There are roughly 2.5 million ants per person on Earth, according to a new study. And that is a conservative estimate.
Author: Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY
Woman who was left in police car parked on railroad tracks injured in train collision, officials say
Colorado police are under investigation after they put a woman in a patrol car parked on train tracks. A train came, seriously injuring the woman.
A diner used servers’ tip money to pay its bussers’ wages, probe finds. Now it has to pay $1.35 million.
A diner must pay its staff $1.35 million in damages and back wages after it ran an illegal tip pool, the Labor Department announced.
Elon Musk’s Tesla accused of fraud, false advertising of ‘autopilot’ technology in lawsuit
A Tesla customer filed a class-action suit against Tesla, alleging the company and CEO Elon Musk misrepresented its “autopilot” technology.
‘Dinosaur mummy’: Researchers believe they found one of the best preserved dinosaurs ever
It could be a complete skeleton. And it could have all its skin intact. A mummified car-sized dinosaur was potentially found in Canada.
21 years later, these powerful photos tell the story of 9/11
Today marks the 21st anniversary of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. These images captured the horror of that dark day.
Student finds 1.8 million-year-old tooth, one of oldest signs of hominins outside of Africa
Researchers in Georgia unearthed a 1.8-million-year old human tooth, joining the earliest hominin remains to be discovered outside Africa.
Cannonball (x298)! Hundreds break Guinness World Record for largest group cannonball
Swimmers at an indoor aquatic park in Belgium smashed the record for most people performing cannonball dives. Guinness World Records counted 298.
New York returns $19 million in stolen art, including 21 pieces housed at the Met
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced this week it had returned $19 million in stolen art to Italy and $4 million in stolen art to Egypt.
Remains of California man missing since 2014 found in ‘makeshift tomb’; woman arrested
The remains of a man missing since 2014 were found in a “makeshift tomb” in San Bernardino, California, police say. A woman was arrested for homicide.