Jennifer Borresen

USA TODAY had been scheduled for liftoff at 10:34 p.m. EDT on May 6, but was forced to stand down roughly two hours ahead of liftoff.

Buc-ee’s gas station/travel centers – many as big as a football field and all with bathrooms maybe cleaner than yours at home – are popping up across America in an ambitious expansion that started in Texas, surged across the southeast, and is now turning northward.

Get your best dad jokes ready: Father's Day is right around the corner. You don't have to be a dad on paper to be honored on this national holiday. Fatherly figures, step dad's, uncles, even the "dad" of the friend group can be celebrated and showered with gifts on this special day.

If you're strolling the beach to beat the heat, beware of what's around your feet – jellyfish that can deliver painful stings.

Twelve years after Candy Crush was released, its popularity continues to grow. It now features a $1 million prize tournament.

Surf zone drownings are increasing, many of them caused by rip currents. Learn where they're happening and how to protect yourself.

Giant, invasive Burmese pythons are moving north from the Florida Everglades toward Georgia, taking out hundreds of native species.

Hurricane Beryl is breaking records as it tracks into the history books

Prospective home buyers have had very little leverage over the price of homes for sale in recent years, but that could be changing. Inventory has been rising and more homes are sitting unsold, shifting some power back to the buyer.

The Heritage Foundation proposes sweeping changes in the federal government after the election. Many of the plan's authors have a connection to Trump.