In a world where, many times, it seems as if selfishness, narcissism and living in our own little bubbles have become the norm, educators who cut short the attack on California’s Hillsdale High School have offered a lesson for us all.
Russian law enforcement officials use Moscow’s “extremism” list in searchers and criminal cases. And perhaps now to find the Heffalump.
Vietnam is an indelible part of our past. Anything that can capture young people’s attention and help them learn about it in today’s visually oriented world will only make our nation stronger.
Punctured by deflated attendance, Goodyear Tire’s 61-year-old corporate museum in Akron, Ohio, will close Aug. 28. Company officials decided the place is too expensive to spare — hope they don’t end up kicking themselves.
A South American underwater photographer got to swim up close with a 50-foot humpback whale near Hawaii and has some amazing pictures to prove it.
Things are a little batty right now at University of Florida. Nearly 200,000 bats are on the loose after the campus bat house collapsed.
It’s enough to make you question the pyramid builders’ construction skills. Putting heavy stone structures over huge holes in the ground can’t be the most eternal of designs. Tut-tut.
A history buff, science fiction fan and occasional guitar player, John Moore has worked as a reporter or copy editor at the Rocky Mountain News; the Omaha World-Herald; and the Wichita Falls, Texas, Times Record News. He is one of the site’s editors and covers general news and stories of the bizarre.