Sports
8/06 Sports Brief
MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday’s Marlins-Braves game NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when […]
Year: 2025
Oddities
Move over man bites dog, here’s kid bites snake
They say that if a dog bites a man, that’s not much of a story, but if a man bites a dog, that’s definitely newsworthy. But what about if a kid bites a snake? According […]
Oddities
Fugitive lizard crosses state lines
The search for a missing water monitor lizard has now become a multistate affair. The reptile, named Goose, first escaped from its home in Webster, Massachusetts, which caught the attention of Webster Animal Control. A week later, […]
Oddities
Seattle NHL team’s mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Kraken forward John Hayden and the team’s blue-haired troll mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a promotional video shoot in Alaska. Hayden and the mascot named Buoy […]
Lifestyle
NYC expands school cellphone ban to include smartwatches, tablets
New York City Public Schools, the nation’s largest school district, is expanding its student cellphone ban to include any “internet-enabled” devices such as tablets and smartwatches. The new change will go into effect this upcoming […]