In July 2022, several news sites published articles claiming that a NASA scientists had recently issued a warning to astronauts against masturbating in space because it allegedly could impregnate multiple women. The New York Post, for example, published an article headlined, “Astronauts should not masturbate in zero gravity, NASA scientist says.” The Daily Star ran with, “Astronauts warned not to masturbate in space as one session can ‘impregnate 3 females'”

Military veterans and their partners can now become teachers within Alachua County Public Schools for five years without bachelor's degree.

Gun-lover James Catalano allegedly sent more than 200 vile messages to Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

When experts recall the most notorious jewelry heist in modern history, they talk about the tunneling into Hatton Garden in London or the Antwerp, Belgium, break-in that took months of planning. Then there is the case of the heist earlier this month at the Flying J truck stop along Interstate 5 in the Grapevine. In the early hours of July 11, two armed guards left their Brink’s big rig, giving a gang of thieves a 27-minute window to make the huge snatch, its total value still a mystery. Estimates range from $10 million to $100 million. The team of burglars bypassed the truck’s locking mechanism and used the storage containers to haul away precious gems, gold and other valuables from a Brink’s tractor-trailer, say multiple law enforcement sources not authorized to discuss the crime.

The ancient trees of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, deep in the Santa Cruz mountains, are some of the tallest living things on the planet. A quarter of a million visitors from around the world usually visit this place every year — that was, until August 2020, when the massive CZU Lightning Complex wildfire ripped through the forest, scorching 97% of the park's 22,500 acres and forcing its closure to the public. In the nearly two years since, Big Basin has been the site of a mammoth cleanup and recovery operation. And now, a limited reopening of the park will finally take place this week — starting Friday, July 22, the public can once more walk under some of these towering old-growth redwoods. But safely reopening even a small section of the park is no mean feat, even after 23 months of intense recovery work and preparation. And those tasked with reopening Big Basin’s gates must navigate often-complex, intertwining needs, from Indigenous tribal partners working to regain meaningful access to ancestral lands, to park visitors eager to hike and bike under the big trees again. And against a backdrop of California’s new wildfire reality, the park’s reopening provides a look at how, after such destruction, a place like Big Basin could seize the chance for a truly different kind of rebirth.

Bonnie Bridgforth supported five children with an $8.50-an-hour job when she was told she no longer qualified for welfare in Maine. But the state — like so many others — was sitting on a huge stockpile of funds. When Congress passed welfare reform in 1996, states were given more autonomy over how they could use federal funding for aid to the poor. They could demand welfare recipients find work before receiving cash assistance. They could also use their federal “block grants” to fund employment and parenting courses or to subsidize childcare. Twenty-five years later, however, states are using this freedom to do nothing at all with large sums of the money. According to recently released federal data, states are sitting on $5.2 billion in unspent funds from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, or TANF. Nearly $700 million was added to the total during the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years, with Hawaii, Tennessee and Maine hoarding the most cash per person living at or below the federal poverty line. States have held on to more of this welfare money amid rising poverty. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 16.1% of children under age 18 lived in poverty in 2020, up from 14.4% the year before. The poverty rate also ticked up for people aged 18 to 64, from 9.4% to 10.4%. As unused TANF dollars have accumulated, applications to the cash assistance program have waned, though it’s not for a lack of need, say experts and people who have applied to the program.

C. Wesley Morgan once believed that the place he built, which included a 2,000-square-foot bunker, was the safest house in Kentucky.

"He's just up there doing his thing."

A car chase on Southeast 162nd Avenue in Gresham two summers ago has led to a recent misdemeanor charge—no thanks to the cops. Prosecutors filed charges in May against Rex Cuniff Jr. for throwing a cup of tobacco juice into another car during a confrontation at a stop light. It was after Cuniff had already been found liable by a jury, and nearly two years after Gresham police officers refused to arrest him at the scene. On Aug. 9, 2020, Cuniff pulled up alongside a black Honda CRV stopped at the intersection of Southeast 162nd Avenue and Stark Street. The Honda, driven by Shaylan Lanter, stood out. Lanter had written “FUCK TRUMP He can eat balls!” in white marker on the back. Anti-police slogans were printed on the windows.

Former sports star Bo Jackson covered all funeral expenses for the families of the victims of the Uvalde school massacre "so they would have one less thing to worry about as they grieved," according to a statement from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory.

Publix heiresses and donating to ultra-conservative organizations go together like a Pub Sub and a black & white cookie. Once again, Julie Fancelli is donating big bucks to support radical wings of the Republican party. The heiress of the Lakeland chain donated $50,000 to Moms for Liberty in June, the first major contribution to this political action committee. Moms for Liberty is a Florida-based parental advocacy group, that pushes to make public schooling worse for LGBTQ children. Playing into recent GOP talking points, they push against accurate accounts of history and discussions of queer issues. Their ideology of ‘not co-parenting with government’ gained momentum during the height of the pandemic, as they disagreed with mask mandates in schools.

In Miami, which has seen an influx of tech and crypto companies, Chynces said business is heating up, not slowing down. But that’s because people are trying to sell their homes before things get worse, she said. Chynces, who claims to work primarily with “crypto whales,” said she’s received $100 million worth of listings in the last two months as wealthy clients try to offload properties before price drops hit the area. --- Fear a recession not the climate flooding that is going to overwhelm Miami

Don Jr. shared stories of Ivana spanking him until his "bum was red," while another eulogizer described her final years as a “sinking swamp" of "parasites."

Police initially said the man had a "weapon" before retracting that statement, saying a metal latch actuator was recovered from the scene.

Where Eric Adams and Ron DeSantis can agree.

Five journalists on covering the internet in search of meaning, not viral trends

During the eighth January 6 hearing, the committee dragged the senator by airing slow-motion footage of him fleeing from the mob he’d just riled up.

If a perpetrator reaches out, it shows they want to do better. But what happens after they hang up?

Stewart Adams' headache subsided—and his over-the-counter pain reliever became one of the world's most popular medications ... “He was scrupulous about playing by the rules and would never expect a free supply from Boots,” David remembers. “He never mentioned that he was the inventor and listened patiently when the person selling it would ask if he had taken it before. Dad was a remarkable man.”