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Will You Marry Me? No, Will You Marry Me?

Couple proposes to each other at the same time, inadvertently

(Newser) - A Baltimore couple's engagement story has gone viral thanks to a twist straight out of a Hollywood rom-com. Rachel Hundertmark and Rashad Polk inadvertently proposed to each other at the same time, reports the New York Post . The couple had been dating for more than two years, and each...

ESPN Host: Missouri Fan 'Saved My Life'

Peter Burns recounts how he began choking at a restaurant

(Newser) - An ESPN host is crediting a Missouri football fan with saving his life through the Heimlich maneuver. In a social media thread , Peter Burns writes that he was eating at a restaurant in Columbia, Missouri, with colleagues on Friday, ahead of the following day's college game between Missouri and...

After Five Years, an Internet Mystery Is Solved
After Five Years, an
Internet Mystery Is Solved
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Sep 15, 2024 3:30 PM CDT

After Five Years, an Internet Mystery Is Solved

Reddit sleuths finally ID 'Celebrity Number Six,' who turns out to be an ex-model in Spain

(Newser) - It was such a seemingly simple challenge: Identify the stylized faces of several celebrities that appeared on a piece of fabric. All but one were were identified quickly. The last one, however, vexed internet sleuths for five years and spawned an entire Reddit community devoted to the mystery of "...

Cat Was Missing for 2 Months. Then, 'a Little Paw Shot Out'

Tabby named Drifter expected to make full recovery after getting trapped in sewer in Duluth, Minnesota

(Newser) - A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking outside and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks. The 3-year-old tabby—an indoor feline who had aspirations of being an outdoor cat—went missing from the home of Clifton Nesseth and Ashley Comstock in the northeastern...

Kate, Princess of Wales: I've Completed My Chemo

She releases a new video with a hopeful health update

(Newser) - Kate, the princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months, per the AP . "Doing what I can to stay cancer free is now my focus," said the 42-year-old wife of Prince William in a video released Monday....

A Missing 'S' Makes This Dime Worth About $500K

Mistake by San Francisco mint is up for auction

(Newser) - Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value. But they had no idea just how much until just a few years ago. The extraordinarily rare coin, struck by the US Mint in San Francisco in...

College to Students on First Day: Tuition Is Free
College Gives Seniors
Huge Surprise on First Day
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Sep 7, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

College Gives Seniors Huge Surprise on First Day

Cooper Union says tuition will be free this year

(Newser) - Seniors at a private college in New York City had a financial weight lifted off their shoulders in a surprise announcement on the first day of the new semester. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art announced that their tuition for the year will be free and...

Meet the Paralympics' First Transgender Athlete

Italian runner Valentina Petrillo, 50, will compete in Paris, as will many other highlighted athletes

(Newser) - More than 4,000 athletes from around the world will compete in 22 sports during the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics in Paris. Read on for some of the highlighted athletes, per the AP .
  • Valentina Petrillo: The Italian Paralympian will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Games. In
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A Year After Shark Took Her Leg, She's in Paralympics

Swimmer Ali Truwit was snorkeling days after graduating Yale when shark attacked her

(Newser) - The first step for swimmer Ali Truwit was overcoming her fear of the one place she'd always felt safe—the water. Having just graduated Yale, she and a friend were snorkeling off Turks and Caicos on May 24, 2023, when a shark charged and bit Truwit's lower left...

Owner Reunited With Cat After 11 Years

Sam Sam the Kittycat Man was microchipped

(Newser) - After Sam Sam the Kittycat Man disappeared 11 years ago, Jennifer Ravenel couldn't hold another cat in her lap. Her heart never could overcome the loss of that feral kitten she had rescued from the crook of a tree on her South Carolina farm. But Sam is now back...

After 40 Years, Former Circus Elephant Goes Back to the Wild

'Our dream is that at his own pace, Charlie will learn to be the elephant he was always meant to be'

(Newser) - After 40 years in captivity, a former circus elephant in South Africa is learning a new trick: living in the wild. Male elephants in the wild don't leave their mothers until they are teenagers, but Charlie was captured in Zimbabwe when he was just two years old. He was...

Sheriff Slams Retreat After Missing Hiker Is Found Safe

Gina Chase, 53, was lost for 4 days in southwest Colorado

(Newser) - It's another missing-hiker story with a happy ending . A 53-year-old woman lost in southwest Colorado was found safe after being missing for four days, reports USA Today . Gina Chase, 53, of Victoria, Canada, went out on a solo hike Wednesday in San Miguel County, where she was attending a...

After Canceled Shows, Swifties in Vienna Throw Their Own

Foiled plot to attack Swift concerts doesn't stop fans from singing, dancing in Austrian capital's streets

(Newser) - While authorities in Austria continue to piece together an apparently foiled plan to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the singer's fans are showing that not even a terror plot can hold them back. The AP reports that, after three Swift shows were canceled as a result of...

After 7 Weeks in the Wilderness, Lost Dog Makes It Back Home

Jade the boxer's skittishness may have helped her in the grizzly bear country of Wyoming

(Newser) - Planning to take his dog to the vet, Tim Paul never made it. The boxer Jade, rescued by Paul and wife Laura Wilderman in 2022, ran from Paul's car as he stopped roughly a half-hour drive from his home in Wyoming, as the Washington Post reports. Spooked by machinery,...

Family Gets Really Creative in Saving Orphaned Baby Bird

Meet Taquito, a Mississippi kite swaddled in warm tortilla until it could be brought to Texas rehab center

(Newser) - A group of Texans enjoying a summer barbecue stumbled upon a surprise guest, and came up with a surprising way to save it. Per a Facebook post , the Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center based in Amarillo said it got a call from the Adlong family earlier this month, reporting a...

It May Be the Biggest-Ever Grizzly Litter at Yellowstone
It May Be the Biggest-Ever
Grizzly Litter at Yellowstone
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Jul 14, 2024 12:20 PM CDT

It May Be the Biggest-Ever Grizzly Litter at Yellowstone

Mama bear spotted with 5 cubs, though it's possible not all are hers

(Newser) - Don't be surprised to hear about a spike in grizzly bear sightings at Yellowstone National Park in the coming years—the park is currently in the midst of a veritable baby boom in cubs, reports Cowboy State Daily . Veteran watchers and photographers have counted no fewer than 18 this...

She Thought He'd Ghosted Her. Not Quite

California couple going strong after brain injury robs man of his memories

(Newser) - Under a Hawaiian sky, Cody Bryant and Haley Woloshen met at a bar, discovered they lived a mile away from each other in California, and ended up spending the evening together, "swimming in the ocean and watching a meteor shower," per People . Over subsequent weeks back home, their...

Guess Who's Getting His Own Forever Stamp

Yes, we know we posed the news about Jeopardy! 's Alex Trebek in the form of a question

(Newser) - In true Jeopardy! fashion, the US Postal Service announced its latest addition in the form of an answer: "This naturalized US citizen is now honored with a Forever stamp." The answer, of course, is late host Alex Trebek, revealed on Friday's show by current host Ken Jennings....

Fishermen Rescue 38 Dogs From Middle of Lake

Insurance agents out for a day on Mississippi's Grenada Lake made the surprising find

(Newser) - Two friends from Arkansas and Tennessee recently decided to meet up in neighboring Mississippi for a day of fishing, but what they ended up pulling into their boat had more fur than gills and fins. WMC and Fox News report that Brad Carlisle and Bob Gist, both State Farm insurance...

US Swimmer Thought Week Couldn't Get Better. Until It Did

Lily King qualifies for 3rd Olympics, then gets engaged

(Newser) - Lily King clinched a spot on Team USA for a third time, but that might not have been the high point of the Olympic veteran swimmer's week. After securing her spot in not one but two Olympic races at the US Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis, King watched Thursday...

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