A 16-year-old bought what he thought was Xanax, went to bed, and never woke up.
It wasn't fentanyl. It was something new... and there is no test strip for it.
If you've got a teenager in the house, stop and give me six minutes.
It was revealed that Dolly Parton was secretly battling cancer but she didn't say anything and instead released this song as one of her last to raise funds for children with cancer. Even while she was sick she was still thinking about others. I’m absolutely devastated.
Does anyone remember this amazing story? On July 2, 1982, a truck driver from California flew 16,000 feet into the sky in a lawn chair. Larry Walters, 33, from San Pedro, had dreamed of flying his whole life. He bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them to a regular Sears lawn chair, strapped on a parachute, packed a BB gun to pop balloons to descend, a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of beer.
He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard. He cut the rope and shot up like a rocket — to 16,000 feet. He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX. Two airline pilots radioed the tower: they had just passed a man in a lawn chair holding a gun at 16,000 feet. For 45 minutes, he floated over Los Angeles, freezing cold, too scared to shoot balloons because he might fall. Finally, he started popping balloons one by one and slowly descended.
He landed tangled in power lines in Long Beach, California, causing a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he did it. He said, "A man can't just sit around." The FAA fined him $4,000. He became a national folk hero — Lawnchair Larry — and inspired the movie Up.
Pluto place in the Solar System changed 20 years ago
On August 24, 2006, Pluto was officially reclassified as a dwarf planet, ending its 76 year run as the ninth planet in our Solar System
An 8-month-old polar bear cub in Japan has gone viral for his unusual obsession with traffic cones.
He plays with them, stacks them, wears them on his head and even carries them back to his den, turning the unlikely objects into his favorite toys. 🐻❄️❤️
🚨#BREAKING: Much of the Northern United States has a chance to See Northern Lights as Level G4 Severe geomagnetic hits in nearly two decades
📌#UnitedStates | #USA
A series of powerful severe geomagnetic storms are expected to hit Earth tonight into Saturday, affecting much of Canada and possibly extending as far south as Alabama and Northern California in the United States. This follows multiple strong geomagnetic storms produced by our sun since Monday, triggered by a series of solar flares resulting in six separate events heading towards Earth with five more due to hit the Earth over the weekend. The NOAA Space Weather Center has issued its first G4 (Severe) geomagnetic watch in nearly two decades, the last being in 2005. They forecast a Kp index reaching a mid-level 8, corresponding to a G4 on the G5 rating scale, indicating the potential for a strong to severe geomagnetic storm, the second most intense category, just below an extreme storm. The storm is anticipated to persist throughout the night and into Saturday night, possibly causing widespread power grid issues, disruption to satellite and radio navigation, and other related problems.
I like weird people. The black sheep. The odd ducks. The eccentrics. The artists. The loners. The people who actually think for themselves. The kind of people whose morals are not swayed by groupthink. More often than not, these people have the most beautiful souls🩶
to whom this may concern;
it’s harder and taking longer than you’d like, but embrace the uniqueness of your journey instead of comparing it to anyone else’s progress, you never know how many losses and failures they had to go through before you saw their wins and successes.
Gene therapy, approved by the FDA in Dec., offers hope to sickle cell patients. Learn about this promising treatment option and the inspiring journey of two Mississippi teenagers in the full story: https://t.co/03YMRuaSnF