The 190th birthday of Jonathan, a giant tortoise that holds the record as the oldest living land animal, is celebrated on the island of St. Helena.
Author: Mike Snider, USA TODAY
Infowars host Alex Jones, who owes $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families, files for bankruptcy
Infowars founder and host Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy in Texas. He owes $1.5 billion to families of victims in the Sandy Hook school massacre.
$9.12 billion spent in a day: New Black Friday online spending record set in 2022, report says
In a good sign for retailers, shoppers spent a record $9.12 billion online during Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics.
Meet the new names for huge and tiny numbers: The metric system has gotten an update
Scientists have just approved new prefixes to describe outrageously large and small amounts of data. Meet the ronnabyte and quettabyte.
Tyson Foods recalls 94,000 pounds of ground beef for possible hard, mirror-like material
Tyson Foods has recalled about 94,000 pounds of raw ground beef products sold in Texas for potential contamination with mirror-like material.
Enchiritos are about to leave Taco Bell’s menu. Here’s how to get one before they’re gone.
Taco Bell’s limited availability of the Enchirito ends Wednesday, Nov. 30. The menu item originated in 1970. You can order it in the Taco Bell app.
What is Mastodon? What to know about the decentralized site some see as a Twitter alternative
With Elon Musk taking over at Twitter, some users are joining an alternative social media network called Mastodon. What is it?
Break-in at Ohio farm releases as many as 40,000 carnivorous mink into the wild, police say
Police say up to 40,000 mink were released from cages at the Lion Farms USA Mink Farm in northwest Ohio. Their diet? “Fresh kills,” police say.
Frontier Airlines Tampa-bound flight diverted to Atlanta after passenger seen with box cutter
A Cincinnati-to-Tampa Frontier flight was diverted to Atlanta on Friday after a passenger was seen with a box cutter.
Is Election Day a federal holiday? Are banks, post offices, schools open? What to know
Election Day – Tuesday, Nov. 8 – is not a federal holiday. But some states observe it as a holiday with some state offices closed for the midterms.