Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- About 250 million honeybees took to the skies when a commercial truck carrying them overturned in Washington state near the Canadian border. The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office says the truck hauling an estimated 70,000 pounds of honeybee hives rolled around 4 a.m. Friday near Lynden. The driver wasn't hurt. The hives later came off the truck, and the sheriff's office says more than two dozen local beekeepers swarmed at the scene to help reset the box hives. Authorities say goal is to save as many of the bees as possible by allowing them to return to their hives and find their queen bee.
Brazil's lifelike doll craze goes from shopping malls to state legislatures
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing the lifelike dolls into legislatures. Influencers have staged situations such as birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with the handcrafted baby figures known as "reborn" dolls. In Rio de Janeiro, the city council has passed a bill honoring those who make the lifelike dolls. Meanwhile, legislators elsewhere across the country have debated fines for those seeking medical help for such dolls, following a video allegedly showing a woman taking one to a hospital.
French Open tennis players say nasal strips aren't just for snoring
PARIS (AP) -- Carlos Alcaraz has been wearing nasal strips in some matches since last season. That's sparked an interest in the better-breathing adhesives among other tennis players -- even if the four-time Grand Slam champion has skipped using them so far at the French Open heading into his third-round match on Friday night. The bandages open the nostrils to ease nasal breathing. Nicolás Jarry wears them daily both for practice and competition. Mirra Andreeva and Jessica Pegula are among the players who have noticed Alcaraz using them and are curious whether the strips could help. Science isn't so sure of the benefits.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, preserver of Virginia history and grandson of 10th US president, dies at 96
CHARLES CITY, Va. (AP) -- Harrison Ruffin Tyler died on Sunday. He is the last living grandson of U.S. President John Tyler known for preserving his grandfather's plantation and nearby Union Civil War fort. The cause of Tyler's death on Sunday was not immediately available. Tyler's grandfather was a Democrat nicknamed the "Accidental President" after unexpectedly assuming the presidency when President William Henry Harrison died in office. The time between the president's birth and his grandson's death spans 235 years.
Tripping hikers mistakenly report a companion's death in the Adirondacks, officials say
NORTH ELBA, N.Y. (AP) -- Officials say two hikers in New York's Adirondack Mountains called 911 to report a third member of their party had died, but it turned out they had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and were mistaken. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said in a news release Wednesday that a forest ranger responded to a call Saturday about a hiker who had reportedly died on Cascade Mountain, a popular summit in the Adirondack High Peaks. It says the two hikers who called 911 also told a steward on the mountain's summit that they were lost, and that the steward determined they "were in an altered mental state." The supposedly dead person called and wasn't injured. The three eventually reconvened at their campsite.
Brazilian nuns go viral after beatboxing on Catholic TV
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after dropping an impromptu beatbox and dance session during a Catholic television program. Sisters Marizele Cassiano and Marisa de Paula, members of the "Copiosa Redenção" congregation, were talking about a vocational retreat on Brazil's Pai Eterno -- Eternal Father -- TV channel when they brought up a song about being called to the religious life. The two stood up and launched into a routine, complete with singing, beatbox and dance moves. Then the presenter, Deacon Giovani Bastos, joined in, matching Sister de Paula's moves in a performance that's now been seen by millions on social media in Brazil and abroad.
'How did you get here?' A large elephant seal is found lumbering along a South African street
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in South Africa on Tuesday. It surprised residents and inspired a rescue effort to get the two-ton creature back to sea. The seal was making his way through a suburb near Cape Town. Police and a local security company attempted to contain the seal by parking patrol cars around him, but he slipped through that. A team of marine wildlife specialists and a veterinarian sedated the seal and guided him into a trailer to be returned to his natural habitat at a nearby bay.
Delta flight delayed because 2 pigeons sneaked aboard a plane in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Two pigeons sneaked aboard a Delta Air Lines plane, delaying the flight twice. The airline confirmed that the pigeons got aboard a flight Saturday that was leaving Minneapolis for Madison, Wisconsin. Passenger Tom Caw told news outlets that the plane had to return to the gate twice because of birds flying around the cabin. He said the first bird was captured by a ground crew. The second time, a passenger stepped in. Delta says the flight was delayed a total of 56 minutes. Another Delta flight over the Memorial Day weekend was delayed when a dog in the cabin got sick.
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers. The first Manhattanhenge of the year takes place at sunset on Wednesday, with a slight variation happening again Thursday. It will occur again on July 11 and 12. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson coined the term in a 1997 article. Tyson has said that he was inspired by a visit to Stonehenge as a teenager. Manhattanhenge happens about three weeks before and after the summer solstice.
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