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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.
Hot dog: Oscar Mayer's Weinermobile fleet set to race during Indy 500's Carb Day festivities
Read full article: Hot dog: Oscar Mayer's Weinermobile fleet set to race during Indy 500's Carb Day festivitiesOscar Mayer’s iconic Wienermobile fleet will be “hot dogging” it later this week at the inaugural "Wienie 500.”.
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is forced into a draw in a showdown against ‘the world’
Read full article: Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is forced into a draw in a showdown against ‘the world’Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game.
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.
Paul Pierce says he walked 20 miles to work in a robe as punishment for guaranteeing a Celtics' win
Read full article: Paul Pierce says he walked 20 miles to work in a robe as punishment for guaranteeing a Celtics' winFormer Celtics great Paul Pierce was so confident in his team in Game 2 against the Knicks, he said he would walk to work barefoot “in my robe” if they lost for a second straight game in the second-round series.
A miniature dachshund is reunited with its owner after 18 months lost on an Australian island
Read full article: A miniature dachshund is reunited with its owner after 18 months lost on an Australian islandA miniature dachshund named Valerie who was lost for 18 months — or around half her life — on an Australian island has been reunited with her owners.
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.
Thousands of chickens euthanized in South Africa after they were left starving and eating each other
Read full article: Thousands of chickens euthanized in South Africa after they were left starving and eating each otherAnimal welfare officers faced the grisly task of euthanizing more than 350,000 chickens by hand after they were left starving and cannibalizing each other.
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.
Wiener wonderland: Hundreds of dachshunds chase record in Hungary
Read full article: Wiener wonderland: Hundreds of dachshunds chase record in HungaryHundreds of dachshunds and their owners have gathered in Budapest’s City Park in an attempt to set Hungary’s record for the largest single-breed dog walk.
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.
Four White Sox pitchers - all from Massachusetts - made their Fenway mound debuts within 24 hours
Read full article: Four White Sox pitchers - all from Massachusetts - made their Fenway mound debuts within 24 hoursFour young Chicago White Sox pitchers all had something in common before they even came to Boston this weekend.
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.
A Russian bucket brigade helps toads and frogs cross the road to get to a spawning site
Read full article: A Russian bucket brigade helps toads and frogs cross the road to get to a spawning siteIt happens every spring along a section of road north of Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg: Volunteers, some in yellow vests, patrol near the Sestroretsk Bog natural reserve, and become crossing guards for thousands of toads and frogs.
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.
Emaarion Boyd steals 6 bases without a hit, 1st minor league player to do it since at least 2005
Read full article: Emaarion Boyd steals 6 bases without a hit, 1st minor league player to do it since at least 2005Emaarion Boyd became the first minor league player in at least 20 years to steal six bases in a game without getting a hit when he pulled off the feat for High-A Beloit against Cedar Rapids.
Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
Read full article: Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolfA company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf.
Garbage piles up on Birmingham's streets as a sanitation strike in the UK city enters its 5th week
Read full article: Garbage piles up on Birmingham's streets as a sanitation strike in the UK city enters its 5th weekStinky garbage is piling up on the streets of the U.K.'s second-largest city and causing chaos a month into a strike by trash collectors.
An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it
Read full article: An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having itA man appearing before a New York court got a scolding from a judge after he tried to use an avatar generated by artificial intelligence to argue his case.
Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who's spent weeks on the run in Alaska
Read full article: Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who's spent weeks on the run in AlaskaA German shepherd-husky dog has evaded capture for nearly two months after being rescued from a California shelter and running away from her adoptive home in Alaska.
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.
Scientists hope a newly discovered flower will return after rain in West Texas
Read full article: Scientists hope a newly discovered flower will return after rain in West TexasScientists who want to learn more about a tiny, newly discovered flower in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area.
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.