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Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state
Read full article: Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington stateAbout 250 million honeybees took to the skies when a commercial truck carrying them overturned in Washington state near the Canadian border.
A controversial flag invited art gallery visitors to 'please walk on me.' It lasted 19 days
Read full article: A controversial flag invited art gallery visitors to 'please walk on me.' It lasted 19 daysA New Zealand flag printed with the words “please walk on me” and displayed on the floor of an art gallery in the city of Nelson has been removed from display after protests.
Alaska man unscathed after being pinned for three hours by 700-pound boulder in glacier creek
Read full article: Alaska man unscathed after being pinned for three hours by 700-pound boulder in glacier creekAn Alaska man escaped unscathed after being trapped by a 700-pound boulder for three hours during a hike in a remote area last weekend.
Brazil's lifelike doll craze goes from shopping malls to state legislatures
Read full article: Brazil's lifelike doll craze goes from shopping malls to state legislaturesVideos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls have sparked both online fascination and political debate in Brazil, with lawmakers even bringing the lifelike dolls into legislatures.
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?
Read full article: What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.
'How did you get here?' A large elephant seal is found lumbering along a South African street
Read full article: 'How did you get here?' A large elephant seal is found lumbering along a South African streetA large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in South Africa on Tuesday.
An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in Hawaii
Read full article: An Oregon man who quit his job to set sail with his cat arrives to cheering fans in HawaiiAn Oregon man who quit his job at a tire company and liquidated his retirement savings to set sail for Hawaii with his cat reached his destination Saturday.
Hot diggity dog! Wienermobiles put on riveting race in Wienie 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Read full article: Hot diggity dog! Wienermobiles put on riveting race in Wienie 500 at Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayThe top dog in a race among the six iconic Wienermobiles from Oscar Mayer proved to be the one representing the Southeast.
Holy cow! Pato O'Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500, hoping to break his streak of heartbreak
Read full article: Holy cow! Pato O'Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500, hoping to break his streak of heartbreakPato O'Ward hopes spending the morning milking a cow will help him finally clear out the negative karma keeping him from winning the Indianapolis 500.
In New Zealand's Parliament, a battered cookie tin decides which new laws get debated
Read full article: In New Zealand's Parliament, a battered cookie tin decides which new laws get debatedIn New Zealand’s Parliament, every legislator has the chance to advance a proposed law, no matter how unpopular, thanks to an unusual lottery where bills are selected by random draw from a cookie tin.
Jury convicts New York-Paris flight stowaway who slipped past gate agents
Read full article: Jury convicts New York-Paris flight stowaway who slipped past gate agentsA woman who was able to sneak onto a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass last year has been convicted of a stowaway charge.
Tigers, jaguars and elephants are the latest to flee cartel violence in Mexico's Sinaloa
Read full article: Tigers, jaguars and elephants are the latest to flee cartel violence in Mexico's SinaloaA pack of veterinarians clamber over hefty metal crates of animals they load one-by-one onto a fleet of semi-trucks.
Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelter
Read full article: Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming an animal shelterMore than 12,000 chicks at a Delaware distribution center were found left in a USPS truck for more than three days.
Man who tried to sell $6.4m gold toilet stolen from English country house is spared jail
Read full article: Man who tried to sell $6.4m gold toilet stolen from English country house is spared jailA man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a gold toilet was spared prison on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves.
Still finding trouble in the woods: 'Blair Witch Project' star at center of Maine road dispute
Read full article: Still finding trouble in the woods: 'Blair Witch Project' star at center of Maine road disputeHeather Donahue starred in the low-budget hit movie “The Blair Witch Project” and has been embroiled in a spat with locals in her tiny Maine town after she started marking trees to help people find their way in the dense forests.
Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's statue in her native Slovenia
Read full article: Police investigate disappearance of Melania Trump's statue in her native SloveniaPolice in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown.
New Zealand's unofficial fruit is the feijoa, not the kiwi. And part of the fun is in giving it away
Read full article: New Zealand's unofficial fruit is the feijoa, not the kiwi. And part of the fun is in giving it awayThe feijoa, not the kiwi, is the unofficial fruit of New Zealand, but it remains unknown to much of the world.
Paul Pierce says he's walking 20 miles to work in a robe as punishment for guaranteeing Celtics win
Read full article: Paul Pierce says he's walking 20 miles to work in a robe as punishment for guaranteeing Celtics winFormer Celtics great Paul Pierce was so confident in his team in Game 2 against the Knicks, he said he’d walk to work, “in my robe, bare feet,” if they lost for a second straight game in the second-round series.
A rare New Zealand snail is filmed for the first time laying an egg from its neck
Read full article: A rare New Zealand snail is filmed for the first time laying an egg from its neckThe sight of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured on camera for the first time.
Sliding mitts are baseball's 'must-have,' even if at youth levels, they're all fashion, no function
Read full article: Sliding mitts are baseball's 'must-have,' even if at youth levels, they're all fashion, no functionBaseball players from major leaguers to Little Leaguers are using sliding mitts as a form of self-expression, even if at some levels, they're not needed at all.
A woman who disappeared from Wisconsin more than 6 decades ago has been found safe
Read full article: A woman who disappeared from Wisconsin more than 6 decades ago has been found safeAudrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin 62 years ago after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and catching a bus to Indianapolis.
Banksy's ‘Broken Heart' painting defaced on a Brooklyn wall is up for sale
Read full article: Banksy's ‘Broken Heart' painting defaced on a Brooklyn wall is up for saleA slab of Brooklyn wall that the artist Banksy emblazoned with a bandaged, heart-shaped balloon is emerging after more than a decade in storage.
A woodpecker has invaded a Massachusetts neighborhood. Residents are taking it in stride
Read full article: A woodpecker has invaded a Massachusetts neighborhood. Residents are taking it in strideDuring the War of 1812, residents of Rockport, Massachusetts, hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as slings.
A man airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji returns to the slope days later and is rescued again
Read full article: A man airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji returns to the slope days later and is rescued againPolice in Japan say that climber who was airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later.
Kings serenaded by another national anthem by harmonica chorus from Koreatown senior citizen center
Read full article: Kings serenaded by another national anthem by harmonica chorus from Koreatown senior citizen centerThe Los Angeles Kings have brought back the harmonica-playing senior citizens whose rendition of the national anthem caused a sensation before their playoff opener.
No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors
Read full article: No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitorsIn one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital.
US YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke can
Read full article: US YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke canA 24-year-old American YouTuber who visited a restricted island in the Indian Ocean last month with a Diet Coke as offering for an isolated tribe has been further detained.
Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantation
Read full article: Behind the story of the decades-long journey of xenotransplantationIn this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last few years.
See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home
Read full article: See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new homeResidents of a small Michigan community stood side by side to help a local bookstore move 9,100 books — one by one — from its former site to a new location about a block away.
Elephants at San Diego safari park huddle to protect calves during earthquake
Read full article: Elephants at San Diego safari park huddle to protect calves during earthquakeAt the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a herd of African elephants was caught on video running over to protect their young by encircling them during a 5.2 magnitude earthquake.
A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornado
Read full article: A beloved pet tortoise is reunited with its family weeks after disappearing in a Mississippi tornadoA beloved pet tortoise named Myrtle has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak.
Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error
Read full article: Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic errorA woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger's baby after an IVF clinic mistakenly transferred the wrong embryo, the clinic said.
Altar found in Guatemalan jungle evidence of mingling of Mayan and Teotihuacan cultures, experts say
Read full article: Altar found in Guatemalan jungle evidence of mingling of Mayan and Teotihuacan cultures, experts sayAn altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the interaction between the two societies.
Demand for viral 'torpedo' baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
Read full article: Demand for viral 'torpedo' baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdriveTorpedo bats drew attention over the weekend when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers in one game.
Dog of captain who lost boats in Lahaina wildfire barks with delight during whale encounter
Read full article: Dog of captain who lost boats in Lahaina wildfire barks with delight during whale encounterA Hawaii boat captain who rebuilt her whale-watching tour business after losing three boats in the deadly 2023 Lahaina wildfire captured iPhone footage her of golden retriever barking excitedly when a humpback swam near them over the weekend.
A look inside the Tampa Bay Rays' 120-hour makeover of the Yankees' Steinbrenner Field
Read full article: A look inside the Tampa Bay Rays' 120-hour makeover of the Yankees' Steinbrenner FieldLeft homeless after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Field roof on Oct. 9, the Tampa Bay Rays began their season as renters at Steinbrenner Field, the spring training headquarters for the Yankees, playing the Colorado Rockies in the final major league opener.
A new thermal steam vent is grabbing attention in ever-changing Yellowstone National Park
Read full article: A new thermal steam vent is grabbing attention in ever-changing Yellowstone National ParkYellowstone National Park has a new thermal vent spewing steam in the air that could be visible to tourists once visitors flock back into the park.
Viral videos of dogs called a 'Himalayan fur goblin' and 'teacup werewolf' boost adoptions
Read full article: Viral videos of dogs called a 'Himalayan fur goblin' and 'teacup werewolf' boost adoptionsWhen the COVID pandemic practically shut down Nashville's animal shelters, a volunteer photographer tried something different to get more dogs adopted.
New Zealand parliament shows its spooky side in a tour of mysterious deaths and cat infestations
Read full article: New Zealand parliament shows its spooky side in a tour of mysterious deaths and cat infestationsMysterious deaths, unexplained noises and late-night apparitions are not the usual fodder of daily tours offered at New Zealand's parliament in Wellington.
Quirky livestream that lets viewers help fish is a hit with millions
Read full article: Quirky livestream that lets viewers help fish is a hit with millionsThe central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” that lets viewers of an online livestream help fish in their springtime swim to shallow spawning grounds.
Jury convicts thief who stole golden toilet from English palace
Read full article: Jury convicts thief who stole golden toilet from English palaceA thief who swiped a golden toilet from an English palace has been convicted along with an accomplice who helped cash in on the spoils of the 18-carat work of art valued at more than $6 million.
Michigan judge wanted Walmart shoplifters to wash cars. His boss stepped on the hose.
Read full article: Michigan judge wanted Walmart shoplifters to wash cars. His boss stepped on the hose.A Michigan judge came up with a creative way to punish Walmart shoplifters: wash cars for free in the community when spring arrives.
Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airport
Read full article: Man found with a live turtle concealed in his pants by TSA at a New Jersey airportAuthorities say a man passing through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants.
World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina
Read full article: World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North CarolinaA bucktoothed llama that spends his days comforting chronically ill children at a North Carolina camp founded by NASCAR royalty has been crowned the world’s oldest llama in captivity.
One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boat
Read full article: One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boatA dolphin weighing more than 900 pounds appeared to fall out of the sky before landing in a small fishing boat off the coast of New Zealand, shocking the three men on board.
Crowds cheer as runners with frying pans race to mark annual Pancake Day
Read full article: Crowds cheer as runners with frying pans race to mark annual Pancake DayRacers dressed as a skyscraper, beekeeper and a chest of drawers were among dozens of runners zipping around a central London square with a frying pan in hand to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, or “Pancake Day.”.
Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom's Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century
Read full article: Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom's Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a centuryIt’s timber over Tinder in a forest in northern Germany where the Bridegroom’s Oak has connected lovers for more than a century.
Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the Oscars
Read full article: Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the OscarsHollywood’s never-ending awards season can make it easy to get a little lost in the run-of-the-mill “best” categories.
Baby white rhino Nova makes her public debut at Belgium's Pairi Daiza zoo
Read full article: Baby white rhino Nova makes her public debut at Belgium's Pairi Daiza zooBaby white rhino Nova has given her first open-air media show, jumping and frolicking with her mother Ellie in her enclosure at the Pairi Daiza zoo.
Thieves nab pricey bulldogs from a Colorado pet store after faking a seizure, sheriff says
Read full article: Thieves nab pricey bulldogs from a Colorado pet store after faking a seizure, sheriff saysAuthorities in Colorado say thieves nabbed a pair of high-priced bulldogs from a pet store after one of them allegedly faked a seizure to distract employees while an accomplice grabbed the puppies from a pen and ran out.
Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee
Read full article: Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupeeColombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee.
Luxury home at risk of tumbling into Cape Cod Bay over removal dispute is demolished
Read full article: Luxury home at risk of tumbling into Cape Cod Bay over removal dispute is demolishedA luxury home that had been on the verge of tumbling into Massachusetts' Cape Cod Bay due to erosion has been demolished.
Wojnarowski auctions iPhones used for 'Woj bombs' to raise NIL money at St. Bonaventure
Read full article: Wojnarowski auctions iPhones used for 'Woj bombs' to raise NIL money at St. BonaventureAdrian Wojnarowski is cleaning out his office of cell phones and press passes, and even offering dinner dates in a bid to raise name, image and likeness funds for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball program.
Prosecutor says golden toilet was stolen from English palace in 'audacious raid'
Read full article: Prosecutor says golden toilet was stolen from English palace in 'audacious raid'The trial of three men accused in the theft or sale of an 18-carat gold toilet that was a pricey piece of satirical art is underway in Britain.
Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winnings
Read full article: Thieves used a stolen card to buy a $523,000 lottery ticket. The victim wants to share the winningsThieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros or $523,000.
A look at some Yankees players who trimmed their hair to comport with the team's facial hair policy
Read full article: A look at some Yankees players who trimmed their hair to comport with the team's facial hair policyA look at some Yankees who trimmed their hair to comport with the team’s facial hair policy.
New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner
Read full article: New York Yankees drop ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George SteinbrennerThe New York Yankees have dropped their ban on beards, 49 years after it was imposed by owner George Steinbrenner.
Scottish Highland bull on the loose in Connecticut's rural hill country
Read full article: Scottish Highland bull on the loose in Connecticut's rural hill countryA Scottish Highland bull is the talk of the town in the rural hills of western Connecticut, where it has been roaming for over a month after escaping from its confines.
QR-code stickers mysteriously appear on 1,000 Munich graves. Police are now investigating
Read full article: QR-code stickers mysteriously appear on 1,000 Munich graves. Police are now investigatingPolice in Munich are investigating a mystery: More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from or why.
Tigers, zebras and other stuffed animals will get new homes after health concerns kept them hidden
Read full article: Tigers, zebras and other stuffed animals will get new homes after health concerns kept them hiddenCrocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had been displayed for decades.
Bakery owner in New England says he was offended over town's decision against pastry painting
Read full article: Bakery owner in New England says he was offended over town's decision against pastry paintingA New Hampshire bakery owner has tesified that his excitement about displaying a painting by high school students of giant pastries quickly turned to annoyance after a zoning code officer told him it was a sign that had to be changed or removed.
Michigan judge sentences Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in the parking lot
Read full article: Michigan judge sentences Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in the parking lotA Michigan judge is putting sponges in the hands of shoplifters and ordering them to wash cars in a Walmart parking lot when spring weather arrives.