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8-year-old boy leaves lovely surprise for his mailman in stifling heat
With the heat in parts of Virginia surpassing 100 degrees and humidity levels through the roof, delivering mail must be thirsty business. Thankfully for a mailman in the city of Newport News, there’s an 8-year-old who understands his pain. SEE … Continue reading
Huge swaths of Russia’s forests are ablaze during what may be a record fire season
It is fire season in Siberia, which means vast tracts of boreal forests are ablaze. As occurred in 2015, smoke is turning skies a bright orange across eastern Russia, China and other downwind areas. The past few years have seen … Continue reading
Paul Ryan supports wrong football team at GOP Convention
Paul Ryan’s not-so-great week continues in Cleveland where, in an attempt to motivate members of the Pennsylvania delegation, he wound up alienating more people than he excited. SEE ALSO: People are calling out Paul Ryan for this selfie with Capitol … Continue reading
Earth-sized sunspots are moving across the face of the sun right now
After some relatively quite weeks, the sun has awakened again with a large group of sunspots moving across the Earth-facing side of our closest star. The dark sunspots are active regions of the sun that can shoot out solar flares, … Continue reading
Yahoo doesn’t shock anybody with disappointing earnings report
A positive thing to say for Yahoo: it has become consistent. The downside is that it has been consistently disappointing. Yahoo missed its profit projections in the second quarter of 2016, surprising just about nobody. The company’s stock barely budged … Continue reading
Disturbing video shows footballer’s leg breaking during match
LONDON — A former Premier League football player has suffered a broken leg during a Chinese Super League match on Sunday. Demba Ba, who plays for Shanghai Shenhua, was injured during a challenge with Sun Xian of Shanghai SIPG. SEE … Continue reading
This start-up creates customized voices for people unable to speak
American company VocaliD is creating customized voices for people who can’t speak. The new technology produces realistic voices by synthesizing and mixing recordings made before a person loses their vocal ability. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Technology, Real Time, … Continue reading
Man quits job in order to catch all the Pokémon
One restaurant on the Hibiscus Coast near Auckland, New Zealand, is going to have to find a new bartender. This is because their previous barista and bartender, a fellow named Tom Currie, has quit his job in order to catch … Continue reading
Here’s what happens when you play the ‘Star Wars’ theme outside of John Williams’ house
On a sidewalk far, far away, two guys made the spontaneous decision to play the Star Wars theme in front of the house of John Williams, the legendary composer behind the iconic music of Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and, of … Continue reading
Baton Rouge police officer posted heartbreaking Facebook message before he was killed
A police officer who was killed in a shooting in Baton Rouge had posted a heartbreaking Facebook message saying he was tired both “physically and emotionally.” Montrell Jackson, 32, was shot dead on Sunday along with two other officers by … Continue reading
