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GOP Lawmaker Accidentally Votes With Dems While Distracted by Facebook
Use of Facebook and similar social media is ubiquitous these days, since almost three-quarters of adults who use the Internet (and 70% of U.S. businesses) have an account. But a California politician’s blunder earlier this week may serve as a warning for when to use that social media — and when not to. Rep. Scott…
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How To Keep Grandma Safe From Abuse
On Monday, June 15, organizations and activists around the world will come together to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, an annual event to educate the public about this growing problem. More than two million aging Americans fall victim to elder abuse each year, and what’s more, one in three nursing homes have been cited…
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Researchers in London Discover Dinosaur Blood in Fossils; Internet Reacts With ‘#DinoBlood’
Summer 2015 is the Summer of the Dinosaurs, apparently: just days before the newest Jurassic Park movie was released, scientists at Imperial College London made an astonishing discovery while examining a pile of “poorly preserved” 75 million-year-old dinosaur bones. #TigerBlood is so 2011. This summer, it’s all about #DinoBlood. The Washington Post and NBC News…
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Truck Full of 2,200 Piglets Hogs the Road After Crashing in Ohio
Hundreds of piglets ran free on an Ohio highway on Monday, June 8, after a semi truck accident let the animals escape. The truck, which contained 2,200 piglets, was en route from South Carolina to Indiana, where the pigs were headed to a feeder farm to be raised and eventually slaughtered. But the truck overturned…
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To Make Room For Its Newest Coffee Drink, Starbucks Says Ciao to Cappuccino
In just a few short weeks, American Starbucks customers will have to say “ciao” to the cappuccino one final time. After more than 30 years of listing the cappuccino on its menu, the coffee giant is phasing out this mainstay in favor of the latest, hippest trend in espresso-infused beverages: the flat white. The cappuccino…
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Street Performers on Strike in Boston
Street performers, magicians and jugglers have been a fixture on city streets since the Middle Ages, but that doesn’t mean the terms between these performers and their venues are always agreed upon. In Boston, street performers started striking June 1, instead of beginning a new season at Faneuil Hall Marketplace as they usually would, in…
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Takeda Pharmaceuticals to Move Its Vaccine Program to Cambridge
Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced on June 2nd that it will be moving its American headquarters for its Vaccine Business Unit to Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Boston Business Journal reports that the Osaka, Japan-based business will be relocating its vaccine department next to the likes of Harvard University. The move itself will take about two…
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Pennsylvanian Towns Want More Money From the State to Cover Snowplowing Expenses
Townships in the Pennsylvanian counties of Montgomery and Bucks are asking the state for more funds to compensate for the higher cost of plowing state roads during the winter. The Reporter News reports that on May 20th, local and state officials met at the Lower Salford Township Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss the idea…
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UK Man Found Dead in Garden Shed, Spurring On Speculation
UK police recently launched an investigation into the death of a 34-year-old man whose body was found in a garden shed — and the postmortem examination reveals he died as a result of multiple stab wounds. According to the UK Mirror, Zafran Nawaz, of Birmingham, was first reported missing around lunchtime on Thursday, May 21.…
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The U.S. Government Accidentally Mailed Live Anthrax Spores To Itself
When it comes to shipping restrictions, the rules can be pretty complex: shipping alcohol is often frowned upon, shipping a car with more than 100 lbs. of extra cargo is not allowed, and transporting live animals in the mail is generally illegal. Apparently, the U.S. government just ignored this last rule, however. The Pentagon admitted…