Category: Culture

  • Mold Discovery Prompts Recall of Over 3 Million Children’s Cups

    Mold Discovery Prompts Recall of Over 3 Million Children’s Cups

    After a flood, health professionals advise drying out the affected area within 24 hours to prevent mold growth, but what’s the standard procedure to keep mold out of your children’s cups and other items? More than three million cups for children have recently been recalled because mold may grow inside of the product, causing health…

  • Astronaut Tweets Space Shot of Soldier Field Before Game on Sunday

    Astronaut Tweets Space Shot of Soldier Field Before Game on Sunday

    Astronaut Scott Kelly has been in space since March on a year-long mission, gathering data aboard the International Space Station for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos). Yesterday, he decided to get involved in the first Sunday of football season, like many Americans were doing back home. Instead…

  • Combination Shooting Range and Restaurant to Serve Alcohol in Florida City

    Combination Shooting Range and Restaurant to Serve Alcohol in Florida City

    Officials in Daytona Beach have approved a request sent by a local business owner to serve alcohol in his combination restaurant and indoor shooting range, CNN reports. Ron Perkinson, the man who sent the request, currently runs the Volusia Top Gun shop, which he opened a few years ago. Perkinson tells CNN that the restaurant…

  • Telehealth and Medical Marijuana: A Match Made in Cyberspace

    Telehealth and Medical Marijuana: A Match Made in Cyberspace

    California’s Telehealth Advancement Act was signed into law in 2011, but the effects it’s having on the medical marijuana industry are just now beginning to show, according to Fresno’s The Business Journal. Mark Hadfield is the CEO and founder of HelloMD, a telehealth provider in San Francisco, and has seen first-hand how this piece of legislation…

  • Over 60 Same Sex Couples Say “I Do” in Puerto Rico

    Over 2 million couples tie the knot every year in the United States. Before this year, this number was largely attributed to heterosexual couples. But on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples from all 50 states had the right to marriage, as guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Since then, same-sex…

  • New City Ordinance Could Put Food Truck Industry Into Gear

    Food trucks are the latest culinary trend rolling out across the nation, and now, a new ordinance is helping the industry gear up in Detroit, MI. According to data from Statistics Brain, the some 4,130 food trucks across the nation produce $1.2 billion in annual revenue, with the average revenue generated by just one food…

  • Workout Apps May Not be Helpful for Active Lifestyles, Study Finds

    Many Americans believe that downloading a fitness app will be the kick-start they need to get them off the couch and into an active lifestyle. Fewer than 5% of adults are getting the recommended 30 minutes of activity every day, and some of the remaining 95% are trying to change their lifestyle. However, a new…

  • Price Hikes Make Camping Trips Slightly More Exclusive

    Price Hikes Make Camping Trips Slightly More Exclusive

    One of the most relaxing things you can do with your family is to whisk them away on a camping trip, whether you’re roughing it in a tent or staying in luxurious rustic cabins. Unfortunately, Wisconsin residents are now being forced to fork over big bucks to enjoy everything Mother Nature has to offer. According…

  • Kids Are Making Friends Online, and It’s Okay

    With about 4.49 billion web pages on the Internet currently, it’s fair to say that the web is a pretty big place, so it’s only natural that strangers might meet online, and become fast friends. Naturally, this has caused parents some anxiety. And with good reason — the San Diego County District Attorney reports that…

  • America Could Save $19.6 Billion If It Stopped Drinking Sugary Drinks

    Every 17 seconds someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with diabetes, and according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, soda is one of the main reasons to blame. Although that may not sound like news, the relationship between type 2 diabetes and sugary drinks has been seriously put into stark relief.…