Stearns History Museum in Minnesota is teaching kids about architecture in a festive way. They have them sketch out a blueprint, go through the process of applying for permits, and then build their design out of gingerbread. Organizers say it’s a fun way to introduce them to the basics of architecture and engineering…………. A 21-year-old guy…… read more »
A 91-year-old Wyoming man with dementia went missing last week, and no one knew where he was for two days . . . until his wife happened to see him in a local news report from a completely different state. KSL in Salt Lake City did a segment on a rescue mission serving free meals…… read more »
A 19-year-old in Vancouver named Sophia Valliant scored tickets to one of Taylor Swift’s shows there next month, and had two extra seats but couldn’t decide who to take, so she raffled them off for charity. She volunteers at a place called the Lake Trail Community Education Society. A dad and his 10-year-old daughter won…… read more »
A mom in Florida recently went to a theme park with her six-week-old son, Lincoln. And a random person’s comment saved his life. A first responder walked up after noticing the kid’s skin looked yellow and jaundiced. He told her don’t panic, but get him to a doctor, so she did, and it turned out…… read more »
Count your blessings this Thanksgiving: A Seattle college kid managed to walk away unscathed after a huge tree fell on his car last week. He was driving home when it landed on top of his car and crushed it, but there was just enough room, and he wasn’t hurt. It took 90 minutes for firefighters…… read more »
A bunch of people in New Zealand banded together to save dozens of beached pilot whales on Sunday. They used sheets to lift them up and get them back in the water. Four didn’t make it, but more than 30 whales were saved……………. A British couple met while working at a grocery store in 2017,…… read more »
M.I.T. announced that starting next fall, they’re waiving tuition for families that make less than $200,000 a year. They say that includes around 80% of incoming students. Normal tuition is around $60,000 a year………….. Iowa-based grocery store chain Hy-Vee announced it’s scaling back and getting rid of their self-checkout machines at a bunch of locations. …… read more »
A 17-year-old in California named Sophia Park just became the youngest person to pass the state’s bar exam. She got her law degree this year after enrolling in law school at 13. She also earned some serious bragging rights, because the record used to belong to her brother, Peter, who passed the bar a year…… read more »
OR man Ken Reese is pushing 70, but one of his kidneys just turned 100. His mom Doris gave it to him in 1975 when he was battling kidney disease. He likes to say she gave him life twice . . . once when he was born, and again with the kidney. Donating her kidney…… read more »
Firefighters in Colorado used the jaws of life to save a stray kitten trapped in a dumpster. It was stuck in the bottom with its head sticking out through a tiny hole. The kitten’s fine. An animal shelter took it in…………..In bigger cat news: First responders in Southern California rescued a cat that got chased…… read more »