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Maison Des Champs climbed Salesforce Tower in San Francisco last Tuesday morning. He is climbing buildings across the country to raise money for groups that work to convince women to not have abortions.

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  • National

An anti-abortion activist scales skyscrapers to spread his message

Maison Des Champs has climbed massive buildings — without the safety of a rope or harness — to raise money for groups that work to convince women to not have abortions.

May 10, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
This species of dragonfish can grow to just under 7 inches long and can be often found 1,000 feet or more below the ocean's surface.

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  • Animals

Researchers spot a rare type of dragonfish at 1,000 feet deep

Scientists in Monterey Bay, Calif., found a seldom-seen species of dragonfish swimming nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

May 08, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Apply now to work at the British base in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, and young Gentoo penguins like this one could be your Goudier Island neighbors.

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  • Animals

Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring

If you can sort mail, sell postage stamps and count penguins, this could be the job for you.

April 24, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
Taco Bell axed the Mexican pizza from its menu to make way for new items, but popular demand brought it back.

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  • Pop Culture

Taco Bell is bringing back the Mexican pizza — and South Asians are rejoicing

Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza was a staple comfort food for South Asians across the country. Now the fast food chain is bring the favorite back to its menu.

April 21, 2022
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse and
  • Michael Levitt
Taylor Swift, pictured in 2021, is the inspiration for the name of the newly described Twisted-Claw Millipede, <em>Nannaria swiftae.</em>

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  • Science

Taylor Swift was the inspiration for the name of a new millipede species

The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede, or Nannaria swiftae, was among several new species found in Tennessee.

April 20, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
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  • Space

The first known interstellar meteor hit Earth in 2014, U.S. officials say

The meteor crash-landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

April 15, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Benjamin Wittes and a group of demonstrators in Washington, D.C., teamed up to project two large Ukrainian flags against the Russian Embassy for nearly four hours Wednesday night.

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  • Politics

Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.

Demonstrators used high-powered lights to project the Ukrainian flag onto the walls of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Russians tried to outshine the flags with a spotlight, but failed.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Benjamin Wittes and a group of demonstrators in Washington, D.C., teamed up to project two large Ukrainian flags against the Russian Embassy for nearly four hours Wednesday night.

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  • Politics

Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.

Demonstrators used high-powered lights to project the Ukrainian flag onto the walls of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Russians tried to outshine the flags with a spotlight, but failed.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Elon Musk is a vocal Twitter user with more than 80 million followers.

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  • Business

Will Elon Musk turn activist at Twitter?

Musk is now Twitter's largest shareholder. That gives him a legal right to coerce and cajole and persuade and shout about what the company does.

April 12, 2022
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  • Paddy Hirsch
An elephant in the collection.

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  • Strange News

Spain investigates private taxidermy collection with more than 1,000 animals

Species of cheetah, leopard, polar bear, rhinoceros, along with nearly 200 ivory elephant tusks, were among the extensive collection, valued at more than $31 million.

April 10, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
Jackpots, including the Powerball jackpot, are on display in California.

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  • Strange News

Woman wins $10 million after accidentally pushing the wrong button on lottery machine

LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into a lottery vending machine at a supermarket in Los Angeles when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to buy a different lottery ticket than she intended.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram

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  • Games & Humor

April Fools' Day might be the world's longest-running joke. No one knows how it began

The true history of April Fools' has been a mystery for ages. The theories around its origin story have involved everything from Roman gods and fake popes to the Gregorian calendar and gullible fish.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Dean
Gordon Ramsay laughs during an interview in Boston on Feb. 7.

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  • Strange News

A middle school called on Gordon Ramsay for help after being short on cooks

With two of her chefs out sick, Edward Peake Middle School's kitchen manager, Tina Clarke, decided to call in to a radio program to ask celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay for help.

March 28, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Dean
The Peachtree City Police Department in Georgia shared an image of a young boy bloodied by an alleged assault by teens participating in the Orbeez Challenge.

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  • Family

The 'Orbeez Challenge' is causing harm in parts of Georgia and Florida, police warn

Police are warning their communities that a new TikTok challenge is taking off and causing harm in the process.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The joro spider, a large spider native to East Asia, has become a common sight throughout Georgia and other Southeastern states. But scientists say it may soon spread through the Eastern seaboard.

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  • Animals

Beware the joro spider. Scientists say the giant, but harmless, arachnid is spreading

A new study says that the palm-sized spider, which has been largely confined to warmer Southeastern states for nearly a decade, could soon colonize regions with colder climates to the north.

March 05, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
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