Guinness World Records certified 62-year-old George Hood’s Feb. 15 planking record in Illinois. The official time: 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
Author: Joel Shannon, USA TODAY
A mom desperate for baby formula called 911. Police say she did the right thing.
Typically, 911 should be called for a crisis such as a fire, crime or medical issue. Not sure if your situation qualifies? Call anyway, experts say.
Undying love: Years after losing cancer battle, he still gets wife Valentine’s Day flowers
Rich Cox made sure he bought his wife flowers for Valentine’s Day 2020, even though he died in 2012.
70,000 ceiling fans sold at Lowe’s recalled because the blades can fly off
More than 200 consumers have reported issues with the Harbor Breeze 48-inch Santa Ana ceiling fan, manufactured by Fanim Industries.
The new coronavirus could become a pandemic: What is that? Should I be worried?
A new coronavirus from Wuhan, China, could become a global pandemic, an unsettling and often misunderstood term.
Sunday’s date is a rare palindrome that hasn’t happened in over 900 years
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, reads the same backward and forward. It also happens to be the day of the Super Bowl and Groundhog Day.
France bans mass killing of male chicks, but US egg farmers say there’s no other ‘workable’ solution
U.S. egg producers hoped to end a widespread practice slaughtering day-old male chicks by 2020, but the industry says no workable solution yet exists.
A ship vanished near the Bermuda Triangle 94 years ago. Researchers say they’ve found it.
The SS Cotopaxi disappeared without a trace of wreckage in 1925. Researchers believe it now rests off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida.
Teens killed after doorbell prank were goofy, close group, family and church leaders say
Family and friends of a group of teenage boys who died while playing ‘ding, dong, ditch’ remember them as a close-knit group of committed Christians.
Concerns over new virus from China prompt rare airport screenings for some travelers
The virus is from the same family as MERS and SARS, which caused deadly international outbreaks.