2,100 years ago, famed Roman general and one-time dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla laid siege to a rebellious Pompeii during a lesser-known conflict called the Social War. On the day, Sulla brought along a special form of artillery. The contraption coul…
Local but lovely, a historic street in a Florida town is getting a new-old makeover, that will restore the oldie charm and reduce traffic risk for pedestrians. The key to clearing both these hurdles in one leap is the recently-commenced re-bricking of …
A jury recently decided unanimously that Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster were operating as a monopoly, and that this had led to exploitative pricing and promotional contracts with venues. Rolling Stone magazine called it a “landmark d…
For most people, Wake Atoll will remind them of a battle, not an island. Well now, 81 years later, another battle has been fought—and won—on Wake: against invasive rats damaging the island ecosystem. Wake Atoll is today an unincorporated territory of t…
A nurse who gave up on dating decided to pay for IVF treatment to have a baby on her own, before meeting her soulmate four months later—who became a devoted father. The 39-year-old always dreamed she’d be married by age 30 and have a big family—b…
In an update from a GNN story 15 months ago, this ‘hilariously bad’ artist has raked in thousands from his ‘dad paintings’, after receiving more than 430 commissions from around the world. The 42-year-old began the unusual side hustle accidentally, giv…
