Arizona State

Tucson, AZ

Fox Weather

A member of the grounds crew at an Arizona resort golf course has died after he was attacked by a traveling swarm of bees.

Arizona golf course worker killed by swarm of bees while mowing

Chicago, IL

Severe thunderstorms ripped through Chicagoland on Sunday evening, with damaging winds up to 70 mph and tornado tearing through a Chicago neighborhood.

Watch: Tornado in Chicago rips down trees in neighborhood

Illinois State

Nashville, IL

Residents in some neighborhoods of Nashville, Illinois are being urged to evacuate after a nearby dam is in imminent failure, emergency officials said.

Imminent dam failure, flash flooding prompt evacuations in southern Illinois

Texas State

A private analytics company now believes insured losses in Texas from Hurricane Beryl’s winds will top $2.5 billion, making it the costliest storm in the Lone Star State since Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

Hurricane Beryl caused over $2.5 billion in wind damage in Texas, analytics company says

Indy100

The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity.The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled beneath the snow, 91 of which were discovered as recently as 2017.Whilst most of them are considered dormant or possibly extinct, three have erupted in recent history according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program: Penguin Island in 1905; Deception Island in 1970, and Mount Erebus in 1972.The latter of these is arguably Antarctica’s most famous – winning the titles of tallest active volcano on the continent – with its summit standing at 12,448 feet (3,794 metres) – and...

Volcano in Antarctica spews out $6,000-worth of gold each day

A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia.The now-submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much of the past 65,000 years, covering some 390,000 square kilometres (around 242,300 miles) – an area bigger than New Zealand The scientists who made the landmark find, led by Kasih Norman of Queensland’s Griffith University, said that the “complex landscape” that existed on the Northwest Shelf of Australia was “unlike any landscape found on our continent today”.And yet, the humans who lived there spoke similar languages and created...

Lost continent 'unlike anything found today' discovered off the coast of Australia

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Business Insider

Hikers and mountaineers are finding ancient human artifacts in the melting glaciers of the Alps.

Photos show the mysterious ancient objects that mountaineers are finding on the Alps' melting glaciers

The discovery could offer a glimpse into how extreme climate change could alter the planet. Scientists have uncovered evidence of a nearly 1,000-mile-long river system that flowed beneath Antarctica around 40 million years ago, Live Science reported. The team of geologists made the discovery during a 2017 expedition that set...

Scientists stunned after discovering massive river system in Antarctica: 'This is exciting'

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Unearthing prehistoric art is exciting at the best of times, but when that art consists of eight miles’ worth of ice age paintings, it becomes the discovery of a lifetime.Researchers in the Amazon rainforest uncovered an extraordinary “canvas” made up of drawings of mastodons, giant sloths and other extinct beasts, which is up to 12,600 years old.The ancient artists used the red pigment ochre to create the monumental artwork, which spans some 13 kilometres (eight miles) of rock on the hills of the Colombian Amazon."These really are incredible images, produced by the earliest people to live in western Amazonia," University...

12,600-year-old painting that's 8 miles long discovered in the Amazon Rainforest

A very large earth crack appeared in Congregación El Carmen in the municipality of Tula, Mexico’s state of Tamaulipas, during heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm “Alberto” from June 19 to 21, 2024. The fissure is still growing and is estimated to be from 1 to...

Massive earth crack appears in Tamaulipas, Mexico

An ancient temple and theater has been identified in Peru as dating back 4,000 years, placing it among the oldest man-made structures in Peru. Located in the northern Peruvian town of Zaña, archaeologists had been alerted by authorities of looting taking place at a site called La Otra Banda / Cerro Las Animas, and a team from the Field University of Chicago accompanied by institutions in Peru got to work last June.

Ancient Temple and Theater 3,500 years Older Than Machu Picchu Discovered in Peru

CBS News

Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week.So far, authorities say they have captured and relocated around 200 of the big reptiles since Alberto pelted the region with rain in June. Beryl brushed the same area before making landfall in south Texas earlier this week.Authorities said the heavy rains raised water levels in coastal lagoons, leading the animals to crawl into cities like Tampico and the nearby cities of...

Heavy rains leave 200 crocodiles lurking in cities in northern Mexico

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Caitlin Tan wanted to breed her childhood horse, JP, because she’s been “amazing” — the type of animal any equestrian would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Having access to coveted bloodlines increased the allure. Via the Miller Ranch, she could pair her 18-year-old mare with a stud descendent of Playboy’s Buck Fever.

Cream of the crop: a cremello foal is born in Wyoming

Sirens wailed across the Chicago metro for the second night in a row on Monday as a powerful and deadly derecho tore across the Midwest leaving a nearly 500-mile-long path of destruction from Iowa to Indiana.

Deadly derecho slams Chicago as storms uproot trees, rip roofs from homes along 500-mile stretch of Midwest

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

The Independent

 More than 130 people, including tourists, were trapped in China’s Tibet region after landslides in neighbouring Nepal blocked key roads. The tourists were trapped in the remote mountainous town of Zhentang after heavy rains and flooding washed away sections of a provincial highway, China’s state media said.Heavy rains have been triggering floods and landslides in Nepal for several days now, killing dozens of people and washing away roads and other key infrastructure.  Those trapped included migrant workers, businessmen on travel and tourists, according to state broadcaster CCTV. Rescuers were attempting to evacuate them on Wednesday. The stranded people...

More than 130 people trapped in Tibet after landslides block roads in Nepal

Santiago, MN

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Peruvian police and mountain rescue workers recovered the body of an American climber who went missing in 2002 as glaciers in Peru's highest mountain and surrounding area continue to retreat. The mummified, skeletal corpse still had well-preserved climbing boots, crampons and clothing, as well as a driver's...

Mummified American Climber Found 22 Years Later in Peru as Glaciers Retreat

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Why do islands impacted by Hurricane Beryl appear brown in satellite imagery?

NASA says islands throughout the Caribbean which appeared dark green before the hurricane, now appear dull and brown. This is likely due to vegetation being defoliated,...

Why do islands impacted by Hurricane Beryl appear brown in satellite imagery?

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