A pandemic is a global outbreak of a serious new illness that requires “sustained transmission throughout the world.”
Author: Joel Shannon, USA TODAY
‘This is a dark day’: A pair of rare white giraffes are dead in Kenya, likely killed by poachers
The rare animals had a condition called leucism. The mother and a calf gained international attention in 2017 when the pair was captured on video.
Former Marine planks for over 8 hours, setting Guinness record
Guinness World Records certified 62-year-old George Hood’s Feb. 15 planking record in Illinois. The official time: 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds.
Undying love: Years after losing cancer battle, he still gets wife Valentine’s Day flowers
Rich Cox made sure he bought his wife flowers for Valentine’s Day 2020, even though he died in 2012.
70,000 ceiling fans sold at Lowe’s recalled because the blades can fly off
More than 200 consumers have reported issues with the Harbor Breeze 48-inch Santa Ana ceiling fan, manufactured by Fanim Industries.
You’re likely washing your hands wrong and don’t even know it, experts say
Studies show few people wash their hands correctly and it’s allowing diseases like the new coronavirus Covid-19 to spread.
The new coronavirus could become a pandemic: What is that? Should I be worried?
A new coronavirus from Wuhan, China, could become a global pandemic, an unsettling and often misunderstood term.
Sunday’s date is a rare palindrome that hasn’t happened in over 900 years
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, reads the same backward and forward. It also happens to be the day of the Super Bowl and Groundhog Day.
France bans mass killing of male chicks, but US egg farmers say there’s no other ‘workable’ solution
U.S. egg producers hoped to end a widespread practice slaughtering day-old male chicks by 2020, but the industry says no workable solution yet exists.
Teens killed after doorbell prank were goofy, close group, family and church leaders say
Family and friends of a group of teenage boys who died while playing ‘ding, dong, ditch’ remember them as a close-knit group of committed Christians.