Aug. 28 is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day. Here’s how to help children prepare for loss of a pet and how to remember them after they’re gone.
Author: Saleen Martin, USA TODAY
From the NICU to HBCUs: Maryland triplets continue journey with move to historic Atlanta colleges
Triplets Morgan, Sanai and Tony Hicks Jr. were accepted to over 40 colleges. They start school this week at Spelman and Morehouse colleges.
World chess organization FIDE issues ban on transgender women competing in women’s events
A world chess organization said: “The player has no right to participate in official FIDE events for women until further FIDE’s decision is made.”
Remains of Myshonique Maddox, Georgia woman missing since July, found in Alabama woods
Myshonique Shontrell Maddox, 28, was reported missing out of Columbus, Georgia on July 22. Her remains were found in a wooded area in Alabama.
‘Feisty queen:’ Atlanta zoo mourns Biji the orangutan, who lived to an ‘exceptional’ age
The Atlanta zoo is mourning the loss of a Sumatran orangutan named Biji whose medical condition helped her species throughout the U.S.
Indiana mom dies at 35 from drinking too much water: What to know about water toxicity
Ashley Miller Summers’ family is in mourning after she drank too much water and died. Experts say water poisoning is real and preventable.
Dream homes, vacations and bills: Where have past lottery winners spent their money?
Not everyone who wins the lottery gets extravagant purchases: A recent winner planned to use a portion of the winnings to pay off her church mortgage
Great Wolf Lodge rooms will be available for $84 soon. Here’s how to book one.
Great Wolf Lodge’s $84 sale is only on Aug. 4 because the park is always climate controlled to 84 degrees. Here’s how to get the discount Friday.
The Indian Ocean has a spot with lower gravitational pull. Researchers think they know why.
Once sinking slabs from a prehistoric ocean moved years ago and reached the Earth’s mantle, plumes formed, creating the low spot, researchers say.
Smugglers tried to get 18 pounds of cocaine into the US by hiding it in cheese wheels
The cocaine-filled cheese was discovered at the Presidio Texas Port of Entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.