A woman in Alabama named Helen Denmark turned 108 on Sunday, and said she stays young by “drinking wine, eating dessert, and flirting with men with mustaches.”…………. A 12-year-old kid in Rhode Island named Alex Dupuis saved a classmate from drowning during a field trip in June. Both of his parents are first responders with…… read more »
Doctors might be able to diagnose autism by testing gut bacteria . . . a cure for lupus could be around the corner . . . and a team at Penn State may have found a way to turn tumor cells against each other and finally beat cancer…………. A woman from D.C. bought a vase…… read more »
Boston added googly eyes to five metro trains, just for fun. There’d been a public campaign calling for it to happen. They say it’s one of many “creative ways” they’re trying to improve things for commuters…………. Mattel is updating Uno so people who are colorblind can play. They’re adding tiny symbols to the top of…… read more »
A bunch of garden gnomes went missing last month from a guy’s yard in the Canadian city of Kelowna. But they weren’t stolen. A secretive group that calls itself the “Gnome Restoration Society” fixed them up and returned them all…………….. A five-year-old girl from England recently lost her favorite stuffed animal on a trip to…… read more »
A teenager in New Hampshire saved the day when a runaway boat started spinning in circles last week. 17-year-old Brady Procon hopped on the back of a jet ski and jumped onto the moving boat to stop it. He said he didn’t think about the risks, he just went for it. Adding, “It was fun,…… read more »
Some guys in Flint, Michigan are in the news after saving a raccoon from choking. They smacked it on the back until it coughed up a piece of cheese, and the whole thing is on video. It scurried off and was fine. No joke, they said they knew it was in trouble because it was…… read more »
America just recently replenished its panda supply. The San Diego Zoo announced two giant pandas arrived safe and sound, on loan from China. They’re the first new pandas to hit the U.S. in 21 years. Zoo Atlanta is the only other zoo in America that has pandas right now, and those four are heading back…… read more »
A Mississippi elementary school wanted to keep handing out free meals to kids this summer through a program called Backpack Buddies, but they didn’t have enough food until an influencer named Matthew Bounds stepped in to help. He posts recipes on TikTok and has an account called Your Barefoot Neighbor with 1.4 million followers. As…… read more »
TikTok loves a 21-year-old trainer in England named Bailey Greetham-Clark because of who he works with. He gives boxing lessons at retirement homes. They can do it sitting down, and it still gets their heart rate up. He started his company ‘Be Great Fitness’ in 2020 at just 17-years-old, and now helps thousands of people.…… read more »
A northern California family’s pet donkey ran off five years ago and never came back. Now they’ve found him living with a herd of elk. And he seems happy, so they decided to let him live out the rest of his days with the elk. They say it’s just nice to know he’s okay, and…… read more »