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DigitalGlobe; Business Insider/Jeremy Berke Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano exploded Thursday morning, sending an ash plume thousands of feet into the sky. The eruption occurred shortly after 4 a.m. local time, Hawaii’s Civil Defense Agency said. The eruption shot ash more than 30,000 feet up. Authorities evacuated people from around Kilauea’s crater area and warned those in the vicinity […]
Amazon The TruSkin Vitamin C Facial Serum ($ 19.99) is getting rave reviews on Amazon. Customers have shared some impressive before-and-after photos. People claim it has helped them clear up their acne, reduce redness, and even out their skin tone. However, a few customers say they have experienced breakouts and rashes. It’s always a good idea […]
Berenice Abbott/Google Over the past century, New York City’s streets have evolved dramatically. These changes are especially apparent in archive photos uncovered by the New York Public Library. The collection contains prints from 1935 to 1936 by Berenice Abbott, a photographer who documented NYC’s transformation over the previous century in her series “Changing New York.” Comparing her photos to […]
McDonald’s Facebook The first McDonald’s franchise was opened by Ray Kroc in 1955 and had only nine items on its menu. Kroc had acquired the franchise rights from two brothers, Dick and Maurice “Mac” McDonald, who had opened a small hamburger stand in San Bernardino, California, in 1940. Kroc later acquired exclusive rights to the McDonald’s […]
AP Photo/Ben Margot Since late Sunday, a series of wildfires has torched more than 115,000 acres in Northern California. The situation is being called one of the worst firestorms in state history. On Tuesday, a clearer picture of the devastation began to come together. The blaze began on Sunday evening and strengthened as strong, dry winds pulled many separate fires across large swaths […]
Parts of the idyllic suburb of Santa Rosa, California, were engulfed in flames on Monday as a series of wildfires ravaged pieces of Northern California’s wine country. More than a dozen fires whipped by powerful winds blew through Napa and Sonoma valleys, known for their vineyards and wineries. The blaze torched at least 1,500 homes, businesses, and […]
Mireya Acierto/Contributor/Getty Images When HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” first aired in 2013, the show became an instant hit. Four years later, “Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines have transformed dozens of rundown properties into beautiful homes and helped revitalize the small town of Waco, Texas. As the Gaines film the fifth season of their show, we […]
Thomson Reuters Toward the end of his time in office, President Barack Obama joked about his graying hair. “The first thing I want from young people is to stop calling me old,” Obama said in 2015. “When I came into office, I had no gray hair, and now I have a lot. I don’t dye […]
Google Earth/Climate Central In January, a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency hinted at the possibility of an “extreme” sea-level rise scenario that would put some American landmarks, towns, and cities underwater during this century. That scenario is considered unlikely, but possible. If the worst climate change predictions come true, parts of the US will be devastated […]
Seph Lawless With the rise of online shopping and changing consumer preferences, American malls have increasingly fallen out of fashion. Hundreds of malls have shut down in the past few decades, and about 15% of malls could disappear in the next 10 years, according to a recent report. More than 3,500 mall stores are also projected to close in […]
