The whale ultimately died of dehydration and starvation. Shopping bags and rice sacks were found packed inside the animal.
Author: Ashley May, USA TODAY
Homeless boy wins New York State chess championship: ‘I want to be the youngest grandmaster’
An 8-year-old homeless Nigerian refugeehas won the New York State chess championship for his age bracket. He learned the game about a year ago.
Plastic surgery is on the rise. Here’s what people are getting done
Breast augmentations, liposuction, nose reshaping are among the most popular surgeries, and nonsurgical procedures are rising even more.
#NationalNappingDay is here for you, this Monday after daylight saving time
The holiday, which is about as official as Pancake Day, is being met with lots of love this Monday after DST.
Wallaby-sized dinosaur was sprinting around Australia 125 million years ago, jaw fossil report suggests
The Australian-Antarctic rift valley was a apparently a hotspot for turkey- to emu-sized herbivores millions of years ago.
Delta flight struck by lightning leaving Los Angeles International Airport returns amid storm
A Delta airlines flight leavingLos Angeles International Airport Tuesday night was hit by lightning while flying to Seattle.
Large study adds to proof that measles vaccine doesn’t cause autism
A new decade-long study of more than half a million people found that the measles vaccine does not increase the risk of autism.
Teen who vaccinated himself says anti-vaxx Mom gets misinformation from Facebook
Ethan Lindenberger, 18, says his mother often cites social media groups to refute health officials. “That’s what they want you to think,” she says.
Video of huge spider dragging opossum is nightmarish: ‘We couldn’t really believe what we were seeing’
Warning: Readers might find this disturbing. Michigan researchers believe this is the first time a tarantula was ever recorded preying on an opossum.
Nearly 200 Amtrak passengers stranded for over 24 hours on Oregon train
The train, headed to Los Angeles from Seattle, stopped inOakridge, Oregon, around 6:20 p.m. Sunday after hitting a downed tree in snowy weather.