9-year-old’s food drive feeds raises nearly 2,500 meals
More than 2,500 cans fill the lobby at Cloverdale Elementary School all gathered for the Idaho Falls Community Food Basket as part of Tommy’s Food…
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They met on a European sleeper train. They’ve been married for nearly 30 years
Francesca Street, CNN Katy Vernon and Randy Vanderwood first spotted one another on a crowded station platform. It was the summer of 1991. The two…
Continue Reading Uber Eats launches robot delivery service in Miami
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN The next time you order a meal from Uber Eats, it may be delivered by a robot — at least if you live in Miami.…
Continue Reading Researchers have found that snakes have a clitoris. Here’s what it could mean
By Katie Hunt and Madeline Holcombe, CNN Scientists have discovered that female snakes have a clitoris — a previously overlooked or dismissed part…
Continue Reading Cultural review: From celebrity spectacle to art in conflict, here are the moments that shaped 2022
Fiona Sinclair Scott, Jacqui Palumbo, Leah Dolan and Oscar Holland, CNN If 2021 was a tentative return to in-person gatherings and social events,…
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Grant Street closed at Fore Road intersection for transmission line replacement
A segment of Grant Street near the intersection of Fore Road adjacent to Centennial Park will be closed Dec. 16 and Dec.…
Continue Reading Attention procrastinators: Drop-dead holiday shipping deadlines are coming soon
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN It happens every year — the mad dash to ship holiday gifts to get them to loved ones on time. And it bears repeating,…
Continue Reading Why a growing number of states are cracking down on TikTok
By Brian Fung, CNN Two years after TikTok avoided a national ban in the United States, the popular short-form video app is now facing growing…
Continue Reading Italian castle, palace and village on sale for $2 million
Silvia Marchetti, CNN Ever dreamed of owning your own secret citadel in a beautiful region of Italy, wandering along its fortified walls like a…
Continue Reading The world’s top city destinations for 2022 are revealed
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Europe has been winning the tourism game in 2022, says a new report by a UK-based market research company called —…
Continue Reading Visa wait times of over 2 years are keeping Indian travelers out of the US
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Chaitali Aggarwal had long dreamed of visiting New York from her home in the Indian capital, New Delhi. And so in 2020, she…
Continue Reading Awe-inspiring photos of the world’s most remarkable football pitches
Catherine Shoichet, CNN British journalist Ryan Herman still remembers the first football ground he ever visited as a kid in 1978 — the sights, the…
Continue Reading TikTok may push potentially harmful content to teens within minutes, study finds
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business TikTok may surface potentially harmful content related to suicide and eating disorders to teenagers within…
Continue Reading Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘woman’
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN “Woman” is Dictionary.com’s word of the year — a word so simple and so common but nonetheless, according…
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You can help provide Christmas dinner to local families – Here’s how
A local company is accepting donations to provide Christmas dinners to 75 families in Eastern…
Continue Reading Inflation may be easing, but grocery prices are still way up
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Once again, food inflation is outpacing overall inflation. In the year through November, food got 10.6% more…
Continue Reading Here’s how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags
By Katie Hunt, CNN The battle against the single-use plastic bag may not be won but it’s definitely under way. Restrictions on their use are in…
Continue Reading Ford F-150 Lightning named MotorTrend Truck of the Year, the second electric pickup in a row
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN The Ford F-150 Lightning was named MotorTrend’s 2023 Truck of the Year on Tuesday, making it the second electric…
Continue Reading What does the first year of motherhood look like? For this photographer — and many other women — it was dark and complex
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In the weeks after photographer Rachel Papo gave birth to her son, Ilan, in the summer of 2013, she monitored herself. She…
Continue Reading These honeymooners got stuck on a cruise ship in 2020. Here’s why they went on a do-over
By Francesca Street, CNN It wasn’t the honeymoon they planned. Instead of exploring the South Pacific on the cruise of a lifetime, newlyweds…
Continue Reading The trains that changed the way we travel in 2022
Julia Buckley, CNN Everyone loves a good train ride, and in 2022 the world did rail fanatics proud with new routes, new operators and a new need for…
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How the flood risk has changed in your state, according to FEMA
Stacker cited data from FEMA’s revamped national flood insurance program, Risk Rating 2.0, to look at how flood insurance premiums will change across…
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10 states with the highest gas consumption
The United States is moving toward electric vehicles, but some states have resisted the switch. Here are the top 10 gas-guzzling states in the…
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The average American car is older than ever before—here’s why that could keep increasing
The General collected data from government and private sources to illustrate why the average American car keeps getting…
Continue Reading Two sisters just reunited with the mystery woman who gave them $100 on a plane 23 years ago
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Ayda Zugay clasps her hands together, trying to keep her nerves in check. She’s been waiting for this day for…
Continue Reading Two sisters just reunited with the mystery woman who gave them $100 on a plane 23 years ago
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Ayda Zugay clasps her hands together, trying to keep her nerves in check. She’s been waiting for this day for…
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Idaho gas prices down nearly 17 cents
Average gasoline prices in Idaho have fallen 16.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.75/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 802…
Continue Reading ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ still draws fans to movie theaters — decades after its release
By Jeanne Bonner, CNN The one-time lost Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” staged an unlikely comeback in the 1970s and…
Continue Reading Let your inner Cookie Monster out in December
By Casey Barber, CNN The calendar says December, but it should really read “Cookiember.” This is the month for bakers of all types and…
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN If you’re looking to replace or upgrade your smartphone in the coming year, take a beat and think it over. Do you really…
Continue Reading The tourist attractions you can’t visit in 2023
By Lilit Marcus, CNN It already looks like 2023 is going to be a year of “revenge travel,” with people who were cooped up during the…
Continue Reading $480,000-per-week yacht plays host to super rich at Qatar 2022
By Ben Church, CNN It’s been dubbed the ‘Arabian Riviera,’ where the streets are immaculate and are interspersed with luxury hotels…
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By Casey Barber, CNN Among foods that spark a strong reaction, anchovies are at the top of the food chain. Whether they’re adored or abhorred,…
Continue Reading King Charles III releases first Christmas card of his reign
By Issy Ronald, CNN London looked like a picturesque Christmas card as snow fell on Sunday night — the perfect time for Buckingham Palace to…
Continue Reading Clumsy cub and smiling fish among Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards winning images
By Issy Ronald, CNN An image of a 3-month-old lion cub falling out of a tree has been named the overall winner of this year’s Comedy Wildlife…
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Denny’s Wrecker Service offers free holiday tows for drunk drivers
Denny’s Wrecker Service, Inc. will make sure you and your car get home safely if you have had too much to…
Continue Reading Palestinians relive the raw and painful history of al-Nakba in Netflix’s new film ‘Farha’
Alaa Elassar, CNN On a warm evening last week, Leila Giries sat in her California home, took a deep breath and pressed play on a film she says forced…
Continue Reading A Ukrainian photographer’s love letter to his homeland
Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal,…
Continue Reading A Ukrainian photographer’s love letter to his homeland
Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal,…
Continue Reading What to know about Lensa, the AI portrait app all over social media
Zoe Sottile, CNN If you’ve logged on to any social media app this week, you’ve probably seen pictures of your friends, but re-imagined as…
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Break out the neoprene: Winter stream fishing is a perfect opportunity to stay outdoors and catch fish
Keep those off-season fishing mechanics sharp by getting out on your local stream or river this…
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Shop with a Cop: making the Christmas of kids and cops
If you were awoken in the early hours of the morning Saturday by the large amount of sirens the source of the noise was the Shop with a Cop event.…
Continue Reading A portrait of America’s prison arts programs
Eva Rothenberg, CNN In photographer Peter Merts’ images of California’s Arts in Corrections program, a smiling man is pictured with an…
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Big game can handle Idaho winters, but Fish and Game steps in if emergencies arise
Fish and Game has plans in place if emergency feeding is…
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AAA: Risky driving is on the rise
New AAA research shows greater willingness to engage in unsafe behavior on the…
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Idaho’s oldest women’s choir to hold free holiday concert
The Idaho Falls Choralaires are preparing for their holiday…
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Metros with the most housing inventory
Stacker compiled a list of the U.S. metro areas with the greatest inventory of active listings, using Redfin data and months of supply metric. Only…
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Metros with the least housing inventory
Stacker compiled a list of the U.S. metro areas with the least inventory of active listings, using Redfin’s data and months of supply metric. Only…
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How spending at department stores has changed in the last three decades
Experian examined data from the Census Bureau’s Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey to see how department store spending has changed since…
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States where truck drivers make the most
Truckinfo.net combed through data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to find out in which states truck drivers make the most…
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From smart kitchens to robocooks: 10 tech innovations transforming restaurants
Task Group analyzed news and trends across the restaurant industry to find 10 innovations pushing the forefront of technology when it comes to food…
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5 ways tech innovation has changed skilled trade jobs
ServiceTitan examined how technological innovations have transformed jobs in the trade…
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2022 Chubbuck Christmas lighting contest winners
The city received more than 100 emails, calls and messages with nominations for this year’s…
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By Matt Egan, CNN Despite high inflation and recession fears, the holiday shopping season appears to be off to a strong start. Black Friday and Cyber…
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Brutally high oil and gas prices were the talk of the town in 2022 and one of the largest contributing factors to sky-high…
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Toyin Owoseje, CNN The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has revoked an honorary doctorate awarded to Kanye West, as the fallout from the…
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Former First Lady Michelle Obama is in the middle of a month-long book tour and, as always, her style choices are making…
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Salvation Army red kettle donations down this year
This is the season of giving, but the Salvation Army says its donations are down…
Continue Reading The average rent in Manhattan jumped to $5,249 in November — and may not fall any time soon
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business The average rent in Manhattan was $5,249 in November, up 19% from last year and the third-highest amount on record,…
Continue Reading Rent the Runway rebounds as consumers shop for bargains
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN A recession may be coming, but consumers still want to look fashionable. Subscription clothing service Rent the Runway…
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Pocatello Animal Services to offer discount pet adoptions this weekend
Add a new dog, puppy, cat or kitten to your family by giving him or her a fur-ever home thanks to Best Friends Animal…
Continue Reading US government budget deficit increased in November
By Alicia Wallace, CNN The US government recorded a monthly budget deficit of $249 billion in November, a 30% increase from a year earlier amid…
Continue Reading US gas prices are now cheaper than they were a year ago
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business US gasoline prices are now cheaper than they were one year ago, providing relief to Americans that have spent 2022…
Continue Reading This artist is exhibiting a nightmarish display of intestines around the world
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN The artist Samara Golden has spent months painting guts — lurid, swollen, sinuous forms in bloody red, purplish-blue or a…
Continue Reading Apple plans to expand encryption of iCloud data
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple on Wednesday said it plans to expand end-to-end encryption of iCloud data to include backups, photos,…
Continue Reading Frozen food named ‘dish of the year’ in Japan
Mayumi Maruyama Smoke began to drift out of a box as the winner of Japan’s “dish of the year” was revealed. But it wasn’t a…
Continue Reading Who is Liz Garbus, the director Harry and Meghan entrusted with their Netflix docuseries?
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After much speculation over the fate of Netflix’s docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” the first three episodes…
Continue Reading Congress is debating new retirement rules. These 7 changes are on the table
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business New retirement rules could make it easier for Americans to accumulate retirement savings — and less costly to…
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AAA tips for hauling your Christmas tree
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and it’s about time to pick up this year’s Christmas tree. But driving home…
Continue Reading TSA discovers dog in a carry-on bag at Wisconsin airport checkpoint
By Pete Muntean, CNN It’s been a week of weird finds for the Transportation Security Administration: A six-pack of nunchucks and other sharp…
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Coldest city in every state
Stacker analyzed data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to determine the coldest cities in every…
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Holiday gift crazes and fads of the past century
Stacker compiled a list of toy crazes from the past 100…
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Best rural counties for retirees in America
Stacker compiled a list of the best rural counties for retirees in America based on Niche’s best counties for retirees list from…
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These 25 metro areas have the highest homeownership rates in the US
ZeroDown has gathered the 25 metro areas with some of the highest homeownership rates in the U.S., which are concentrated in the Midwest and…
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Tips for hassle-free holiday travel
Bounce compiled a list of travel tips for the holiday season using data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Department of…
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9 valuable collectibles you can invest in
Masterworks.io examined various collectibles and their sales over the past year and explored why people may choose to collect certain…
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How much the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy incentives will save homeowners on upgrades
Is now a good time to add more sustainable features to your home? Angi calculated how much homeowners can save by implementing home upgrades outlined…
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10 housing markets where institutional investors are buying the most
Belong examined metros where institutional investors have been the most prevalent, using data from real estate research firm ATTOM…
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Manufacturing industries that employ the most women
Get It Made collected data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to rank the manufacturing industries that employ the most women…
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN As a librarian, Chelsea Banning must have known the life of a writer is a lonely one. Even so, she was shocked when she…
Continue Reading Man in China fined $478 for reclining his train seat
By Lilit Marcus, CNN The ongoing debate about whether it’s acceptable to recline your seat while traveling has taken a turn in China’s…
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Neck pain may have many causes: Stress, poor posture, texting, injuries from sports, car or other accidents and chronic…
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Business After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state…
Continue Reading GM to put thousands of electric vehicle chargers in rural America
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors is moving ahead with plans to install as many as 40,000 electric vehicle chargers in, mostly,…
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coca-Cola is hoping that this holiday season, families will crack open some Cokes, settle into a comfy spot…
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By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Thousands of customers looking to purchase an item on Amazon early Wednesday encountered an error message on the…
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as…
Continue Reading Wordle is the most-searched term on Google in 2022
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Admit it: You’ve probably either Googled the answer for Wordle, or at the very least searched to play it.…
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Oscar Holland, CNN Once Sydney’s tallest building, the AMP Centre was showing its age. The outdated 1970s structure had come to the end of its…
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Ashley Strickland, CNN On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the vast…
Continue Reading Southwest flight relief is still days away, and Buttigieg is steamed
By Forrest Brown, Gregory Wallace and Karla Cripps, CNN For passengers who are booked with Southwest Airlines this week, the much-needed conclusion…
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Francesca Street, CNN What do you do when your evening flight is canceled, you really need to be somewhere in the morning and there are no other…
Continue Reading Italy implements one-way foot traffic in ‘dangerously’ overtouristed street
Julia Buckley, CNN As tourism returns with a vengeance, some destinations are swiftly becoming overwhelmed. Hot on the heels of Taiwan becoming a…
Continue Reading 100 million-year-old plesiosaur skeleton discovery ‘could hold the key’ to prehistoric research
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as…
Continue Reading How Indonesia’s new sex laws will affect tourists
By Heather Chen and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic…
Continue Reading The ‘Blue Marble’: One of Earth’s most iconic images, 50 years on
Ashley Strickland, CNN On Christmas Eve in 1972, humanity received a gift: A portrait of the Earth as a vivid globe. Clouds swirl over the vast…
Continue Reading Rare guitar given as a gift by Marie Antoinette expected to sell for $84,000
Hafsa Khalil, CNN Marie Antoinette may be better remembered for her tragic demise than as a musician, but a guitar thought to have belonged to the…
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By AJ Willingham, CNN How was your 2022? Did you spend it going into full goblin mode, trying to distract yourself from the general feeling of…
Continue Reading Rare ice age fossils discovered on the drought-stricken Mississippi River
By Taylor Nicioli, CNN Recently exposed sandbars along the drought-stricken Mississippi River have caught the attention of fossil hunters, leading to…
Continue Reading Apple now lets developers charge as much as $10,000 for an app
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business If you were worried about how much money you could blow on apps before, buckle up. Apple on Tuesday said it is…
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