After a tornado hit a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, dozens were feared dead as search and rescue teams worked to find survivors on Saturday.
Author: Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY
‘It’s devastating’: See the damage of the tornado that tore through Kentucky and other states
Tornadoes and severe weather tore through Kentucky, Illinois and other neighboring states. The governor of Kentucky expects dozens of deaths.
Canada bans conversion therapy, telling LGBTQ residents ‘we’ll always stand up for you’
As of Wednesday, Canada’s government has banned conversion therapy, which is the treatment that claims to change a person’s sexual orientation.
Decades-old cold case of missing Tennessee teens reopened after diver finds car underwater
A scuba diving Youtuber discovered the car of Erin Foster, who went missing along with Jeremy Bechtel in 2000. Police have reopened the cold case.
420 trees in one place: German family breaks record for ‘most decorated Christmas trees’
The Jeromin family broke the record for the “most decorated Christmas trees in one place,” according to the Record Institute for Germany.
Company offers assisted-suicide pod in Switzerland that claims to offer ‘painless death’
The nonprofit organization Exit International created an assisted suicide pod where the person’s oxygen levels are decreased. The death is painless.
A leopard grabbed her son so this mother chased the animal down until it let the boy go.
A mother in India chased down a leopard that grabbed her son out of the family’s hut, forcing the animal to drop the child with ‘minor’ injuries.
Missing dog saves Virginia family from house fire, gets reunited with his humans in process
A missing dog started barking loudly outside a Virginia family’s home to warn them of the fire blazing outside their home.
Authorities seize hundreds of tarantulas, eggs and scorpions illegally traveling to Europe
More than 230 tarantula spiders, nine spider eggs and a scorpion with seven of its young, as well as 67 roaches were seized in a Colombia airport.
Hawaii under blizzard warning as 12 inches of snow and winds up to 100 mph expected
From Friday until Sunday, the Big Island of Hawaii is under a blizzard warning. A foot of snow and winds up to 100 mph are expected.