lobsters may be one of the most popular crustaceans in the culinary arts. But when it comes to killing them, there’s a long and unresolved debate about how to do it humanely, and whether that extra consideration is even necessary. The…
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Teens are daring each other to eat Tide pods. We don’t need to tell you that’s a bad idea.
First, it was the “gallon challenge” and the “cinnamon challenge.” Then some teenagers started playing the “bath-salt challenge.” They have dared each other to pour salt in their hands and hold ice till it burns, douse themselves in rubbing alcohol and set themselves ablaze, and throw boiling water on unsuspecting peers. Now videos circulating on…
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He was 21 and fit. He tried to push through the flu — and it killed him
Kyler Baughman seemed to be the face of fitness. The aspiring personal trainer filled his Facebook page with photos of himself riding motorbikes and lifting weights. The 21-year-old once posted an image of a kettlebell with a skeleton, reading: “CrossFit, hard to kill.” So when he came down with the flu, his mother said, he…
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‘Raw water,’ latest health craze, may not be best idea
Hold your canteen under a natural spring and come away with crystal-clear water, potentially brimming with beneficial bacteria and minerals from the Earth. That’s what proponents of the “raw water” movement are banking on – the idea that drinking water contains the things nature intended without chemicals such as chlorine, often used in urban water…
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United passenger befouled the bathrooms so badly the plane had to land
United Airlines passengers found themselves in a fetid situation when their Chicago-to-Hong Kong flight made an unscheduled landing in Alaska after a man had smeared feces all over some of the plane’s bathrooms, airport officials said. United Flight 895 was diverted to Anchorage on Thursday night, according to CBS affiliate KTVA, and police officials at…
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WATCH: Australian politician proposes to his partner during same-sex marriage debate
In anticipation of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Australia, a 37-year-old lawmaker debating the issue in the House of Representatives took a moment to make it personal, turning to his partner and popping the question. Tim Wilson, a member of the Liberal Party, was speaking Monday on a bill intended to remove a ban on same-sex marriage, a step that has gained…
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A man collapsed with a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ tattoo. Doctors didn’t know what to do.
Doctors in Miami faced an unusual ethical dilemma when an unconscious, deteriorating patient was brought into the emergency room with the words “Do Not Resuscitate” across his chest. The 70-year-old man was taken earlier this year to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where doctors made their startling discovery: a chest tattoo that seemed to convey the patient’s…