## U.S. couple makes history at Wife-Carrying World Championships

Authored by runningmagazine.ca

Last Saturday, the 2025 Wife-Carrying World Championships took place in Sonkajärvi, Finland for the 28th time–the ultimate test of speed, strength and love.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eukonkanto | Wife Carrying (@wifecarrying).

This year’s event saw one of its largest turnouts ever, with 200 competitors from 18 countries and 2,000 spectators lining up to watch.

A US couple has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Wife-Carrying World Championship held in Finland, which also included a separate women’s series this year pic.twitter.com/4JiGDI1Bui — Reuters (@Reuters) July 8, 2025.

“There aren’t many wives in the world who would agree to this,” Caleb told media post-race.

The couple also won the 2024 North American Wife-Carrying Championship in Newry, Maine last October.

Before the Roeslers’ win, every world champion in the event’s history had come from Finland, Lithuania, Estonia or Russia. »

### Birds thriving, breeding successfully in Germany’s solar parks

Authored by pv-magazine.com

Biologist Matthias Stoefer said the high density of breeding larks in one of Germany’s largest solar parks in Brandenburg, north of Berlin, is astonishing.

In his breeding territory mapping, he counted 178 spots within the solar park and surrounding areas.

The ground-mounted PV system, with its dense row spacing, also does not meet the recommendations for biodiverse solar parks. »

### California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid, family says

Authored by nbcnews.com

A cannabis farmworker who was critically injured during a chaotic immigration raid by federal authorities in Southern California died Saturday, according to his family.

“Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday," she said.

Immigration officials said in a statement Friday that Garcia was not in federal custody when he fell. »

### 1 in 3 teens have prediabetes, new CDC data shows

Authored by abcnews.go.com

An estimated 1 in 3 teens and preteens, ages 12 to 17, have prediabetes, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC data means an estimated 8.4 million young people -- or 32.7% of the U.S. adolescent population -- had prediabetes in 2023, the most recent data available.

Separate from the new data among teens, new diabetes diagnoses among adults have also stopped decreasing after more than a decade of decline -- with about 1.5 million diagnoses in 2023, the most recent data. »

### Chimps are sticking grass and sticks in their butts, seemingly as a fashion trend

Authored by cbc.ca

A group of chimpanzees in Zambia have resurrected an old fashion trend with a surprising new twist.

The chimps, he says, have been putting blades of grass and sticks into their ears and anuses, and simply letting them dangle there for no apparent reason.

In fact, the researchers suspect the chimps learned the behaviour from people — the ear part, that is. »

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