Who cares about the state of the government, this beautiful little bird loves sausage way too much and is now too fat to fly. Don't worry, bird, we still love you.
The bird ways 540g, 40% heavier than the average kookaburra. Extra thick.
A raccoon stranded on a third floor window of a downtown michigan building prompted a huge rescue, shutting down nearby traffic for hours. The raccoon sustained an injury but was rescued, given medical attention and released into a safe area.
Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
Is there much to say about this? This is just plain weird. A man yelling obscenities, calling himself a saint and threatening to send his turtle army to destroy everyone has been arrested. Officers responded to at least seven calls about disturbances at Starbucks Coffee, Surfanista Café and Sassy Granny’s Smoothies along N. Miramar Avenue, which turned out to be the "turtle god" himself.
A dog serving as a school's resource manager got her picture put into the yearbook. Mya has achieved the maximum good girl honor.
When a group of firefighters saw an elderly woman in a wheelchair struggling to get to her front door, they spent their weekend building her a new walkway.
According to a Facebook post from the Webster Groves Firefighters Community Outreach page in Missouri, several of their responders had been returning from a call last week when they noticed an older woman trying to maneuver her wheelchair across her front lawn.
“Multiple stairs and uneven terrain unfortunately led to the resident falling over in her wheelchair while trying to enter the house,” wrote the fire department. “Luckily the patient was uninjured, but we saw an opportunity to help.”
The members of the band Metallica, one of the biggest rock bands of all time, have come together and donated a quarter of a million dollars to a hospital that will help children with cancer.
In Illinois, a massive turtle crossed an interstate without getting hurt with the help of local first responders. That's what we're all about.
He has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. This year he was really hoping to go to Disney World, but he's too sick. They gave him Blue. He is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. He's Alex's puppy now. “I'm going to train him,” said Alex. It's hard to see, when he’s with Blue, but Alex is going through a tough fight and Blue is going to help him through it.
Another country is ramping up its battle with plastic pollution. On June 10th, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Government of Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics. Another country is ramping up its battle with plastic pollution. On June 10th, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Government of Canada is planning to ban single-use plastics.