Tortoise found in San Antonio park.Photo: San Antonio Animal Care Services Visitors to a San Antonio park came across an unexpected walker: a tortoise weighing at least 50 lbs. wandering along a trail. According to aFacebookpost from the City of San Antonio Animal Care Services (San Antonio ACS), parkgoers found the tortoise on August 7 in Phil Hardberger Park. The people who saw the animal assumed the reptile was a pet since no tortoises native to the area grow to be so large....

525-pound bear found in evacuated home in California.Photo:California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Department of Fish and Wildlife A family in Altadena, Calif., nearly had a grizzly run-in with an unexpected visitor when they returned to their evacuated home. “I think he was scared,” Arbidtold local CBS outlet KCAL News. 525-pound bear found in evacuated home in California.California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was dispatched “to quickly capture and relocate the bear to the nearest suitable habitat,” the agency said in aFacebookpost....

As someone who watched several children in my life battle anxiety from surprisingly early ages, I wrote my debut middle grade novelKaya of the Oceanto honor all the brave kids who struggle with anxiety. More than honor them — I wanted to reach them through a character who goes through similar struggles. While juvenile anxiety in all its forms, from mild worry to debilitating panic attacks, has historically not always been something that was openly discussed or publicly accepted in everyday life, its presence in art has followed a different trajectory....

Queen Elizabeth’s portrait released on February 6, 2022 to mark the start of her Platinum Jubilee year.Photo: Chris Jackson/Buckingham Palace via Getty Thousands of visitors have been gathering outside Buckingham Palace and lining up for hours outside the Palace of Westminster in order to pay their respects toQueen ElizabethII. But the sites are far from the only places in London that hold special significance in the life of the late monarch....

Elienisse Zoe Díaz Rodriguez.Photo:Good Life Funeral Home Good Life Funeral Home A 7-year-old girl has died while fulfilling her dream of driving a junior dragtser. According to aGoFundMepage posted on behalf of the girl’s family, 7-year-old Elienisse Zoe Díaz Rodriguez was involved in a vehicle accident while racing on Sunday, Feb. 2. “After fighting for her life for 2 days, the doctors confirmed her brain death at 10:54 p.m., February 4, 2025,” the description wrote....

Princess Diana and Prince Charles at their royal wedding in 1981.Photo:Anwar Hussein/Getty Images Anwar Hussein/Getty Images The latePrincess DianaandPrince Charles— whobecame King Charles IIIin September 2022 — were married on July 29, 1981, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London Diana’s sister,Lady Sarah McCorquodale(née Spencer), introduced the former couple in 1977. They began dating three years later after meeting once again. Diana and Charles ultimately went through with the wedding. Per royal biographer Ingrid Seward’s 2023 bookMy Mother and I, it may have been Diana’s father, Earl Spencer, who changed her mind aboutcalling off the wedding....

John Walter Lay.Photo:Justice4Walt/ Facebook Justice4Walt/ Facebook The West Dog Park in Tampa, Fla., was John Walter Lay’s home away from home. It’s where he made numerous friends and let his beloved dog Fala run free every day. But to the shock of his loved ones, it’s also where Lay, 52, was shot and killed on Feb. 2. The gunman was identified as Gerald Declan Radford, 65, another frequent park goer, but he is currentlynot facing any chargesin connection with the fatal shooting, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office....

01of 11Princess DianaTom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Princess Diana in 1992.Tim Graham Photo Library/gettyIn 1992, a youngTom Cruiseand then-wifeNicole Kidmangreeted Princess Diana at the London premiere ofFar and Awayon July 30. 01of 11 Princess Diana Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Princess Diana in 1992.Tim Graham Photo Library/getty In 1992, a youngTom Cruiseand then-wifeNicole Kidmangreeted Princess Diana at the London premiere ofFar and Awayon July 30. 02of 11Princess Diana’s FuneralNicole Kidman, Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks attend Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997....

Cynthia Erivo filming ‘Wicked.'.Photo:Wicked Movie/ Youtube Wicked Movie/ Youtube Defying gravity vocallyandphysically is no easy feat. Just askCynthia Erivo, whose role as Elphaba in last year’s smashWickedrequired much more than movie magic to hit the high notes while also filming the difficult sequences that would soar onscreen. And all that hard work paid off: Erivo and herWickedcostarAriana Grandeare both nominated for Oscars (Erivo for best actress, and Grande for best supporting actress) at the Academy Awards on March 2....

The man had multiple sinus infections and nosebleeds before a CT scan finally revealed the forgotten bag of weed. BMJ Case ReportsThe adult male had forgotten about a bagful of kitty he prove to smuggle into prison almost two decennary ago . A man who shoved a bag of pot up his nose while he was in prison finally start the illicit hoard removed — 18 long time later ....

When I was in mark school , I used ill engineered retractable pen cannons to fire tiny beads at my friends an enemies during class . I thought it was pretty coolheaded but this mini grapple torpedo put all my pre - adolescent tinkering to shame . In a quick and light footstep - by - stepmist8kshows you on the nose how you may turn stuff you plausibly have lying around ( a playpen , a ice lolly marijuana cigarette , a Lego art object , paperclips , etc ) into a pretty astonishingly in effect piffling wrestling hired gun ....

Worried that your task is about to be steal by a lousy automaton ? According to societal futuristJamais Cascio , that might be one of the better economical futures usable to us at this period . But why ? Writing for Fast Company , Cascio explores what he considers to be the most likely ways in which our economic system will mutate and germinate in the 21st Century : The societal and economic structures bear out the modern reality are perpetually evolving , and there will very probably soon get along a point — probably in the next generation or so , if history is a guide — that we no longer see the socioeconomic mankind as go to the same “ species ” as back at the get-go of the twenty-first 100 ....

Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan on ‘30 Rock’.Photo:Ali Goldstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Ali Goldstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty A dynamic comedy duo is back! 30 RockalumsTina FeyandTracy Morganare reportedly working on a new comedy series for NBC, according toa press release from the network. Per the release, a pilot has been ordered for the single-camera comedy, which will star Morgan, 56, as a “disgraced former football player” who is “on a mission to rehabilitate his image....