Woody Harrelson revealed he gave up his cell phone a little more than three years ago. Harrelson explained the reasoning behind his decision during this week's episode of the "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" podcast, which he hosts alongside Ted Danson, his former Cheers costar. “He doesn’t have a phone," Danson, 76, said of Harrelson, 62. "He’s one of those bullies in life that make other people carry his phone for him.” Harrelson said that isn't "exactly true," but Danson said that whenever anyone says to "Call Woody," he just laughs. “Well, I just don’t like to have, you know, to be readil...
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Paleontologists have identified a new species of dinosaur in Montana with a set of ornate horns on its head that resemble the blades wielded by Loki, the Norse god of mischief. Knewz.com has learned that scientists named the species Lokiceratops, with "ceratops" meaning "horned face" in Greek. The fossilized skull of the dinosaur has been on display at the Museum of Evolution in Maribo, Denmark, for more than a year. What it lacked was a name. The specimen was first discovered in the badlands of northern Montana, about 3 miles south of the US-Canada border, around five years ago. According to ...
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China has conducted another mock attack on a United States military asset with missiles, and this time it is a Ticonderoga-Class Battle Cruiser currently on patrol in the Red Sea. Knewz.com has learned that the purported computer simulation and ensuing paper, found it would take at least six of the Asian superpower's Fire Dragon projectiles to sink a warship like the USS Philippine Sea. The model involved firing 12 projectiles and using low-precision satellite photos to identify the general locations of the mockup U.S. naval assets. As the projectiles neared their targets, they recalibrated th...
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A Boeing 737-800 Southwest Airlines Passenger Jet abruptly descended to an altitude of 525 feet over an Oklahoma City suburb, sparking discussions among locals and triggering an altitude alert. Knewz.com has learned that the incident occurred over the city of Yukon, around nine miles away from Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City. The Boeing passenger jet from Las Vegas was cleared to land just after midnight on Wednesday, June 19. However, the flight descended to a low altitude of 525 feet above ground around nine miles to the Oklahoma airport, startling Yukon residents. Air Traffic Con...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened South Korea with actions “unlikely to please” its leadership after the Asian country indicated that it was planning to review its policy of not supplying arms to Ukraine. Knewz.com has learned that the verbal menace stemmed from Putin’s meeting with the press during his stopover in Vietnam shortly after visiting North Korea, signing a defense pact, and angering Kim Jong-Un’s southern neighbors in the process. Putin told reporters that South Korea would be making a “big mistake” by arming Ukraine and further stated: “If this happens, we will make ...
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Scientists have been trying to figure out whether coffee is good or bad for our health for ages, and a new study has shown that the impact of drinking coffee depends on one's genes. The study also showed that a person's coffee-drinking habits depend on their genetic makeup as well, Knewz.com has learned. The study was conducted by an international group of researchers using large databases of genetic information from both the United Kingdom and the United States: the 23andMe database of over 130,000 Americans, and the UK Biobank with over 334,000 British participants. "We had good reason to su...
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California Highway Patrol K9 officers found roughly $3.4 million worth of suspected methamphetamine following a traffic stop on Tuesday. At around 9:37 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, CHP K9 officers attempted a traffic stop of a white Ford F-150 truck on Interstate 5 near Boyle Avenue in the Los Angeles area. The driver of the truck fled, along highways and surface streets, and officers pursued. The chase finally came to an end on 2nd Street near Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles. After arresting the driver, a search of the vehicle uncovered a bin filled with approximately 190 pounds of suspecte...
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New research reveals that Jupiter's red “Permanent Spot” is actually two spots and neither of them are nearly as long-lasting as previously thought. Knewz.com has discovered that the distant blemish, first observed by Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini in the 1600s, is not the same red spot visible today. A new paper published in the journal, Geophysical Research Letters, explains how a group of astronomers reviewed measurements of Jupiter’s former Permanent Spot and the current Great Red Spot to arrive at their conclusion. They noticed that in the late 1800s, the Great Red Spot was ...
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The California Highway Patrol seized over $3 million worth of methamphetamine following a high-speed pursuit through downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 18. Knewz.com has learned that officers from the California Highway Patrol have arrested the driver of the truck carrying the 190-pound meth haul. An intense chase ensued when officers noticed a white Ford F-150 pickup truck with tinted windows crossing over a gore point on the Interstate 5 Freeway. The high-speed pursuit ended at Figueroa and Second Streets near the 110 Freeway, the California Highway Patrol said via CBS News. "A pursuit en...
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A drunk driver slammed his SUV into a group of cyclists near the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas \- and all of it was caught on camera. Knewz.com has learned that the intoxicated man has since been taken into custody. The entire incident was captured by a camera installed at the back of one of the cyclists' bikes. The video footage begins with the group of cyclists riding their bikes down the right-hand lane of what the local news outlet WFAA said was North Airfield Drive. A white Subaru SUV suddenly sped up behind the cyclists and rammed them at full speed, causing both of th...
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