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The co-founder of a charity founded after the deadly Sandy Hook shootings has made a shocking discovery. “A charity formed for victims of Sandy Hook says the group is missing $70,000.” According to Sky News, one of the co-founders of the 26.4.26 Foundation, Ryan Graney, says only about $30,000 of the $103,000 collected during a marathon had been used.

New images captured in a South African lake in the Mapungubwe National Park shows a tigerfish leaping out of the water and catching a swallow midflight. The video is the first record of a freshwater fish preying on birds in flight, according to a new study published in the Journal of Fish Biology.

Ford Motor Co. will unveil a first-of-its-kind solar-powered C-MAX concept car at this week’s Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. The C-MAX Solar Energi Concept will be unveiled just a few days ahead of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which opens to the media Jan. 13 and to the public Jan. 18. The vehicle uses a solar panel …

How do you live to see 105? One Texas grandmother says she has found the answer in bacon. Pearl Cantrell loves bacon so much that she eats it every day. Oscar Meyer found out about her love of cured meat and made a visit to her house near Abilene.

The world’s oldest Jewish person, Evelyn Kozak, whose family fled Russia to escape anti-Semitism in the 1880s, has died at age 113. Mrs. Kozak died June 11 after suffering a heart attack the day before, her granddaughter Brucha Weisberger said. She was buried next to her parents in a cemetery in New York City. Mrs. Kozak was the world’s oldest …

Cameron Diaz’s love for fast food as a teenager caused the star to suffer with painful acne. The stunning actress is well known for her struggles with her skin, but is also one of Hollywood’s most beautiful leading ladies.

Hendrik Helmer went through excruciating pain after a larger than average cockroach pushed its way into his ear. In Australia, he checked into a medical center after his attempts of getting it out with a vacuum cleaner did not go as planned. “I was hoping it wasn’t a poisonous spider. I was hoping it didn’t bite me,” Helmer told 105.7 …

More than 8,000 turtles being smuggled out of Indonesia were intercepted this week by officials, according to an AFP report. The turtles were found hidden in suitcases thought to be destined for Singapore and China, where the reptiles are sold as exotic pets and occasionally end up in food markets. Friday officials at Jakarta’s main airport discovered nearly 3,000 of …

The ‘polar vortex’ hitting the U.S. with insanely-low temperatures has also offered the opportunity for some incredible photos — and now we’ve got some from Niagara Falls. At the falls, where the temperature has been hovering in the low teens, Reuters photographer Aaron Harris took these shots of a partially frozen area of the U.S. side on Wednesday.

A university learning specialist has received death threats and hateful messages after she exposed shockingly low academic levels among revenue athletes the University of North Carolina. Mary Willingham found that between eight and ten per cent of college’s football and basketball players had a reading level of a third grader. By studying eight years of test scores from University of …

Anne Hathaway’s Hawaiian vacation turned scary when she was caught in a riptide on Wednesday. The Oscar winner panicked after becoming stuck in an Oahu current, and reportedly had to be rescued by a nearby surfer who heard her screams for help