A Massachusetts city has been named among the 25 best places to retire in America in 2024. Forbes published a new list of destinations after comparing more than 800 locales in America based on metrics including housing costs, taxes, healthcare, air quality, crime, climate change, and natural hazard risk. While Forbes didn’t definitively rank the […]
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Miniature poodle named Sage wins Westminster Kennel Club dog show
A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, in what veteran handler Kaz Hosaka said would be his final time at the United States’ most prestigious canine event. Sage notched the 11th triumph for poodles of various sizes at Westminster; only wire fox terriers have won more. […]
This Central Jersey town was named as quintessential ‘white picket fence’ spot in U.S.
Want to live like you’re in a Norman Rockwell painting? You don’t have to go far in Central Jersey. According to a recent survey, Princeton was named among the top 100 best towns to live a quintessential “white picket fence” lifestyle. More: Hermès opens first Central Jersey location. Here’s where The results were uncovered when […]
Shape-shifting sea creatures are named after a vegetable. They’re washing up in Texas
Resembling a tiny pebble when its contracted, a sea creature washing up in Texas bears similarities to a vegetable as it balloons in size. Appropriately called onion sea anemones, the ocean creature is beginning to emerge along the shore of southern Texas at North Padre Island, according to Jace Tunnell of the Harte Research Institute […]
Metro Atlanta high school senior named Presidential Scholar
A graduating senior in Forsyth County has just been named a Presidential Scholar. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Vineeth Sendilraj, 17, had just aced a very tough Advanced Placement exam, and the good news kept on coming. “Wow! That’s crazy. I called my mom. Dude! No way. I just got the scholarship,” Sendilraj […]
Punxsutawney Phil’s babies have been named Shadow and Sunny
Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring now have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin. Phil’s human handlers chose Mother’s Day to announce that the two kits born this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a male. Each spring, […]
Metro-east city named among the ‘cheapest, safest’ places to live in US. Here’s why
A southwestern Illinois town was one of three Land of Lincoln localities recently named one of the “15 Cheapest, Safest Places To Live in the U.S.” by finance website Go Banking Rates. Edwardsville made the list for its grocery prices, crime rate and cost of living. The metro-east city had the highest crime rate of […]
Hampton woman ‘dedicated to helping the kids’ named Virginia’s Elementary Counselor of the Year
HAMPTON — The shelves in Sheila Barnhart-Ramirez’s classroom are packed with plastic birds, lions and warriors. Students enter her colorful room and grab a fidget toy to release anxiety or bury a bunch of lions in the sandbox. They’ll pick up a crayon and draw a picture of themselves standing alone. “Kids can’t necessarily put […]
Two Metro East sites named among ‘most endangered historic places’ in Illinois
METRO EAST, Ill. – Landmarks Illinois, a nonprofit focused on historic preservation, has named two Metro East sites among the “most endangered historic places” in the state. A new list of Illinois’ “most endangered historic places” was released earlier this week, calling attention to 10 culturally and architecturally significant sites across the state in need […]
Rope team rappels down into a rock quarry to rescue a mutt named Rippy
NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. After passersby and even a drone failed to locate the lost dog, rescue workers drawn to his barks rappelled down the pit’s walls and lifted him out three days after he went missing, […]
Wright’s Barbecue named top BBQ restaurant by Yelp
JOHNSON, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Yelp recently named Wright’s Barbecue as the best-reviewed barbecue spot in the entire country. The restaurants were ranked based on each of its Yelp ratings and the volume of reviews. Wright’s beat out barbecue joints in Kansas City, Texas and California for the honor. WATCH: Wright’s Barbecue launches Big Pig Fund […]
Blue Island’s historic Libby Building named ‘most endangered’ amid legal dispute
The Libby, McNeill and Libby Building in Blue Island has been named one of 2024’s Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois by Landmarks Illinois, a nonprofit group that advocates for the preservation of the state’s history. Nine other buildings made the list, announced May 7, including the Portage Theater in Chicago and the Johnson County […]