Bride rips dress, takes a fall and fractures foot at wedding, is forced to cancel honeymoon cruise
A wedding day is often considered one of the most memorable and wonderful days of a person’s life. For this bride, though, the day was filled with one issue after another — culminating in a canceled honeymoon. Daisy Allen, a 24-year-old bride from Somerset, England,…
How the rise and fall of the ornamental Callery pear tree shaped American suburbia
World War II had just ended, incomes were skyrocketing, the Baby Boom was underway — and Americans were reveling in first-time homeownership and the mass marketing of automobiles. The post-war expansion of American suburbia had been set in motion. The beginning of the post-war period…
I spent a week wearing shoes that deliberately fall apart. It was a revelation
No, those aren’t my feet. Zebra Oasis Taste is a difficult thing. Some people have it. Many people think that they have it and that other people don’t. And some people just don’t care. They want the world to be saved and believe all forms…
Man with small baby can’t get support for his anti-dog vacation stance: ‘Trip may fall apart’
Plenty of people are right now planning spring and summer vacations — but a man with a baby is garnering a bunch of “thumbs down” on social media given his announcement that he does not want to join a long-planned family vacation if his brother…
Rep. Steube announces ‘Good Samaritan’ who called 911 after his fall will be his ‘official guest’ for SOTU
Florida Republican Rep. Greg Steube announced that the Good Samaritan delivery driver who called for help after the congressman fell off a ladder will be his “official guest” for this year’s State of the Union address. Steube was hospitalized earlier this month after sustaining multiple…
Asia’s chipmakers fall as Samsung sees worst quarterly profit in 8 years
Attendees wait in line beneath a large LED display of smart connected home products to enter the Samsung Electronics booth, during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Shares of semiconductors…
Demand for oil, gas to fall and for renewables, electricity grows
An oil pump jack in a field with wind turbines in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Eddie Seal | Bloomberg | Getty Images Energy giant BP predicts oil and gas will become a dramatically smaller part of the global energy mix by…
Adani shares fall further as it weighs legal action against Hindenburg
Chairman and founder of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani, at the News18 Rising India Summit on Feb. 25, 2019, in New Delhi, India. Since becoming a billionaire in 2008, Adani is now one of the richest people in the world, with a $113 billion fortune,…
Apple retains top smartphone spot as global shipments fall to 2013 low
Apple maintained its position as the world’s largest smartphone maker by shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to IDC. However, iPhone shipments declined 14.9% year-on-year. Stanislav Kogiku | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Global smartphone shipments plunged in the fourth quarter…
Adani shares fall as short seller Hindenburg announces short position
A man wearing a helmet passes by an advertisment board of Adani Reality in Mumbai, India, 23 November, 2022. (Photo by Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Short seller firm Hindenburg announced its short position in Adani Group companies ahead…
