If you're planning your next road trip, the website WalletHub wants to help you pick the most fun destination. The site ranked each state in the U.S. using 26 metrics including the cost of entertainment, restaurants per capita, nightlife options, and access to national parks in hopes of finding out which American state that is the most fun to visit. According to the rankings, the top state was California, followed by Florida, Nevada, New York, and Illinois.
The charging of Rex Heuermann with several murders of sex workers found on a Long Island beach has drawn attention to unsolved murders of sex workers elsewhere. There is no indication whether investigators suspect Heuermann in the killings of four sex workers in New Jersey.
Racing will resume at Churchill Downs in September, with no changes being made after a review of surfaces and safety protocols in the wake of 12 horse deaths, including seven in the days leading up to the Kentucky Derby in May.
Six migrant workers were rammed by a vehicle outside a Walmart in North Carolina on Sunday in what appears to have been an intentional assault, but Maj. Brian Greene, interim chief of the Lincolnton Police Department, said the driver's motives are still under investigation.
The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item for fishing bait and medical research.
