It’s a great time to be a candlemaker in Germany. “Candle demand is very strong right now,” says Stefan Thomann, Technical Director of the European Candle Manufacturers Association. The candle boom began during the pandemic, after the government imposed lockdowns and Germans began spending a lot more time at home. The industry expected the boom…

Cans of beer are packed at Athletic Brewing’s nonalcoholic brewery and production plant in Stratford, Conn., in 2019. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Craft nonalcoholic IPAs. Kentucky 74 spiritless bourbon. Monday Zero Alcohol Gin. Luminara alcohol-removed chardonnay. Zero-proof margaritas. It doesn’t seem that long ago when O’Doul’s, a stodgy nonalcoholic beer, was basically the only buzz-free game…

A young girl’s note to the police department asked to test for evidence of Santa. Cumberland Police Department/Screenshot by NPR A local police department in Rhode Island has received an unusual query: running a DNA test on evidence to prove the existence of Santa Claus. The authorities in Cumberland, north of Providence, received a handwritten…

Pedestrians cross Houston Street as students wearing masks leave the New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math (NEST+m) school in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. Brittainy Newman/AP People are less likely to wear masks to prevent COVID-19 if they see themselves as good-looking, according to…

This black Jeep was almost entirely submerged in Lake o’ the Pines in Marion County, Texas. It wasn’t until a tow truck started to pull it from the water that a woman was spotted inside. Marion County Sheriff Office It started with a call from a fisherman, who said he saw what looked to be…

] Amiry the serval was rescued from a tree in Cincinnati in January. A DNA test confirmed his species, while a narcotics test confirmed his exposure to cocaine. Ray Anderson/Cincinnati Animal Care You’ve probably heard of Cocaine Bear, the box-office hit about a black bear’s drug-fueled feeding frenzy. But have you heard of “cocaine cat?”…

A truck hauling a load of tomatoes crashed Monday after a collision near Vacaville, Calif., and its load spilled across several lanes of Highway 80 in Northern California. Crews had cleaned the eastbound lanes but one westbound lane remained closed six hours after the crash, the CHP said. California Highway Patrol via AP Some California…

Për shtetasit jo-BE që jetojnë në Itali ose që mendojnë të lëvizin në vend, ka një lajm të mirë për marrjen e shtetësisë. Aktivistët kanë kërkuar një ndryshim në ligj për ta bërë më të lehtë për të huajt marrjen e shtetësisë me rezidencë. Aktualisht, shtetasit jo të BE-së duhet të jetojnë në Itali për…

Një ngjarje e trmerrshme ndodhi mëngjesin e sotëm në Itali, ku një burrë kreu masakër mbi familjen e tij dhe më pas vrau veten. Roberto Gleboni qëlloi me armë zjarri bashkëshorten dhe tre fëmijët, një fqinj, mbi nënën e tij dhe më pas vrau veten. Bashkëshortja dhe vajza 26-vjeçare humbën jetën në vend, ndërsa djali…

A photo included in the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigations Branch special bulletin shows the location of one damaged and two missing window panes on an Airbus A321. Air Accidents Investigation Branch A U.S.-bound plane took off from London last month with four damaged window panes, including two that were completely missing, according to U.K. air…