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When a falling tree crushed a camper’s tent on a remote multi-day backcountry rafting trip on Idaho’s Salmon River, search and rescue specialists faced a race against time, darkness, and smoke.Dispatchers received a call just before midnight, and the rescue crew fly from Montana to nearby Idaho, arriving at the campsite around 2:30 A.M. (Photo: Two Bear Air)Published July 27, 2026 04:05PMJust after midnight on July 18, a 100-foot-tall tree fell onto a campsite along Idaho’s Salmon River, crushing a camper in his tent. A helicopter crew battled dense smoke and nighttime conditions, successfully rescuing and transporting the rafter in…

Key Takeaways Teenagers are tapping into social media to drive sales and fresh talent. For example, Michael Satterlee, a teenager who created a viral video of a can cooler, got 50 million views on his Instagram video and makes $300,000 in sales every month. Meanwhile, Kirk and Jacob McKinney, the brothers behind junk-removal service Junk Teens, use social media to recruit new workers. Teenage entrepreneurs are leveraging social media in different ways to build the next generation of businesses. One example is Michael Satterlee, a teenager who sells can coolers. His product, which brings in up to $300,000 in sales…

Updated July 27, 2026 03:35PMEvery July, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week fills American screens with teeth and blood and dread. It’s the longest-running cable series in television history, on the air since 1988, and for one week a year it shapes how most people picture sharks.It’s an arresting image, and one completely out of touch with reality. If you’ve spent any real time in the ocean, a shark has almost certainly been near you, knew you were there, and left you alone without you ever noticing. I say this as someone who goes looking for them. I’m an avid scuba diver,…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Build teams and delegate: Great companies scale by not having the founder do everything. Keep your toe in the water: Stay close to the business, even as your success pulls you in different directions. Know that the customer isn’t always right, and take accountability when you make mistakes. Understand that it truly is all about your people, and treat them the way you want to be treated. On the surface, Nate Berkus and I couldn’t have more different businesses. He designs multimillion-dollar homes and commercial properties. I implement CRM and…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Instead of sending cold outreach that asks for links, businesses are more likely to earn citations and media coverage by publishing unique, credible data from their own records As AI-powered search reduces clicks to traditional websites, publishing original research increases the chances of being cited in articles and AI-generated answers, helping build long-term visibility and authority even when users don’t visit the site directly. Most outreach asks for value and offers none in return. The businesses that earn links and citations publish proof first. Every Monday morning, I open my…

As the Fish Creek Fire closed in on Camp Batel Ranch, camp hosts and counselors evacuated the facility within ten minutes, leaving behind belongings. Swift decision-making likely saved the teenagers’ lives. (Photo: Louis M Fico)Published July 27, 2026 12:48PMOn the afternoon of July 21, lightning struck the Laramie mountain range west of Tie Siding, a small community in Wyoming. Within minutes, what had begun as a routine check-in day for teenagers at Batel Ranch, a summer camp affiliated with the Mormon Church, launched into a full-blown emergency. Flames whipped within a mile of the camp, spreading through the nearby Medicine Bow…

It’s the biggest discount we’ll see until Black Friday. (Photo: REI/Canva)Published July 27, 2026 10:37AMBuying brand-name toilet paper. Hiring the moving company. Some things fall under the category we deem “regrettably worth it.” A recent addition to that list: the Arc’teryx Beta SL Jacket, a $500 rain shell that our tester called “versatile, reliable, and protective.”“It was the perfect choice for a trip [to Japan] where I was planning on sightseeing, multiple transit days, and hiking in variable weather—especially since I only had room in my pack for one rain layer,” wrote Maggie Slepian in her review. “The jacket I…

Published July 27, 2026 09:35AMThere are just two other vehicles at the Baker Creek Trailhead parking lot when my wife and I set off on a mid-May afternoon towards the snow-capped Snake Range, a 60-mile-long mountain ridge with four of Nevada’s highest peaks. We pass the other hikers just a few minutes in, tourists from France by the sound of it, heading back to the parking lot. From hereon out, it feels as if we have the entirety of Great Basin’s 77,000-plus acres to ourselves. Not another soul in sight, t nor a whisper in earshot.The Baker Creek Loop is…

Key Takeaways American workers’ median earnings total about $65,000 annually. Roughly 40% of U.S. singles think the amount of money potential partners make is important. New data from Northwestern Mutual reveals how salary expectations differ among men, women and different generations. The adage “love is blind” might not apply when it comes to finances.  Image Credit: pepifoto | Getty Images Although American workers saw median weekly earnings of $1,251 in the second quarter of 2026, totaling roughly $65,000 per year, many U.S. singles want their ideal partner to earn well above that figure.  Northwestern Mutual’s 2026 Planning & Progress Study,…

Peptides, the same class of wonder molecule behind GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, could soon be easier to get your hands on. A federal advisory panel voted 8-6 to recommend easing restrictions on peptides like BPC-157 and TB-500, chemicals popular with wellness influencers like Joe Rogan and telehealth clinics, the AP reports. Unlike Ozempic, these compounds are not FDA-approved medications. The vote doesn’t immediately clear the way for peptides to be legal, but it sends a signal. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called himself a “big fan” of peptides and already removed some from the FDA’s high-risk list earlier…