Aimee Ortiz

3 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

It’s one Lego kit, a collection of small plastic bricks and related accessories. What could it cost? The answer, it turns out, could be thousands of dollars. Lego kits and minifigures, figurines that are a little over 1.5 inches tall, are commanding high prices on the secondary market, with some, like the LEGO San Diego Comic-Con 2013 Spider-Man, valued as high as $16,846. The children’s toys have even become something of an investing opportunity for those savvy enough to know what to look for.

3 weeks ago | sfexaminer.com | Aimee Ortiz

More than 400,000 Casely wireless phone chargers were recalled Thursday over concerns that they could pose a fire hazard, officials said. Casely, a company based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, received 51 reports of lithium-ion batteries inside the power banks overheating, expanding or catching fire while consumers were charging their phones, causing at least six minor burn injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a notice.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico's predawn skies on Wednesday. The bright object that streaked across the sky is called a bolide. Credit Credit... Webcams de Mexico, Associated Press For a few brief moments on Wednesday, a bright fireball lit up the predawn skies near Mexico City. The display awed residents and online viewers alike as videos of the object quickly spread.

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Aimee Ortiz

Share Rescue workers in Nebraska searched the Missouri River on Wednesday for three people believed to have drowned after going into the water on Tuesday evening, fire officials said.One of the three is an 11-year-old girl and the other two are 18-year-old women, said Coby Werner, the fire battalion chief for the Omaha Fire Department.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Aimee Ortiz

Rescue workers in Nebraska searched the Missouri River on Wednesday for three people believed to have drowned after going into the water on Tuesday evening, fire officials said. One of the three is an 11-year-old girl and the other two are 18-year-old women, said Coby Werner, the fire battalion chief for the Omaha Fire Department. Two pairs of shoes that matched witnesses' description of what they were wearing were found in the river on Tuesday night, he said.