Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ripley’s Commemorates Nik Wallenda’s Niagara Falls Walk In Wax
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation high-wire walker of the world-famous Wallenda family, is celebrating a major anniversary of one of his most impressive f...
Jun 15, 2022
The Origin Of Pittsburgh Potties, ‘Open-Concept’ Basement Toilets
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! If you've ever been to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, you may have come across a decidedly non-private home amenity: a toilet standing by itself in the middle o...
Jun 15, 2022
Paleontologists Uncover One Of The Largest Predators To Roam Europe
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Paleontologists recently unearthed the remains of the largest predator to roam Europe, and it's bigger and badder than you can possibly imagine. Here's the...
Jun 14, 2022
83-Year-Old Sails Across Pacific And Into The Record Books
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! On March 27, Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie boarded his 19-foot-long sailboat, the Suntory Mermaid III, in San Francisco and headed west with his sights...
Jun 10, 2022
Canada to welcome just 4,000 additional migrants from Americas by 2028: White House
LOS ANGELES - The White House has released details of Canada’s contribution to a hemispheric effort at the Summit of the Americas to ease the pressure caused by irregular migration. The U.S. say...
Jun 10, 2022
‘He did nothing’: Top court releases reasons for restoring foster dad’s conviction
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has released written reasons for its decision to uphold the conviction of a foster father in the starvation death of one child and the near death of her sister. Bo...
Jun 10, 2022
Planning for papal visit to Canada continue as Pope Francis cancels Africa trip
Plans continue to move forward for Pope Francis's visit to Canada, even as the pontiff cancels a planned trip to Africa on doctors' orders. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it is in re...
Jun 10, 2022
Quebec Halloween 2020 murderer sentenced to life in prison, will appeal
QUEBEC - The man found guilty of using a sword to murder and maim in Quebec City’s historic district on Halloween 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 y...
Jun 10, 2022
US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the la...
Jun 10, 2022
Pope cancels trip to Congo and South Sudan due to knee issue
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has canceled his planned July trip to Congo and South Sudan on doctors’ orders because of ongoing knee problems. The Vatican said on Friday that the trip had bee...
Jun 10, 2022