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David Rush set out to break 52 Guinness World Records in 2021. So far, the organization has verified 43 of them.

Idaho man says he completed his goal of breaking 52 world records in a single year

Author and speaker David Rush so far earned 43 official Guinness World Records in 2021, including fastest time to arrange a chess set and most juggling catches while on a balance board, blindfolded.

In Spain, the Wise Men are Kings

For Christians, Wednesday night marked the Epiphany: the 12th day of Christmas, when the Wise Men or Three Kings bring presents to Jesus in Bethlehem. In Spain, it's a holiday not to be missed.

An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, on Thursday.

53 people die in Mexico after the packed truck they were riding in crashed

The truck was driving along a highway near Chiapas, a Mexican state that borders Guatemala. Another 58 people were injured in the crash.

From left,<strong> </strong>Luis Paulino and Angel Gonzalez are pictured together after their StoryCorps recording in New York last month.

School bullies told him to speak English. His mentee showed him he already belonged

At StoryCorps, a Dominican immigrant speaks with a fellow Spanish speaker who in high school helped him adjust to living in America. Eventually, they helped each other find their own voices.

People shop in The Galleria mall in Houston during Black Friday on Nov. 26, 2021. The economy grew strongly last year but at an uneven pace because of the pandemic.

Believe it or not, the economy grew last year at the fastest pace since 1984

The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since 1984, but growth was tempered by successive waves of the pandemic.

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

County reports 607 COVID-19 cases, five deaths as Omicron arrives in San Diego

San Diego County identified its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant Thursday, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced.

The rich pine forest surrounding Pine Lake Forest Road in Hubbard County, Minnesota. Hubbard County is located in the Heartland Lakes region of northern Minnesota. There were once nearly 150 fire towers standing guard over the state's forests as protection against unwanted fires. Today, only a handful of towers exist.

See how Minnesota fire towers help preserve a 5,000-year-old bog

Two of the top three deadliest fires in U.S. history were in Minnesota. In response to the fires, the Minnesota forestry service was established in the early 1900s, creating the system of fire towers.

Real-life quidditch has been around for an number of years, but now the sports two major leagues are moving ot change the name and distance themselves from the fictional sport created by author J.K. Rowling in the <em>Harry Potter</em> series. Many universities, including Oxford University pictured above, have teams that compete in tournaments around the world.

Quidditch leagues look to change their name, citing Rowling's anti-trans stances

Quidditch is getting ditched. Two large leagues say they want to distance their sport from author J.K. Rowling – and a name change could help them grow.

The milk shelf is mostly empty at a Giant grocery store on Tuesday in Washington.

Grocery store shortages are back. Here are some of the reasons why

Bare shelves at supermarkets are attributed to omicron, a labor shortage, climate change and other reasons. "We're really seeing the perfect storm," one industry expert told NPR.

Arriving South Korean tourists receive flower garlands at Phu Quoc international airport on November 20, 2021, as the island welcomes its first international tourists to arrive after a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine passport scheme kicked off this month in Vietnam.

The U.N. predicts that 2021 global tourism losses will barely improve over last year

The recent emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant presents another potential hurdle as the tourism industry prepares for the upcoming winter holiday season.

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