Stories by Jenn Gidman

Hot-Air Balloon Crashes Into Cell Tower
In Texas, It
Was 'Not an
Everyday
Rescue'
Mar 3, 2026 8:51 AM CST
Kesha Slams White House for Using Her Song
Kesha Slams White House
for Using Her Song
Mar 3, 2026 8:05 AM CST
For Cuba, This Needed Change Is an 'Urgent' One
For Cuba, This Needed
Change Is an 'Urgent' One
Mar 3, 2026 7:20 AM CST
Trump Has 'Sensitive' Talks With Kurd Leaders on Iran
Trump Reaches Out to 'Those
Who Face Death' for Iran Help
Mar 3, 2026 7:05 AM CST
Strait of Hormuz Showdown Could Be a 'Historic' One
Strait of Hormuz Showdown
Could Be a 'Historic' One
Mar 3, 2026 6:35 AM CST
ChatGPT Health Tool Isn't So Great in a Crisis
ChatGPT Health Tool Isn't
So Great in a Crisis
NEW STUDY
Mar 3, 2026 5:48 AM CST
When Your Protein Bar Is Basically Camouflaged Candy
Your Protein Bar May Be Not
Far Off From Halloween Loot
Mar 1, 2026 3:26 PM CST
Melting Sea Ice May Be Making Penguins' Molting Deadly
For Antarctic Penguins,
Molting Can Now Be Deadly
NEW STUDY
Mar 1, 2026 3:03 PM CST
Mr. Clean Is Retiring After 68 Years of Scrubbing
It Turns Out
That Mr. Clean
Has a First Name
in case you missed it
Mar 1, 2026 10:47 AM CST
Spring Break This Year May Be Very Seaweedy
Spring Breakers May Have
a Sargassum Problem
Mar 1, 2026 8:40 AM CST
Kidnapped Girl's Nightmare Continued After Rescue
Kidnapped Girl's Nightmare
Continued After Rescue
longform
Mar 1, 2026 8:15 AM CST
Bananas May Soon Get a Break From a Devastating Fungus
Scientists May Have a Way
to Stop Banana Apocalypse
in case you missed it
Feb 28, 2026 3:33 PM CST
Global Warming Has a New Big Driver: the World's Swamps
Your Local Swamp May Share
the Blame for Global Warming
Feb 28, 2026 2:25 PM CST
Lil Jon Confirms Death of Son, 27
Cause of Death Released
for Lil Jon's Son
UPDATED
Feb 28, 2026 11:10 AM CST
Harris Backs Crockett in High-Stakes Texas Race
Harris Makes Her Pick in
High-Stakes Texas Race
Feb 28, 2026 10:10 AM CST
Iran: 'Operation Epic Fury' Kills Dozens at Girls School
Iran: 'Operation Epic Fury' Kills
Dozens at Girls School
Feb 28, 2026 9:30 AM CST
Allies Split as US-Israel Strikes on Iran Draw Global Alarm
World Leaders React
to US-Israel Attack on Iran
Feb 28, 2026 8:10 AM CST
Prosecutors Drop Death Penalty Bid for Mangione
Prosecutors Drop Death
Penalty Bid for Mangione
Feb 28, 2026 7:30 AM CST
Achilles' Heel for Bedbugs: They're Terrified of Water
Scientists Discover What
Terrifies Bedbugs
NEW STUDY
Feb 28, 2026 7:10 AM CST
Civilian Dies as Iranian Missile Barrage Hits UAE
Arab Nations Fend Off Iran
Missiles After US-Israel Strikes
Feb 28, 2026 6:50 AM CST
No One's Sure Where Khamenei Is After Strikes on Iran
Amid Strikes
on Iran, a
Search for Its
Supreme Leader
Feb 28, 2026 5:50 AM CST
Classic-Car Shop Owner Gets 60 Years for Fraud
He Vowed to Restore Their
Cars. Then the Delays Began
Feb 27, 2026 2:45 PM CST
OpenAI Chief Jumps Into Pentagon-Anthropic AI Fray
OpenAI Chief Jumps Into
Pentagon-Anthropic AI Fray
Feb 27, 2026 2:05 PM CST
Aussie Chain Dials Back AI Bot After It Pretends to Be Human
Supermarket Chain's Bot
Talks About Its 'Angry' Mother
Feb 27, 2026 1:38 PM CST
Dad, 99, Helps Son, 80, Cash In on Free Oysters
Elderly Father-Son Duo Holds
Eatery to Its Oyster Promise
Feb 27, 2026 11:57 AM CST
New Texas Airspace Shutdown Was Triggered by a DHS Drone
Pentagon Shoots Down
DHS Drone With Laser
Feb 27, 2026 11:18 AM CST
Pink Shuts Down Report of Split From Carey Hart
Pink Shuts Down Report
of Split From Carey Hart
Feb 27, 2026 10:36 AM CST
Wholesale Inflation Jumps in January, Threatening Rate Cuts
Wholesale Inflation Jumps
Past Predictions
Feb 27, 2026 9:29 AM CST
Target Will Ban Synthetic Food Dyes From All Cereals by May
Latest to Flex Muscle
on Yanking Food Dyes: Target
Feb 27, 2026 8:06 AM CST
In Oval Office Visit, Mamdani Trots Out the Tabloids
In Oval Office Visit, Mamdani
Trots Out the Tabloids
Feb 27, 2026 7:31 AM CST
Suit: Crispin Glover 'Lured' Me to LA, Kept Me as 'Sex Slave'
Suit: Crispin Glover 'Lured' Me
to LA, Kept Me as 'Sex Slave'
Feb 27, 2026 7:16 AM CST
Missing NC Mom Found After 24 Years Is Arrested
24 Years After Disappearing,
Missing Mom Is Arrested
Feb 27, 2026 6:43 AM CST
Mississippi Town Fights Musk's AI Power Plant
Miss. Town Fights xAI Plant:
'It's Hard to Be Outside for Long'
Feb 26, 2026 7:15 PM CST
Flavor Flav Invites Women's Hockey Team to Party in Vegas
Women's Team Accepted
Party Invite, Flavor Flav Says
updated
Feb 26, 2026 6:35 PM CST
Martin Short Postpones Tour Dates After Daughter's Death
Short's Daughter Showed 'No
Indication' of Distress: Neighbor
Feb 26, 2026 2:17 PM CST
Trump Returns Fire After De Niro Slam
Trump Returns Fire
After De Niro Slam
Feb 26, 2026 1:57 PM CST
Tooth Fairy Payout Jumps to Nearly $6
Inflation Hits Parents a New
Way: Tooth Fairy Payouts
Feb 26, 2026 11:24 AM CST
Cindy McCain Steps Down as World Food Programme Chief
Cindy McCain
to Step Down
From 'Honor
of a Lifetime'
Feb 26, 2026 9:46 AM CST
Instagram Will Alert Parents to Teens' Self-Harm Searches
Instagram Will Alert Parents
to Teens' Self-Harm Searches
Feb 26, 2026 9:31 AM CST
Team USA Hockey Stars React to Trump Remark
Team USA Hockey Stars
React to Trump Remark
2026 Olympics
Feb 26, 2026 8:02 AM CST
Eye on Iran, US Sends F-22 Fighter Jets to Israel
In a First, US Puts
Stealth Fighter Jets in Israel
Feb 26, 2026 6:47 AM CST
Companies Flood Courts to Reclaim Billions in Tariffs
Scads of Importers
Step Right Up for
Their Tariff Refunds
Feb 26, 2026 5:51 AM CST
Driver Gets 15 Years for Crash That Killed Dixie Chicks Founder
He Sped at 100mph-Plus,
Killed Dixie Chicks Founder
Feb 25, 2026 12:00 PM CST
T. Rex Likely Ran on Tiptoes Like a Giant Bird
T. Rex Could Run Faster
Than Usain Bolt, on Its Toes
NEW STUDY
Feb 25, 2026 10:51 AM CST
LA Man Gets Jail for Plying Protected Hawk With Booze
Video of Alcohol-Sipping
Hawk Earns Man Jail Time
Feb 25, 2026 10:36 AM CST
Child Obesity Hits Record High, as Adult Rates Level Off
Child Obesity Hits Record High,
as Adult Rates Level Off
Feb 25, 2026 9:59 AM CST
ISIS Affiliate Pushes Recruits to Embrace AI
ISIS Offshoot Wants Members
to 'Responsibly' Tap Into AI
Feb 25, 2026 9:00 AM CST
Heated Rivalry Author Delays Next Novel Due to Parkinson's
Heated Rivalry Fans Will
Have to Wait for Next Book
Feb 25, 2026 7:16 AM CST
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