Las Vegas woman sets Guinness record using 17-foot hula hoop

Getti Kehayova — a rigger for Cirque du Soleil’s “Ka” show and a hula hoop fitness instructor — broke the Guinness World Record last year for the largest hula hoop spun.

‘Ugly,’ voracious swamp rodents set off alarms in California

Nutria are setting off alarms in California. They weigh about 20 pounds each and eat the equivalent of about a fourth of their weight each day by burrowing into riverbanks and chomping into plants that emerge from the water.

Lower rates help push up US home sales 7.1% in August

The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new homes sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 713,000, up from a revised 666,000 in July. So far this year, sales have risen a healthy 6.4%.

Trump says Dems’ impeachment drive a plus as he tweets with fury

An official House impeachment inquiry was a step more than 2½ years in the making, and one that moves the president farther down the path of self-styled political martyrdom.

Unrepentant PM Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament

Johnson emphatically defended his intention to withdraw Britain from the European Union on Oct. 31, with or without a separation agreement with the EU.

Grim climate report details melting of Earth’s icy areas

“The oceans and the icy parts of the world are in big trouble and that means we’re all in big trouble, too,” said one of the report’s lead authors, Michael Oppenheimer, professor of geosciences and international affairs at Princeton University. “The changes are accelerating.”

‘Alexa, help me get a job at McDonald’s’

The fast-food restaurant chain announced Wednesday that job seekers can simply summon Alexa or Google Assistant to help begin the application process for a job with the company.

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