human interest

KANSAS CITY, MO—Chitchatting as he took his passenger from a funeral home to a graveside service nearby, local hearse driver Glen Holland reportedly made small talk Thursday with the corpse riding in the back of his vehicle. “Going to…

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) announced that she will not seek reelection, leaving just one term after winning as a Democrat and leaving the party to become an independent. What do you think?“I’ll always remember her as a powerful voice for…

CONCORD, CA—Assuring the single 37-year-old that she had already vetted the prospective suitor, local mom Tina Salerno announced Wednesday that she would like to set her daughter Anna Salerno up with the nice man from the salad dressing…

During U2’s final performance at the Las Vegas Sphere, Bono dedicated the song ‘All I Want Is You’ to Jill Biden, who was in attendance, saying “This song, when we wrote it, I tried to write the lyrics from the point of view of the woman or…

DENVER—Charging a premium for the highly sought-after amenity, an apartment listing posted Monday reportedly counted the toilet as storage space. “Bathroom features extra storage in the tank behind the toilet,” the listing read in part,…

RAFAH, GAZA—Saying he had imagined the day since the moment they were born, local Gazan man Ibrahim Awad told reporters Friday that he hoped to live long enough to see his children eat dinner. “As a parent, all I want to do is be there for…

In vitro fertilization is believed to have helped couples conceive more than 10 million children since 1978. But a state court’s ruling that embryos in a lab have the same rights as children has led Alabama fertility clinics to stop…

NESSEBAR, BULGARIA—Lamenting that such an enterprise could never exist in the United States, vacationing sources confirmed Thursday that the foreign zoo they were visiting had a cage where they could box a lion. “Wow, for the equivalent of…

GAITHERSBURG, MD—Pressing the recently used and dripping wet plunger up to his mouth and nose, local child Caden Liu announced, “It’s me, Pinocchio,” on Thursday. “Look, Daddy, look! My nose is long, just like Pinocchio!” said the visibly…

According to a report from the Pew Research Center, a quarter of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married, making it the first time in history that less than one in 5 Americans have never walked down the aisle. What do you…