A mystery stranger woke a Las Vegas family during a predawn house fire, helped them escape and disappeared before they learned his name

Mystery hero saves Las Vegas family from house fire, vanishes before being identifiedPhoto: Fox News A Las Vegas family is searching for the unidentified stranger they say saved their lives during a predawn house fire on July 5. According to the family, the man pounded on their front door, shouted “Fire!” and then disappeared before…

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Keeping Strawberries Fresh: Scientists have found a way to keep strawberries fresher than a fridge

Pic credit: Clare Kiernan Everyone loves strawberries. Almost every city has its own version of eating this sweet, bright red fruit. In London, for instance, people often like to eat strawberries dipped in chocolate. In other places, they’re folded into fresh cream, blended into smoothies, or simply eaten as they are on a warm afternoon.But…

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A 69-year-old Wisconsin pilot landed his helicopter in a Cabela’s parking lot for a shopping trip; deputies checked the flight and issued no citation

Photo credit: Washington County Sheriff’s OfficeThe picture is enhanced by AI A 69-year-old Wisconsin man turned a simple shopping trip into an unexpected aviation story when he flew a helicopter straight to a Cabela’s parking lot in Richfield. Deputies responded to the scene, checked the landing, and found that the pilot had done nothing wrong.The…

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An 11-year-old autistic boy wanted to trick-or-treat in summer; 83 neighbors opened their doors and turned his birthday into Halloween

Soren with all his gifts and snacks from his neighbors (Image: Leah Farrow) When Leah Farrow asked her local Facebook group if anyone would let her autistic son knock on their door for his birthday, she hoped a few kind neighbours would say yes. Instead, 83 households spent a summer afternoon opening their doors to…

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UK’s most wanted fugitive arrested in Spain over multiple sexual assault probe | World News

UK’s most wanted fugitive arrested in Spain. A Scottish man listed among the UK’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain over allegations of multiple sexual assaults spanning a decade, BBC reported.John Rocks, 37, was detained in Madrid on Saturday by Spain’s National Police. He is wanted by Scotland police in connection with alleged…

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How a faulty dam gate revealed a 2,400-year-old Turkish settlement that had remained underwater for decades | World News

Representative Image of an underwater archaeological site beneath Dicle Dam Lake (AI-generated image) Beneath the still waters of Dicle Dam Lake in southeastern Turkey, an entire neighbourhood of stone houses, a mosque, a religious school and rock-cut tombs has sat largely undisturbed since the reservoir was filled nearly three decades ago. In recent months, a…

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Scientists discover a new eyeless cavefish genus hidden for decades inside one of America’s most closely monitored caves | World News

Representative Image of the newly discovered Demon Cavefish in a dark underwater cave (Image of University of Alabama at Huntsville) For more than three decades, biologists have carried out quarterly surveys of Bobcat Cave in northern Alabama, a site that sits beneath the secured grounds of the US Army’s Redstone Arsenal and is already home…

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Nagoro: Japan’s Nagoro village lost most of its people. One woman replaced them with more than 350 life-size dolls | World News

Life-size dolls seated in a classroom PC: Fritz Schumann High in the mountains of Shikoku, in Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture, sits Nagoro, a village that once had over 300 residents and now has fewer than 30. What makes Nagoro unusual is not simply its decline, a familiar story across rural Japan, but what one resident chose…

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Singapore: Singapore is planting one million trees to cool its streets, but scientists say the biggest impact could be on air-conditioning bills | World News

Representative Image of lush urban greenery shading a busy street in Singapore (AI-generated image) As cities across the tropics search for ways to cope with rising temperatures, Singapore has increasingly turned to a familiar, low-tech solution: trees. A specific figure keeps surfacing in planning documents and public discussion: the claim that shading a street with…

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