A Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo just became a first-time mom at age 97. They say it’s a record for her species. She’s lived at the zoo since 1932, and she’s finally living up to her name . . . it’s “Mommy.” She and her four babies are doing well…………….. Two childhood friends in…… read more »
A 16-year-old in Cleveland named Tyler Sowden saved a woman and two kids from a house fire on Friday. He grabbed a ladder and got them all down off the roof. One of the kids was a 10-month-old baby. Tyler’s dad wasn’t home when it happened. He told a reporter he’s proud of his son…… read more »
Happy birthday to Josie Church and Anne Wallace-Hadrill. They’ve been next-door neighbors in Oxford, England since 1986 and happen to share a birthday. They both turn 101 years old today……………. 61-year-old NY man Ed Rohmer was out walking his dog last Thursday when he saw a seven-year-old boy fall in a river. It was freezing…… read more »
A guy in England found an old lottery ticket in his car that hit for $1.3 MILLION. It was so crumpled it wouldn’t scan, but you could still see the numbers. He told lottery officials he didn’t even have his car locked…………………..The FBI gave its “Exceptional Service” award to three middle school girls near Seattle,…… read more »
Researchers came up with a new material for golf balls that might make you a better putter. It helps them roll more consistently whether a green is wet or dry, so it would take out some of the guesswork when it comes to how fast a green is…………………..A Philly news station did a feature on…… read more »
Four Paws animal charity is running its own March Madness bracket called March Napness . . . a contest to find the “sleepiest bear.” They’re tracking two dozen of them at different animal sanctuaries to see when they emerge from hibernation. The last bear to wake up wins the title………… A town in Switzerland is…… read more »
A single-engine plane went missing in Alaska on Sunday with a pilot and two kids on board, but a bunch of other pilots went looking for them, and found them ALIVE the next morning. They crash-landed on a frozen lake 80 miles southwest of Anchorage. They’d been stranded for over 12 hours, but they’re okay…… read more »
SC cops caught someone’s pet kangaroo that got loose over the weekend. They posted a video after they got a leash on it. The owner says it got out after her pet goat opened the gate for it…………… The ancestral home of the co-founder of Harley-Davidson motorcycles was saved from demolition after it was about…… read more »
A British guy who loved making people laugh got to do it one more time after passing away at just 55. He told his family he wanted to be buried in a casket that looked like a Snickers bar, so they made it happen. In the Snickers font, it said, “I’m Nuts.” (Here’s a photo.)………………….…… read more »
A study found playing with a dog for 15 minutes leaves you AND the dog feeling less stressed. They proved it by measuring heart rates and cortisol levels………………Speaking of dogs, Hope Mehlberg drives a doggy day care bus in Wisconsin, and she posted a St. Patrick’s Day video that’s blowing up. She put green hats…… read more »