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September 25, 2017

Japan's baby panda now has a name: Xiang Xiang, or fragrance

Japan's baby panda now has a name: Xiang Xiang, or fragrance. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced Monday that the 3-month-old ...

September 23, 2017

Police: Stolen RV recovered with about 10 dogs still inside

Police in western Washington state say they've recovered a stolen motor home and reunited its owner with about 10 dogs that ...

September 23, 2017

This week in odd news: Hitchhiking raccoon; Teen has 2 aces

A Colorado Springs police officer heading to an accident scene in a van got a big surprise when a raccoon jumped onto the ...

September 22, 2017

Powerless: Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity

The sky was darkening Thursday afternoon as 10-year-old Sarah Jimenez laid out three plastic buckets on her grandmother's ...

September 22, 2017

Despair rises for relatives of the missing in Mexico quake

As painstaking attempts to reach survivors in quake-ravaged buildings across Mexico City stretched into a third day Thursday, ...

September 21, 2017

300 bats caught by janitors at Salt Lake City high school

A bat infestation prompted a Salt Lake City high school to cancel its after-school programs so school workers could root out ...

September 21, 2017

'Nasty' to have service dog in restaurant, customer says

An argument broke out after a woman complained about a service dog being allowed inside a Delaware restaurant. The News ...

September 21, 2017

Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the ...

September 20, 2017

Huge sea turtles slowly coming back from brink of extinction

Sea turtles are lumbering back from the brink of extinction, a new study says. Scientists found more populations of the large ...

September 20, 2017

Ex-Mountie headed to US prison for smuggling narwhal tusks

A retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer accused of smuggling narwhal tusks was sentenced Wednesday to five years, two ...

September 20, 2017

Review: 'Kingsman' sequel lacks punch and vibe of first film

In the first film about a secret spy group known as Kingsman, we learned they are well-dressed, courtly and perfectly groomed

September 20, 2017

Hurricane Maria aims at Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica

One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday as officials warned it would decimate ...

September 20, 2017

Foundation to create special reserve for albino orangutan

A conservation group in Indonesia says it wants to create a 5-hectare (12-acre) "forest island" for the world's only known ...

September 19, 2017

Thirsty Deer Found in Hurricane Damaged Home

Crews inspecting a damaged home in the Florida Keys found a thirsty deer that drank four bottles of water before going on its ...

September 19, 2017

4 US monuments to be scaled back hold artifacts, key habitat

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation to shrink four sprawling national monuments in the U.S. West jeopardizes ...

September 18, 2017

Interior chief urges shrinking 4 national monuments in West

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially ...

September 18, 2017

Activist urges walrus rafts in absence of Arctic sea ice

An environmental activist is calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider placing anchored rafts in the ocean ...

September 18, 2017

Interior secretary recommends shrinking 6 national monuments

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that six of 27 national monuments under review by the Trump administration be ...

September 18, 2017

Hard to spot: criminals find new ways to smuggle rhino horns

International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha ...