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Chef Hilda Baci attempts to cook the world's largest pot of Jollof Rice in Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Sept 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Nigerian chef breaks world record for cooking the largest jollof rice dish

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Florida woman punches alligator to save dog

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The fantasy coffin of the late Robert Nii Anang Obodai, a former school proprietor, is lowered into his grave in Accra, Ghana, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Ghana's fantasy coffins are a colorful celebration of life and legacy

Read full article: Ghana's fantasy coffins are a colorful celebration of life and legacy
Izzy Zalenski, right, walks Paul outside the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter

Read full article: Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter

Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building.

Alex Babich, climbs on the structure that surrounds his nearly 36-feet high sunflower that holds the world record for the tallest flower at his home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

The world's tallest sunflower blooms in an Indiana backyard as a tribute to Ukraine

Read full article: The world's tallest sunflower blooms in an Indiana backyard as a tribute to Ukraine

When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant.

In this photo released by the Cape May Police Department N.J., a damaged Humpty Dumpty statue is seen in the back of a truck on Sept. 7, 2025, in Cape May, N.J., after vandals stole it from a miniature golf course and dumped it nearby. (Cape May Police Department via AP)

Humpty Dumpty caper at New Jersey mini-golf course sparks police investigation

Read full article: Humpty Dumpty caper at New Jersey mini-golf course sparks police investigation

Humpty Dumpty took a big fall, and now police are hoping to crack the case.

This photo provided by researchers in September 2024 shows a mating pair of wild Octopus americanus, one displaying the arm action "raise." (Chelsea Bennice via AP)

How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs

Read full article: How to use 8 arms? Octopuses tend to explore with their front limbs

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks.

The Moose 'Emil' walks through the city of Korneuburg, north of Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2025. (Armand Colard/CLEANVEST via AP)

The adventures of Emil the moose keep a corner of Austria on its toes

Read full article: The adventures of Emil the moose keep a corner of Austria on its toes

For weeks, sightings of a rare immigrant have been keeping a corner of Austria on its toes.

In this photo provided by Blaine Griffin, a man shares ice cream he carried up Huron Peak packed in dry ice with fellow hikers in Chaffee County, Colo., Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (Blaine Griffin via AP)

'Legend dairy' man carries ice cream and dry ice up Colorado peak as treat for other hikers

Read full article: 'Legend dairy' man carries ice cream and dry ice up Colorado peak as treat for other hikers

Hikers who climbed one of Colorado's tallest mountains got more than a sweeping view at the top.

Ned, a pale-bodied snail crawls across a leaf in a small town in the Waiararapa, New Zealand, on Aug. 22, 2025. (Giselle Clarkson via AP)

Ned is a perfectly nice snail, but a rare shell means a doomed love life

Read full article: Ned is a perfectly nice snail, but a rare shell means a doomed love life

If you have trouble finding dates, spare a thought for Ned, a perfectly nice snail with dire romantic prospects.

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Welcome to wplace: A chaotic, collaborative digital canvas where users 'paint the world'

Read full article: Welcome to wplace: A chaotic, collaborative digital canvas where users 'paint the world'

A new online platform called wplace invites users to “paint the world” on a massive digital canvas.

In this photo provided by David Plaister Ltd, the inside of a Cold War era bunker is seen in Bristol, England, Aug. 1, 2025. (David Plaister Ltd via AP)

The perfect property listing in England for a buyer with a bunker mentality

Read full article: The perfect property listing in England for a buyer with a bunker mentality

A Cold War-era bunker in western England is going up for auction later this month.

From left, Preciouslight Ukachi, John John Obot, Keturah Heman, Ogunremi Temitope Timothy and Stephen A Oyelami, a team of five Nigerians who read aloud nonstop for over 400 hours in an attempt to break the Guinness world record, pose for a photo in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Aug 30, 2025. (Alhamdu Monday/JLM Media via AP)

A Nigerian group attempts a 431-hour reading marathon to set a Guinness World Record

Read full article: A Nigerian group attempts a 431-hour reading marathon to set a Guinness World Record

In Lagos, Nigeria, three men and two women have been reading aloud for over 431 hours to set a Guinness World Record.

Autobody shop owner spent hours working to free tiny kitten from SUV

Kitten trapped in SUV’s inner workings survives 100-mile road trip

Read full article: Kitten trapped in SUV’s inner workings survives 100-mile road trip

A kitten survived a 100-mile California road trip stuck somewhere inside the inner workings of a Range Rover before an autobody shop owner spent hours working to free the tiny kitten.

Former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer waves to the crowd before an NCAA college football game against South Carolina, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

In test of loyalties, former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer wears South Carolina black for son

Read full article: In test of loyalties, former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer wears South Carolina black for son

Virginia Tech coaching great Frank Beamer showed up for the Hokies’ season opener on Sunday against South Carolina, which is coached by son Shane Beamer, wearing Gamecocks black.

A participant checks her hair color on a chart of gradations of red during the Red Head Days festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Thousands of redheads celebrate their strands at a festival in the Netherlands

Read full article: Thousands of redheads celebrate their strands at a festival in the Netherlands

Thousands of redheads from all over the world are gathering in the southern Dutch city of Tilburg for a once-a-year festival to celebrate their flaming locks.

FILE - Finnish aerobatics group Midnight Hawks performs during a celebration marking the Russian air force's 100th anniversary in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

Swastikas still linger on some flags in Finland's air force, but are on the way out

Read full article: Swastikas still linger on some flags in Finland's air force, but are on the way out

Finland's air force is moving to remove swastikas from its flags, partly due to the awkwardness it creates with Western allies.

Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Tons of overripe tomatoes become projectiles in Spain's ‘Tomatina’ food fight

Read full article: Tons of overripe tomatoes become projectiles in Spain's ‘Tomatina’ food fight

Thousands of people from around the world seeking a uniquely messy thrill have spent a wild hour flinging bushels of overripe tomatoes at each other.

Isela Anali Santiago Morales dances during her 15th birthday party at a stadium in Axtla de Terrazas, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, organized by the community after her father's social media appeal drew support following her first sparsely attended party. (AP Photo/Mauricio Palos)

From empty party to an all-night stadium bash, a Mexican teen’s 15th birthday goes viral

Read full article: From empty party to an all-night stadium bash, a Mexican teen’s 15th birthday goes viral

Fifteen-year-old Isela Anahí Santiago Morales' coming-of-age party has become a sensation.

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Duval County Public Schools
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Time to hit the road? Duval County School Board weighs Baymeadows move amidst sale discussions for Southbank HQ

Read full article: Time to hit the road? Duval County School Board weighs Baymeadows move amidst sale discussions for Southbank HQ
This photo provided by Chevrolet shows the 2026 Equinox. Chevy's small SUV benefits from a 2025 redesign that introduced new styling, new features and more distinctive styling. (Courtesy of General Motors via AP)
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Edmunds small SUV comparison: 2026 Chevrolet Equinox vs. 2026 Hyundai Tucson

Read full article: Edmunds small SUV comparison: 2026 Chevrolet Equinox vs. 2026 Hyundai Tucson
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are greeted by The Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, center, right, as they arrive at Stansted Airport near London, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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The Latest: Trump visits the UK for a state visit

Read full article: The Latest: Trump visits the UK for a state visit
FILE -A photo of 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann is pasted on a board at a bus stop near the resort from where she went missing, May 4, 2007, in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, where she was on vacation with her family. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
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Timeline in the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

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Vice President JD Vance, left, fishes with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a lake in the grounds of Chevening House in Kent, England, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool Photo via AP)

UK's top diplomat gets a warning for illegal fishing with US vice president

Read full article: UK's top diplomat gets a warning for illegal fishing with US vice president

Britain's top diplomat has been given a formal warning for fishing without a license during a recent outing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

Milo Tivy, 16, and Shari Tivy, 75, look at a display of human skulls at the Mtter Museum on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Mingson Lau)

Medical museum in Philadelphia overhauls policies on human remains to meet modern ethical standards

Read full article: Medical museum in Philadelphia overhauls policies on human remains to meet modern ethical standards

A medical museum in Philadelphia is redrawing its policies about collecting and displaying human remains.

A juvenile wood stork perches on a branch in the Mud Lake Wildlife Area in Columbia County, Wis., on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Jeff Bahls via AP)

Deer hunter discovers rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin

Read full article: Deer hunter discovers rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin

A deer hunter has discovered a rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin.

People leave the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

Read full article: Australian lawyer apologizes for AI-generated errors in murder case

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for using AI-generated fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments in a murder case.

In this illustration provided by Ruairidh Duncan a Janjucetus dullardi is depicted chasing a fish. (Ruairidh Duncan via AP)

Scientists discover an ancient whale with a Pokémon face and a predator bite

Read full article: Scientists discover an ancient whale with a Pokémon face and a predator bite

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

FILE - This June 26, 2013, image made from a video provided by Gunnar Boettcher shows a rabbit in Mankato, Minn., that Boettcher dubbed "Frankenstein," due to what looks like horns growing out of its head. (Gunnar Boettcher via AP, File)

Rabbits with 'horns' in Colorado are being called 'Frankenstein bunnies.' Here's why

Read full article: Rabbits with 'horns' in Colorado are being called 'Frankenstein bunnies.' Here's why

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns.

FILE A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, at Sotheby's, in New York, July 9, 2025. was sold for just over $5-million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects. at Sotheby's, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth

Read full article: Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars has sold for over $5 million at a New York auction, setting a world record.

FILE - A customer shows a new Labubu doll to media during the opening of Germany's first shop for Labubu plush dolls in Berlin, July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

$7K worth of Labubu dolls stolen from Los Angeles store, authorities say

Read full article: $7K worth of Labubu dolls stolen from Los Angeles store, authorities say

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating an incident in which thieves stole about $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls, the agency said.

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A fiery meteor that punched through a Georgia home’s roof is older than Earth, a scientist says

Read full article: A fiery meteor that punched through a Georgia home’s roof is older than Earth, a scientist says

A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself.

This photo provided by Flagler County Sheriff's Office in Florida shows Autumn Bardisa being taken into custody Tuesday, Aug. 5, in Palm Coast, Fla. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A Florida woman posed as a nurse and treated thousands of unsuspecting patients, officials say

Read full article: A Florida woman posed as a nurse and treated thousands of unsuspecting patients, officials say

Authorities say a Florida woman posed as a licensed nurse and provided medical care to thousands of patients.

Sandals known as "huaraches" are displayed for sale at a market in Oaxaca, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)

Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation in their sandal design

Read full article: Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation in their sandal design

Mexican authorities have accused Adidas of plagiarizing Mexican artisans with a new sandal design similar to Indigenous huaraches.

One of four Barbary lion cubs, that were born recently at the Safari Park Dvur Kralove, rests with its parents Khalila, left, and Bart at their enclosure, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech zoo welcomes 4 rare Barbary lion cubs whose population is extinct in the wild

Read full article: Czech zoo welcomes 4 rare Barbary lion cubs whose population is extinct in the wild

Four Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo.

This image taken from video provided by the Seattle Kraken shows a brown bear splashing toward the NHL Kraken sea troll mascot known as Buoy, left, next to a fishing guide during the filming of a promotional video in a river outside Anchorage, Alaska, June 25, 2025. (Seattle Kraken via AP)

Seattle NHL team's mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska

Read full article: Seattle NHL team's mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska

A Seattle Kraken ice hockey player and the team's mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a video shoot in Alaska.

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2018 photo, crocodiles rest in water at a a farm in the Jordan Valley, West Bank. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, file)

Israel euthanizes crocodiles after repeated escapes and inhumane treatment

Read full article: Israel euthanizes crocodiles after repeated escapes and inhumane treatment

Israeli authorities have euthanized a group of crocodiles in a West Bank settlement.

An Intercity bus prepares to depart from Timaru, New Zealand on Oct. 14, 2022. (Aiman Amerul Muner/STUFF via AP)

New Zealand woman arrested after 2-year-old girl found alive in suitcase stowed in bus luggage

Read full article: New Zealand woman arrested after 2-year-old girl found alive in suitcase stowed in bus luggage

A New Zealand woman faces a child neglect charge after a bus driver found a 2-year-old girl in a suitcase.

Coconut is pushed through the breakers during the World Dog Surfing Championships Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, in Pacifica, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard)

Who's the top dog? Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships

Read full article: Who's the top dog? Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships

About 15 to 20 canine wave riders are set to vie for top dog in the World Dog Surfing Championships outside San Francisco this weekend.

Rescue crews clean up a truckload of hot dogs that spilled out of a tractor-trailer on Friday, August 1, 2025, along Interstate 83 in Shrewsbury, Pa. (Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company via AP)

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare

Read full article: Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare

A truckload of hot dogs has spilled across a Pennsylvania highway after a crash, clogging the road toward the end of the morning rush hour.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Jos Caballero watches as New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger gestures to teammates after hitting an RBI triple during the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A winner either way: José Caballero traded from Rays to Yankees while teams were playing each other

Read full article: A winner either way: José Caballero traded from Rays to Yankees while teams were playing each other

José Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth.

Archaeologist Jose Aliaga works at the site where city workers discovered ancient remains, from the pre-Inca Chancay culture, and artifacts as workers were digging a natural gas line for the company Calidda in the district of Puente Piedra on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

Read full article: Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks.

FILE - Radioactive waste sealed in large stainless steel canisters is stored under five feet of concrete in a storage building at the Savannah River Site, near Aiken, S.C., Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

Radioactive wasp nest found at site where US once made nuclear bombs

Read full article: Radioactive wasp nest found at site where US once made nuclear bombs

Workers at a South Carolina site that once made nuclear bomb parts have found a radioactive wasp nest.

ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES


FILE - Actors Robert Redford and Jane Fonda hug as they pose for photographers at the photo call of the film "Our Souls at Night" during the 74th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 1, 2017. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
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Robert Redford remembered for his deep legacy in environmental activism and Native American advocacy

Read full article: Robert Redford remembered for his deep legacy in environmental activism and Native American advocacy
FILE - Beyonce performs at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, file)
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Suspect arrested in Atlanta auto break-in and theft of Beyoncé's unreleased music, police say

Read full article: Suspect arrested in Atlanta auto break-in and theft of Beyoncé's unreleased music, police say
This combination of images shows Justin Bieber, from left, Sabrina Carpenter, and Karol G. (AP Photo)
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Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G to headline

Read full article: Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G to headline
FILE - The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Trump extends TikTok shutdown deadline for fourth time after reaching framework deal with China

Read full article: Trump extends TikTok shutdown deadline for fourth time after reaching framework deal with China
Cows stand in an enclosure at Michigan State University's new Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center on Monday, July 28, 2025, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

It’s moo-ving day for dairy cattle at Michigan State University

Read full article: It’s moo-ving day for dairy cattle at Michigan State University

Dozens of dairy cattle are on the move at Michigan State University.

FILE - Barcelona's head coach Xavi Hernandez watches before the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Sevilla and FC Barcelona at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Fermin Rodriguez, File)

Emailed job application supposedly from Xavi was bogus, Indian soccer federation says

Read full article: Emailed job application supposedly from Xavi was bogus, Indian soccer federation says

Indian soccer officials say that a job application to coach their national team it apparently received from former Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández was fake.

This undated image, provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, shows a bull moose, near Tupper Lake, NY, that has been lingering around an Adirondack mountain trail, through this summer, forcing New York wildlife officials to keep hikers away as they keep watch and wonder why the majestic animal is not moving on. (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation via AP)

A bull moose is blocking a New York mountain trail. Wildlife researchers don't know why

Read full article: A bull moose is blocking a New York mountain trail. Wildlife researchers don't know why

New York wildlife officials have closed a trail in the Adirondack Mountains this summer due to a bull moose lingering around the area.

A lesser yellow-headed vulture that hatched three weeks ago is being fed by using a puppet that imitates a parent bird at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Zookeepers in Prague turn into puppeteers to save baby vultures

Read full article: Zookeepers in Prague turn into puppeteers to save baby vultures

Zookeepers in Prague have become puppeteers to save newly born birds rejected by their parents.

In this photo provided by Helen North, laundry-stealing cat Leo poses on Sept. 25, 2024, with some of the socks it has found and brought to its home in Auckland, New Zealand. (Helen North via AP)

A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

Read full article: A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

A laundry-stealing cat with expensive taste has puzzled and delighted a neighborhood in Auckland, New Zealand, by committing an unstoppable wave of burglaries from clotheslines and even bedrooms.

Luxury cars cars bearing fake diplomatic number plates are parked outside a rented residential building in which a bogus embassy was running in Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi, India, Monday, July 21, 2025. (Uttar Pradesh Police Special Task Force via AP)

Man posed as an ambassador and ran a fake embassy, Indian police say

Read full article: Man posed as an ambassador and ran a fake embassy, Indian police say

Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented building near New Delhi.

A giant troll sculpture created by the Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo and his team that's part of an installation of six sculptures called "Trolls Save the Humans" is seen on display at the historic estate Filoli, Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Woodside, Calif. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Giant trolls have a message for humans about protecting the planet

Read full article: Giant trolls have a message for humans about protecting the planet

Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates giant wooden trolls from recycled materials to promote environmental awareness.

FILE - A brain-scanning MRI machine is seen in Pittsburgh, Nov. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Man pulled into MRI machine after he walked into an exam room wearing a chain necklace

Read full article: Man pulled into MRI machine after he walked into an exam room wearing a chain necklace

A man was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large chain necklace.

FILE - Felix Baumgartner of Austria gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash in Italy

Read full article: Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in crash in Italy

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy.

A Richardson's ground squirrel pokes up from its burrow on Monday, July 14, 2025, in a vacant lot in Minot, N.D. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city and officials are not amused

Read full article: Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city and officials are not amused

Ground squirrels have proliferated in Minot, North Dakota's fourth-largest city.

A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, estimated at $2 - 4 million, is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, part of their Geek Week auction, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

Read full article: Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth has sold for just over $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

Indian policemen rescue Nina Kutina, 40, a Russian woman, from a cave in forest area of Ramtirtha hills in southern Indian state of Karnataka, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Uttara Kannada District Police via AP)

Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

Read full article: Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

Police in India’s southern Karnataka state say they have found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave.

A woman searches through a dumpster looking for useful items, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Baos)

Cuban labor minister resigns after her suggestion beggars were pretending sparked backlash

Read full article: Cuban labor minister resigns after her suggestion beggars were pretending sparked backlash

Cuba’s Labor Minister Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera has resigned after controversial comments she made about poverty in the island nation.

Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree in yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport.

People in Florida neighborhood stop dinner, grab tools to rescue 4 people in plane crash

Read full article: People in Florida neighborhood stop dinner, grab tools to rescue 4 people in plane crash

Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree.

In this photo provided by Pannonhalma Archabbey, a restorer shows an old book with holes in its pages due to a drugstore beetle infestation, at the Pannonhalma Archabbey's library in Pannonhalma, Hungary, Thursday, July 3, 2025, as a beetle infestation threatens its ancient collection. (Pannonhalma Archabbey via AP)

Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation

Read full article: Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation

A medieval abbey in Hungary is battling a beetle infestation threatening its ancient book collection.

Geologist James Hagadorn closes boxes of core rock samples at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like 'a hole in one from the moon.'

Read full article: A Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot. Like 'a hole in one from the moon.'

A dinosaur fossil has been found in an unlikely place, a hole drilled under the parking lot of a Colorado museum where dinosaur skeletons are on display.

Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng eats fruit presented for her first birthday celebration at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thousands celebrate baby hippo Moo Deng's first birthday at a Thailand zoo

Read full article: Thousands celebrate baby hippo Moo Deng's first birthday at a Thailand zoo

Thousands of fans have flocked to a Thailand zoo to celebrate the first birthday of Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that's become a social media sensation.

Vehicles drive over rumble strips that play Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on a highway in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bassam Hatoum)

A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah

Read full article: A classical drive: Road rumble strips play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in UAE emirate of Fujairah

A highway in Fujairah, UAE, now plays Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as cars drive over special rumble strips.

In thit photo released by The Snake Hunter, snake handler Mark Pelley lifts a a harmless 60-centimeter (2-foot) green tree snake in the cargo hold of a plane at Melbourne Airport, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (The Snake Hunter via AP)

Snake on a plane delays a flight in Australia

Read full article: Snake on a plane delays a flight in Australia

An Australian domestic airline flight has been delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane’s cargo hold.

In this photo taken from video shows a bright object traveling in the sky in McDonough, Ga., Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Bryan Jennings Updyke via AP)

Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern sky

Read full article: Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern sky

More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a fireball streak across the sky, and NASA has determined that it was a meteor.

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