It’s one way to create some buzz. Boxes holding 5 million bees fell off a truck in Canada early Wednesday morning, causing a sticky situation for a group of local beekeepers who flew into action, collecting the buzzy insects off the road. Halton Regional Police Service officers were called to Guelph Line in Burlington, north … Read more
Jason Day’s wife has her eyes on the prize at this week’s Tour Championship. Ellie Day, who is expecting her fifth child with the Australian pro golfer in early September, wants Day to stay at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta to pursue the FedEx Cup champion crown, in lieu of traveling home to Ohio. … Read more
An institution has offered a $1 million prize to anyone who can solve a famous math problem that has puzzled mathematicians for more than a century. The Riemann hypothesis, first proposed by German mathematician Bernhard Riemann in 1859, is considered to be one of the hardest and most important unsolved problems of pure mathematics — … Read more
A group of Gen Z Americans have shocked social media users after they were asked how much the average citizen earns – with their “tone deaf” answers sparking outrage. Popular TikTok creator Jessica Palmadessa posted a video of her asking teenagers in Beverly Hills how much they think the average American makes in a year. … Read more
A woman saved her husband’s life by donating a kidney to him — after they were found to be a one in 22 million match. Donna Creed, 49, of Leicester, England, donated the organ to her gravely ill partner, Darren, 51, last month — and it has already transformed their lives after he became so … Read more
Return to sender. King Charles, 74, may be the son and heir of the late Queen Elizabeth II, but that doesn’t mean they have everything in common — for example, a love of one of his mother’s favorite pastimes, stamp collecting. The dear-departed monarch gained a reputation as quite the philatelist during her lifetime, leaving … Read more
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen received a pretty penny to join the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, according to a new report. The future Hall of Fame quarterback — who teamed up with the now-failed crypto company in 2021 — was paid $30 million, “a deal that consisted almost entirely of FTX stock,” the website DNYUZ … Read more
He’s got the golden ticket. Tom Stuker, 69, has covered more miles in the air than any individual traveler in history, with no plans on stopping. After hitting 23 million miles of air travel, he owes his time in the sky to one purchase he made in 1990 when he snagged a United Airlines lifetime … Read more
Angel Reese celebrated another career milestone off-the-court. The LSU basketball star, who led the Lady Tigers to their first national championship in a 102-85 win over Iowa on April 2, reached two million followers on Instagram this week. Reese took to the social media platform on Monday, sharing the first look at her latest photo … Read more
Air Jordan might want to switch his name to Road Jordan now. Michael Jordan has added a rare Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster — claimed to be “the world’s fastest and most powerful convertible” with a top speed of 300 mph and a price tag of $3.5 million — to his collection of vehicles. And as … Read more
Every dog has his day — to make some serious cash. In the dog-eat-dog world of social media influencing, 5-year-old golden retriever Tucker Budzyn is No. 1, according to research by portrait company Printed Pet Memories. He’s a million-dollar mutt, hitting seven figures a year in earnings from sponsored ads since he was 2. “A … Read more
Target is recalling almost 5 million candles over laceration and burn hazards, according to a Thursday notice from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The recall impacts some 4.9 million Threshold-branded glass jar candles sold in multiple sizes and various scents — including water mint and eucalyptus, apple blossom and breeze and warm cider and … Read more
In this week’s Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast, the NFL’s deal to sell one wild-card playoff game exclusively to the Peacock streaming service for $110 million is a main topic. Hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss what the deal means for the NFL and NBC. The two hosts also dive into the NFL’s … Read more
Angel Reese is on the rise in more ways than one. LSU’s superstar forward — who helped lead the Lady Tigers to their first-ever NCAA championship last month — has seen her NIL valuation reach $1.4 million, the website On3 reported Monday, the same day Sports Illustrated Swimsuit announced she’s set to appear in the … Read more
Turns out there was no need for her to say “excuse me.” A Florida woman was horrified after discovering that her nonstop belching was actually a warning sign that she was suffering from a potentially deadly cancer. “I never thought it could be linked to such a horrible disease,” said Bailey McBreen, 24, of the … Read more
Nicolas Cage has recalled the “dark” time he had to accept “crummy” film roles to be able to get himself out of being $6 million in debt. Appearing on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday, the Oscar winner recalled his financial struggles after the real estate market crashed, saying he signed up for any role he could just to be … Read more
An estimated 14 million cases of type 2 diabetes were caused by a poor diet, a recent study published in Nature Medicine found. Diets that lacked whole grains or had too much-refined rice, wheat, or processed meats were linked to the disease. Those that included overconsumption of fruit juice or insufficient amounts of non-starchy vegetables, … Read more
Urinary tract infections are more than an uncomfortable nuisance. Foodborne bacteria could be behind more than a half-million UTIs in the US each year, according to worrisome new findings from experts who also warn that deaths caused by the same bacteria that bring about UTIs — E. coli — could be on the rise. “We’re … Read more
One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible, is set to go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York in May. Its anticipated … Read more
An estimated 6.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease today — about one in every nine people age 65 and older. That number is expected to nearly double over the next two decades, reaching nearly 13 million by 2050, according to a new report published by the Alzheimer’s Association on Wednesday. Despite promising advances in … Read more