Fourth of July falls on a Sunday this year, meaning the holiday will be observed the following day and many places will be closed.
Author: Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY
A new study reveals which US city has the worst traffic, and it’s no longer Los Angeles
Los Angeles was ranked as having the worst traffic for over 28 years, but stay-at-home orders resulted in it no longer being at the top.
It’s bringing record highs to the Pacific Northwest. What is a heat dome and how long will it last?
Record-setting temperatures are popping up in cities like Seattle and Portland, and they’re the result of an extremely rare heat dome.
Researchers find skeletal remains of children, man with gunshot wounds at unmarked graves near Tulsa Race Massacre site
The skeletal remains of children and a man with gunshot wounds were found near the Tulsa Race Massacre site, researchers announced on Friday.
Man accused of stealing San Francisco Zoo lemur charged with violating Endangered Species Act
A 21-year-old male ring-tailed lemur named Maki was reported missing from the San Francisco Zoo in October 2020 before being found two days later.
‘Brazen abduction’: New Jersey server taken by group who didn’t pay $70 bill, police say
A Nifty Fifty’s server confronted a group who didn’t pay their $70 bill. She ended up in their car, where police say she was assaulted.
California school district apologizes for ‘racism, classism’ after tortilla-throwing incident
The incident occurred on Saturday following a California championship basketball game, won by Coronado, 60-57 in overtime against Orange Glen.
A woman heard loud noises in her kitchen. She found an elephant looking for food.
The elephant, named Boonchuay, was filmed around 2 a.m. Saturday looking for food inside a woman’s kitchen in southern Thailand.
That’s not a dinosaur: Tiny fossil discovered in 2020 actually belongs to a lizard
A 2020 study had researchers believing they had discovered a very small avian dinosaur, but new research has proved the fossil is that of a lizard.
Their dog went missing in 2020. A year later, they discovered it was given to a new family.
After spending months searching for their lost Maltipoo, Byron, the Marino family found out the dog had been readopted without ever being contacted.