Back home and reflecting on the second week of my storm chasing vacation, I’m reminded that to truly enjoy storm chasing, the objective can’t be just to see tornadoes. Tornadoes are common but they are usually elusive and not seen by many. So managing expectations and enjoying whatever the sky presents is critical for a satisfying experience. [Pictures from week one of the 2015 storm trip] One of my favorite quotes is from Sean Casey, the renowned chaser of Tornado Intercept Vehicle fame, who once said: “Storm chasing is about how you handle failure.

On Monday, Iowa Republicans will be the first Americans to vote for a presidential nominee. They’ll be doing it with a caucus, which is a time-consuming, controversial way of voting that went so poorly for Democrats recently they dropped it altogether this year. Republicans will continue to caucus, despite growing criticism about its downsides. Here’s how a caucus works, why it’s first in the nation for Republicans, and the case for and against keeping it that way.

Explore More Seventeen years ago, a silk pajama-clad Donald Trump, then 60, allegedly had three minutes of sex with 27-year-old porn star Stormy Daniels at a Lake Tahoe, Nev., golf tournament. Here is how a very brief encounter became a sprawling scandal which threatens to lead to the first-ever indictment of an ex-president — and created some very memorable nicknames along the way. 2006 Trump comes to Daniels’ booth at the tournament and looks through her DVDs, then poses for a picture — which she posts to MySpace.

Explore More It literally made his skin crawl. A sewer worker in Spain had the internet gagging after he showed up at the hospital with worms squirming about under his skin, as detailed in the New England Journal of Medicine. The 64-year-old sewer treatment employee had reportedly realized something was awry after experiencing mild diarrhea and an itchy rash, Jam Press reported. He reported to the University Hospital in Madrid, where doctors revealed that the man had contracted Strongyloides stercoralis, a species of parasitic roundworm that lives in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the globe.

Kris Kristofferson, 77, has received so many awards as a songwriter, performer and actor it's hard to keep track. When the still shaggy-haired and gravelly voiced singer was asked about his recent lifetime achievement Grammy Award, he said: "I am very honored, but I swear I already got that." Maybe he was remembering his two previous Grammies — for best country song and best duo — or his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.