Horse racing jockeys in Peru raised money for charity by racing without their horses. They lined up at the starting gates and just sprinted down the track. The only gripe from racing fans was they couldn’t bet on it………. An 80-year-old runner from Florida named Bob Becker just became the oldest person to complete what’s…… read more »
A study found there’s one trait that can make you happier the rest of your life. No matter how old we are, TRUSTING other people makes us happier, and it gets easier and easier to do. Trusting people makes us happy, and being happy makes us want to trust people. So one leads to the…… read more »
An annual convention for furries happened in Pittsburgh last weekend. It’s in the news after attendees donated over $89,000 to the charity Nose 2 Tail Cat Rescue……….. A 72-year-old Montana woman got pinned under her riding mower for about four hours after it tipped over, but two 14-year-old boys saved her life. She got pinned…… read more »
Michigan State Police shared footage of a helicopter crew finding an 83-year-old woman in a swamp on Tuesday. She has dementia and wandered off. They found her about a mile away from her home, and she’s okay…………… How’s this for a tribute? “BBC News” did a story on a heavy metal guitarist named Mark Wood,…… read more »
A woman on TikTok got her wedding ring back 20 years after it went missing. She thought there was a chance it fell down under a bathroom cabinet, so she filmed the cabinet being removed during a recent renovation, and there it was. (Here’s the video.).… ……25-year-old Deaubrey Philson walks nearly four miles to his…… read more »
Police and firefighters in Detroit are praising four brothers who saved two toddlers that got out onto the roof of a house. Two of the brothers saw them up there, and went and got their two older brothers, who climbed a ladder. It turned out the toddlers had gotten out through an open window, but…… read more »
Some recent animal rescues have made the news: Massachusetts cops used crackers to catch someone’s pet pig after it got out of its pen. They joked that it showed some “serious CHOPS” on the run, but they got it back home, which made for a “PIGture-perfect day.”……Cops rescued a kitten from the engine compartment of…… read more »
Tour guide Portia Duke was recently taking a train through Alaska and when they were stopped in a remote town, she heard a kitten meowing from under the train. She couldn’t get to it, but decided to go back the next day to see if it was still there, and it was. At least five…… read more »
A VA man got his wedding band back 15 years after losing it at a Christmas tree farm. He got a tree in 2010 and didn’t realize the ring was gone until later. He went back with a metal detector a few times but couldn’t find it. The owners of the farm came across it…… read more »
A little girl on a Disney Cruise ship fell overboard on Sunday, and it could have been tragic. But her dad immediately jumped in after her. It happened while they were returning to Fort Lauderdale from the Bahamas. He apparently had to tread water for 20 minutes while holding onto her before a lifeboat showed…… read more »