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Record-breaking 102-year-old skydiver shares secrets to longevity

Manette Baillie just celebrated her birthday by jumping out of a plane while raising over $13,000 for her favorite charities.

What is the smartest state? And no, it isn't NY

New Yorkers have an average IQ of 100, better than the 98 average IQ in the country, according to analytics company Data Pandas.

Asteroid debris from NASA crash could bring a 'beautiful, luminous' light show over Earth

A 2022 NASA mission saw one of the agency's spacecraft deliberately collide with a small moonlet named Dimorphos — and debris is now floating through the skies.

Bride forced to scrounge for a gown when dress store closed 2 weeks before wedding: 'Like I was in the Twilight Zone'

She got her wedding bells rung with this shocking mishap.

How inspirational man turned terminal brain cancer and a year left to live into 15 finished marathons

"'Hey wait a minute, he's not supposed to be doing that! He's supposed to be in a bed, looking sad.'"

NYC seniors are skydiving, hiking the Alps and traveling the world — all while warding off dementia — with VR

Several nursing facilities in New York and New Jersey are embracing VR technology like Mynd Immersive as an initiative to improve senior citizens' cognition and quality of life. Without even...

Student uncovers 'rare' Viking treasures with metal detector

Den-mark's the spot. A young archeology student in the Scandinavian nation discovered seven "spectacular" silver artifacts significant to the Viking rule of centuries past, The Associated Press reported. The Danish...

Travel blogger 'totally stranded' after learning Egyptian hotel he booked actually didn't exist

He said: “I later found out on Google reviews that there were lots of people saying it was a scam and not to book it.”

My dad murdered my mom then killed himself -- now I'm turning it into a TikTok story about hope

Kait Granger remembers telling her mom she loved her for the last time. It was December 8, 2019, when Granger ran back into the apartment the two shared in Chesterfield,...

The terrifying reason why you should never run your dishwasher at night: 'We are devastated'

Simone Anderson says she'll never run her dishwasher in the evening ever again.

Scrabble adds Gen Z slang 'yeet,' 'grammable' and more to game

This ain't your grandma's board game, "amirite"?

WWII vet turning 100 gets a birthday surprise from a grateful millennial

Kind strangers from across New York and around the world are sending cards to Dominick Daniel Santagata, thanks to the efforts of one young woman.

Beloved school crossing guard banned from high-fiving students after parent complaint

An Australian school community has been left outraged after a cherished crossing guard was banned from high-fiving student following a parent complaint about the innocent gesture.

Beating cancer motivated me to build my own business — now I'm a cookie dough mogul

For some, a warm chocolate chip cookie could turn around a bad day, but for Loren Castle, it was a saving grace when she needed it most.

Meet Molly Chapman, the breakdancer who Raygun beat to secure Olympic run

She's going to "break" the internet.

Here's how tech-savvy kids are now making thousands off the classic lemonade stand

The tech-savvy generation isn't letting empty pockets slow down business at their summer lemonade stands. Kids today know that any neighborhood customer with a phone also has a wallet and...