NASA called an expected meteor shower “one of the most reliable” and suggested that the Geminids could showcase scores of shooting stars per hour.
Author: Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY
Italian bishop apologizes for telling children Santa doesn’t exist on a commercialism rant
“No, Santa Claus does not exist,” The bishop of Noto in Sicily, Antonio Staglianò, told schoolchildren. The response drew big backlash and an apology.
An American buffalo, named ‘Tyson the Bison,’ spotted casually roaming the Chicago suburbs
The Lake County (Illinois) Sheriff’s Office said family-owned buffalo – known as “Tyson the Bison” – fled its home and is roaming the Chicago suburbs.
National Brownie Day: This company unveiled an 850-lb pot brownie as the world’s largest
What’s the best way to celebrate National Brownie Day? Making a giant pot brownie weighing 850 pounds and measuring 3 feet wide and over 3 feet tall.
Elon Musk says there aren’t ‘enough people,’ birthrate could threaten human civilization
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being firm with his stance on birthrate. “If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words.”
‘Overwhelming’ support: Strangers donate breast milk after mom of newborn dies of COVID-19
A Missouri family has received 400 ounces of donated breast milk, fulfilling a mother’s wish for her son before she died of COVID-19 complications.
A letter from Catherine the Great urged mass immunization in 1787. It just sold for over $1 million.
After being immunized against smallpox twenty years earlier, Catherine the Great showed the “statecraft and foresight shown by the great monarch.”
The world’s most expensive cities in 2021: Where do Los Angeles and New York rank?
New York City and LA didn’t even crack the top five on a Worldwide Cost of Living index. Where’d they land? And which city beat out Paris as priciest?
Dick Vitale, infused with support from his college basketball fraternity, determined as ever to beat cancer
Dick Vitale, who is known for his tireless work in raising money to fight pediatric cancer, now faces his own fight. He finds comfort in basketball.
Drinking tonight? Here’s how much alcohol is too much – and how to avoid holiday binging
Giving up beer, wine or a cocktail for health sake can be difficult around the holidays when it’s a staple. Alas, there are healthy ways to drink.