Alabama’s Gold Rush: A Tiny Town Once Worth Millions

On this day in 1975, Queen began a nine-week run at the top of the UK pop chart with their operatic masterpiece, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” In addition to its chart success in Britain, and hittting No. 1 in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and other countries, and becoming third best-selling single of all time in the UK, this also became our family's sing-along travel song on long trips.

Russia entered into their ill-considered invasion of Ukraine badly understocked in at least one necessary item: body bags. It's said they had just 45,000 of them. That was just enough to last them until August 2022. Since then, they've been trying and failing to keep up with demand. Casualties are now over 700,000, which includes deaths and serious injuries. So it's been left to volunteers to provide for them, as much for anxious relatives and loved ones who too often get them returned, whole or in pieces, in little more than pine boxes. In Strogino, women are gathering humanitarian aid "for our boys"—black body bags.

NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth. MashableAstronomers Discover a ‘Newborn’ World, the Youngest Known Transiting Exoplanet Smithsonian MagazineYoungest planet ever discovered has misaligned orbit, puzzles scientists Yahoo! VoicesPlanet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found New ScientistDiscovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet Science@NASA

49ers rule out Brock Purdy and Nick Bosa; QB Brandon Allen to start at Green Bay The Mercury NewsPurdy, Bosa out for 49ers; Allen to start at QB ESPNRams Bitter Rival in Trouble At Quarterback This Week Sports IllustratedNiners QB Brock Purdy (shoulder) ruled out Sunday vs. Packers; Brandon Allen to start NFL.com49ers turning to Brandon Allen with Brock Purdy ruled out for critical Packers matchup New York Post

Shocking number of Americans who got a Covid booster vaccine revealed Daily MailFlu Season: CDC Warns Of Low Vaccination Rates The Weather ChannelCoverage with Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and .. CDCNational COVID-19 vaccination rate less than 20 percent: CDC survey The Hill

Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control Phys.orgView Full Coverage on Google News