America The Beautiful (101)

An almost record-breaking number of travelers hit the skies for the 4th of July, since it’s a holiday weekend. Over 3.5 million passengers thusfar have been estimated, and it’s more than 164% from last year.

On Saturday, US Air Force volunteers have retrieved 460 bags of partial human remains from the wreckage of a military transport plane that crashed in Alaska 68 years ago, killing all 52 people aboard.

According to a new poll, most American citizens are still rather insecure and think it might be risky to attend July Fourth festivities due to the COVID-19 pandemic; at the same time, four out of ten people consider the threat to be moderate to high.

In the mountings of Utah, hundreds of treasure-seekers from all over the country have gathered in hopes of finding a hidden chest filled with $10,000 in cash.

Chappie Hunter and his family found a dog that perfectly suited their family and quickly succeeded in becoming its integral part.

This Monday, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player, who came out as gay. Carl is 28 years old, and only this year he made this important the announcement in a form of sincere Instagram post. The young man wrote:

As reported by the press, two brothers from San Francisco, Moises and Daniel Monterrubio, claim that they have set a new record for the longest highline ever walked in both Yosemite National Park and California.

A disappointed father has slammed an anonymous ‘well-wisher’, who lodged a complaint with his homeowners’ association in order to make him tear down a treehouse, which he built for his children.

On Friday, the Governor of Hawaii, David Ige, said that the state is going to drop its quarantine and COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers as soon as 70% of the state's population is vaccinated against the disease. According to Ige, Hawaii is also expected to lift some other restrictions, like wearing face masks indoors, once mentioned vaccination level is reached.

On Thursday, the police officers of Cincinnati released bodycam footage that demonstrates a driver, who crashed his Chevrolet Cruze, when a troublesome cicada flew into his face, while he was on the road on Monday.

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