After nearly 100 days of spewing molten lava, smoke, and ash, the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain, on Christmas Day was declared over. In its fiery wake, some 3,000 properties were destroyed by lava, an area of 1,219 hectares (roughly 1,500 soccer fields), CBC reported. Yet, haunting and incredible…
Photographer in ‘Emotional Shock’ Captures Volcanic Eruption That Lasted 3 Months on the Island of La Palma
December 29, 2021
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TSA Officer Spots Infant Not Breathing in NJ Airport, Leaps Over Conveyor Rollers to Perform Heimlich, Saves a Life
A security officer leapt over conveyor belt rollers and saved a 2-month-old boy who stopped breathing at a security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, newly released video shows. The footage, released Thursday by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, shows TSA officer Cecilia Morales springing into action to resuscitate the child Dec….
Quadrantid Meteor Shower ‘Fireballs’ to Grace the Night Sky in January 2022—Here’s What You Need to Know:
December 29, 2021
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How better to celebrate New Year’s than with a cosmic fireworks show? People will be setting off fireworks in spectacular fashion across the globe—from Tampa to Tokyo—ushering in 2022. But the heavens have a cosmic light show of their own in store—balls of fire shooting from the sky, called the Quadrantids, expected to peak early…
Retired Nurse’s 4 Grandkids Befriend 93-Year-Old WWII Nurse Cadet: ‘Bonus Grandma’
When a nurse who had befriended an elderly care home resident decided to introduce the woman to her four grandkids, the children thought they “wouldn’t be able to talk to her.” Yet in opening their hearts and minds to a different kind of friendship, they found their “Bonus Grandma.” The now-retired nurse, Vickie Rodgers of Southern…
Couple Celebrate 75 Years of Wedded Bliss and Share Their Secrets to a Long-Lasting Marriage
A nonagenarian couple who first laid eyes on each other as teens in a rural high school in Kentucky never imagined they would one day celebrate 75 years of marriage together. As they’ve stepped into their golden years together, the high school sweethearts’ love for each other has grown deeper. Bobbie Creasey, 91, who was…
2021 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year Winners Feature Auroras Above Volcanoes, Frozen Forests, and Fiords
December 28, 2021
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In search of northern lights, photographer Marc Adamus delves into the Alaskan boreal forest, marching to the sound of ice crystals crunching beneath his snowshoes. Setting up his camera in the dying light of sunset, he has only to wait for adequate darkness to fall; aurora borealis, though omnipresent day or night, diminishes in sunlight,…
Metal Detectorists Uncover Largest Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold Coins in England, Dating Back 1,400 Years
December 27, 2021
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A hoard of 131 gold coins and a number of other gold objects dating back 1,400 years ago stand to be the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins ever found in England. In A.D. 600, England, still ununited, was divided into several smaller Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. One of the most important of these was East Angles…
Artist Crafts Meticulously Cut Paper Birds So Realistic They Look Like They’re About to Fly Away
Applying scissors to paper, wildlife artist Niharika Rajput makes meticulous cuts to produce handfuls of tiny paper feathers for one of her intricate paper bird sculptures. Completing one of these avian creations can take weeks or even months, but the finished products are so lifelike they’ve been mistaken for taxidermy birds. The 30-year-old artist from…
Young Man in Kroger Sees Man Snatch 87-Yr-Old Lady’s Purse and Run, Gives Chase, Tackles Him, and Is Hailed a Hero
At a Kroger in Lemon Township, dad Deshawn Pressley, 27, with his 1-year-old daughter, was having a pleasant conversation with elderly neighbor Pat Goins, 87, just moments before the mugging occurred. While Goins was in the checkout, a male assailant swiped her purse and took off—not just to her own dismay but also to that…
Shaping Flowers by Hand
Adam Brand, fourth-generation co-owner of M&S Schmalberg Custom Flowers, joined his family business about 12 years ago. “My dad was a flower man. I never really appreciated what that meant,” said Brand. “The business was 90 years old at the time, and I didn’t appreciate that either.” It was only when Brand started coming into…
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