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A bear is recorded by a hunters' camera in the Pabrade forests calmly feasting on animal baits in Pabrade, Lithuania, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Paulius Peciulis via AP)
11 hours ago

A wild bear enters Lithuania's capital. Hunters refuse a government request to shoot the animal

Read full article: A wild bear enters Lithuania's capital. Hunters refuse a government request to shoot the animal
In this image provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, DNS staffers, from left, Angela Kujawa, Sherry Raifsnider and Miranda VanCleave work to remove a lid from the neck of an immobilized black bear near Hillman, Michigan, on June 3, 2025. ( Michigan Department of Natural Resources via AP)
1 day ago

A Michigan bear roamed the woods for two years with an awful lid on his neck. Not anymore.

Read full article: A Michigan bear roamed the woods for two years with an awful lid on his neck. Not anymore.
In this image provided by Varsity Spirit, cheerleaders compete during a Varsity Spirit event in March 2025 in Dallas. (Varsity Spirit via AP)
1 day ago

Cheerleaders can now go pro: Varsity Spirit's new league offers pay

Read full article: Cheerleaders can now go pro: Varsity Spirit's new league offers pay
FILE - A man walks up the historical Spanish Steps, in Rome, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
2 days ago

An 80-year-old drives a luxury Mercedes sedan down Rome's Spanish Steps and gets stuck

Read full article: An 80-year-old drives a luxury Mercedes sedan down Rome's Spanish Steps and gets stuck

Police in Rome say an 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes A Class sedan part way down the city's landmark Spanish Steps before getting stuck.

In this image provided by the Alpine Rescue Team, lamps are illuminated on a ridge as Alpine Rescue Team members take part in helping get two men struck by lightning off Torreys Peak in Colorado, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Jake Smith/Alpine Rescue Team via AP)

Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescues

Read full article: Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescues

Two men who were struck by lightning on a Colorado peak were flown to safety in what is believed to be the highest helicopter rescues on record in the mountainous state.

FILE - This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. (AP Photo, File)

Men who stole $6 million golden toilet from English mansion sentenced to prison terms

Read full article: Men who stole $6 million golden toilet from English mansion sentenced to prison terms

Two men who stole a $6.4 million golden toilet from an English mansion have been sentenced to more than two years in prison.

Fans gather in front of the O2 Arena prior to a performance by Pitbull on Monday, June 9, 2025, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

White shirts. Black ties. Bald caps. Pitbull’s fans party like clones worldwide

Read full article: White shirts. Black ties. Bald caps. Pitbull’s fans party like clones worldwide

Thousands and thousands of Pitbull fans dressed up for his London shows this week wearing bald caps, a white shirt, black tie and drawn-on facial hair, before swarming to the city’s O2 Arena.

A view shows the exterior of the Casa Pedro restaurant in Madrid, Spain, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

The world's oldest restaurant faces a challenge from another Madrid tavern that says its even older

Read full article: The world's oldest restaurant faces a challenge from another Madrid tavern that says its even older

In the heart of Spain’s capital, the famous Sobrino de Botín restaurant proudly holds the title of being the world’s oldest restaurant.

FILE - Nicole Daedone, center, founder and former CEO of OneTaste, departs Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Leaders of ‘orgasmic meditation’ women's wellness company OneTaste convicted in forced labor trial

Read full article: Leaders of ‘orgasmic meditation’ women's wellness company OneTaste convicted in forced labor trial

The leaders of a sex-focused women’s wellness company that promoted “orgasmic meditation” have been convicted of federal forced labor charges.

In this image taken from June 8, 2025, video by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office in Rutherford County, Tennessee, shows the airlifting of a zebra named Ed that had evaded capture for several days after it ran away from its owner. (Rutherford County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A runaway pet zebra has been captured in Tennessee

Read full article: A runaway pet zebra has been captured in Tennessee

A runaway pet zebra has been captured in Tennessee.

A detail of 'Cornclave", a vegetable sculpture made by Dean Ramsey and Jess Copsey, part of the vegetable sculpture completion at Lambeth County show at Brockwell Park vegetable fair in London, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

A quirky vegetable sculpture contest features a squash Donald Trump and a papal 'Cornclave'

Read full article: A quirky vegetable sculpture contest features a squash Donald Trump and a papal 'Cornclave'

Vegetable likenesses of U.S. President Donald Trump and singer Dolly Parton and a papal “Cornclave” are on display at the Lambeth Country Show.

Artist Curtis Ingvoldstad touches up his 20-foot-tall pencil sculpture ahead of its annual sharpening on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP photo/Mark Vancleave)

Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

Read full article: Why a Minneapolis neighborhood sharpens a giant pencil every year

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

Lucy Trout, from Olympia, Wash., watches as an abandoned ship is transported to shore on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Flying boats make for a rare sight as Washington clears an island of derelict vessels by helicopter

Read full article: Flying boats make for a rare sight as Washington clears an island of derelict vessels by helicopter

The Washington Department of Natural Resources has been using one of its firefighting helicopters to haul abandoned boats off an uninhabited island in the southernmost reaches of Puget Sound this week.

People look on as an adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly-Dally, whose front flipper was amputated after she was rescued in January suffering from predator wounds, crawls into the Atlantic Ocean after being released, on the beach in front of Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputation

Read full article: Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputation

An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital.

Workers install a restroom at the Welk Homestead State Historic Site near Strasburg, North Dakota, on Friday, May 23, 2025. (Photo by Rob Hanna via AP)

North Dakota's historic sites will finally have toilets that flush

Read full article: North Dakota's historic sites will finally have toilets that flush

Visitors to historic sites in North Dakota will soon have flush toilets available.

FILE - Gerry, left, and Kate McCann, parents of four-year old Madeleine McCann, present a picture of their daughter during a press conference in Berlin, Wednesday, June 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner, File)

Police to start new search near where toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007

Read full article: Police to start new search near where toddler Madeleine McCann disappeared in 2007

Police investigating the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann from a Portuguese holiday resort in 2007 are to conduct fresh searches in the area.

This image taken from video provided by Whatcom County Sheriff's Office shows a truck hauling an estimated 70,000 pounds of honeybee hives overturn on Friday, May 30, 2025 near Lynden, Wash. (Whatcom County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state

Read full article: Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state

About 250 million honeybees took to the skies when a commercial truck carrying them overturned in Washington state near the Canadian border.

This June 4, 2023, photo shows Kell Morris, left, and his wife Jo Roop, in Sandpoint, Idaho. (Kell Morris via AP)

A 700-pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours

Read full article: A 700-pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours

An Alaska man escaped unscathed after being trapped by a 700-pound boulder for three hours during a hike in a remote area last weekend.

A hyper-realistic reborn baby doll lies in an incubator for sale at a store in Campinas, Brazil Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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 legislatures

Videos 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.

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Bored New City of the South?: Jacksonville ranked as most boring city in the country, study finds

Read full article: Bored New City of the South?: Jacksonville ranked as most boring city in the country, study finds
JFRD responding to fire at airport parking garage.
24 minutes ago

Documents reveal structural concerns, repairs for daily and hourly parking garages at Jacksonville airport

Read full article: Documents reveal structural concerns, repairs for daily and hourly parking garages at Jacksonville airport
Shirley Murdock
35 minutes ago

Garlic crabs, hits and gratitude: Shirley Murdock shares love for Jacksonville ahead of big show

Read full article: Garlic crabs, hits and gratitude: Shirley Murdock shares love for Jacksonville ahead of big show
Juan Bay, president of the Waorani people of Ecuador, from left, Jhajayra Machoa Menda and Nadino Calapucha, a spokesperson for the Kichwa Pakkiru people, pose for a photograph as a Chevron refinery is visible in the background Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez)
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California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

Read full article: California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
This undated photo provided by Annique Dunning, executive director of Sherwood Forest Plantation, shows Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of U.S. President John Tyler, who died on May 25, 2025, at 96 years old. (Sherwood Forest Plantation via AP)

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, preserver of Virginia history and grandson of 10th US president, dies at 96

Read full article: Harrison Ruffin Tyler, preserver of Virginia history and grandson of 10th US president, dies at 96

Harrison Ruffin Tyler died on Sunday.

This image taken from video provided by TMX shows a passenger attempting to catch a pigeon flying inside the cabin of a commercial plane, in Minneapolis, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (TMX via AP)

Delta flight delayed because 2 pigeons sneaked aboard a plane in Minneapolis

Read full article: Delta flight delayed because 2 pigeons sneaked aboard a plane in Minneapolis

Two pigeons sneaked aboard a Delta Air Lines plane, delaying the flight twice.

Duaa Siyah Ouznali, 13, of San Diego, reacts after correctly spelling her word as she competes during the first preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

To win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, contenders must also master geography

Read full article: To win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, contenders must also master geography

There are times when the Scripps National Spelling Bee transforms into a geography bee.

FILE - The sun sets as seen between buildings along 42nd Street in New York, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file)

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.

Members of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) watch an elephant seal cornered on a street in Gordon's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo)

'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 street

A large elephant seal took a wrong turn and was seen lumbering along a street in South Africa on Tuesday.

A rooster walks in a park outside of the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in downtown Miami, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Wild chickens take over Miami while some embrace roosters as a cultural symbol

Read full article: Wild chickens take over Miami while some embrace roosters as a cultural symbol

Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home.

Ned and Hercules are seen Thursday, May 15, 2025, at West Virginia International Yeager Airport, where they are used to keep birds and other wildlife away from the airfield, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Meet Hercules and Ned, the border collies fending off wildlife at West Virginia’s busiest airport

Read full article: Meet Hercules and Ned, the border collies fending off wildlife at West Virginia’s busiest airport

Two border collies have a full-time job keeping birds and other wildlife off the runway at West Virginia's busiest airport.

Oliver Widger, 29-year-old Oregon man who sailed from Oregon to Hawai, arrives at the Waikiki Yacht Club, on Saturday, May 24, 2025 in Waikiki, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Michelle Bir)

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 Hawaii

An 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.

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles head into the first turn as they compete in the Wienie 500 following the practice session for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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 Speedway

The top dog in a race among the six iconic Wienermobiles from Oscar Mayer proved to be the one representing the Southeast.

Lola, centre, receives the Palm Dog award on behalf of Panda, who could not attend, during the Palm Dog award ceremony at the 78th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Panda wins the 2025 Palm Dog award at Cannes — and a look-alike accepts

Read full article: Panda wins the 2025 Palm Dog award at Cannes — and a look-alike accepts

It’s called the Palm Dog contest, but the winner of the annual Cannes Film Festival tradition was a Panda.

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece,, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file)

Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute

Read full article: Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious dispute.

FILE - A vehicle stops at Terminal 1 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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 agents

A 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.

FILE - Australia's James Magnussen smiles as he hold the gold medal he won in the Men's 100m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs

Read full article: A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs

The Enhanced Games is a sports festival that bills itself as better than the Olympics because it allows athletes to benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs.

This still image from video provided by the Durango Police Department shows Irwin the pet kangaroo is seen on the loose Monday, March 19, 2025, in Durango, Colo. (Durango Police Department via AP)

Loose pet kangaroo keeps police hopping — again — in Colorado

Read full article: Loose pet kangaroo keeps police hopping — again — in Colorado

A pet kangaroo was on the loose in Colorado.

A lion sits in a cage waiting to be transported to Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, at the Ostok Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

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 Sinaloa

A pack of veterinarians clamber over hefty metal crates of animals they load one-by-one onto a fleet of semi-trucks.

FILE - Josef Newgarden crosses the finish line to win the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, file)

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 festivities

Oscar Mayer’s iconic Wienermobile fleet will be “hot dogging” it later this week at the inaugural "Wienie 500.”.

FILE - Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, left, of SG Alpine Warriors plays against Poland's Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Chingari Gulf Titans during Global Chess League in Dubai United Arab Emirates, on July 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

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.

FILE - This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. (AP Photo, File)

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 jail

A 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.

Raphael Quenard, left, and Hugo David, right, pose with a person dressed in bird costume upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Die, My Love' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)

Bird man on red carpet leaves Cannes squawking

Read full article: Bird man on red carpet leaves Cannes squawking

Stars in glamorous gowns often peacock on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, but one attendee Saturday night literally came as a bird.

Heather Donahue walks on a rural road, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Freedom, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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 dispute

Heather 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.

ENTERTAINMENT HEADLINES


Rachel Zegler performs the song 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' from The London Palladium Theatre balcony during a performance of Evita on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'

Read full article: Rachel Zegler serenades the crowd for free in a new London production of 'Evita'
This image released by Peacock shows a scene from "Jaws." (Peacock/Universal Pictures via AP)
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Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie's 50th anniversary

Read full article: Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie's 50th anniversary
This photo provided by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts shows Kearstin Piper Brown, left, as Poppea, and Anthony Roth Costanzo, as Nero, in a scene from "The Comet/Poppea" in the Run AMOC* Festival at Lincoln Center, June 17, 2025, in New York. (Lawrence Sumulong/Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts via AP)
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Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York meet in `The Comet/Poppea' at Lincoln Center

Read full article: Nero's ancient Rome and Jazz Age New York meet in `The Comet/Poppea' at Lincoln Center
FILE - These are Gucci bags in the window of a Gucci store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows

Read full article: Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows
This Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 photo shows the bronze statue representing Melania Trump that was sawed off and taken away, in the village of Rozno, Slovenia, near Malenia Trump's hometown of Sevnica. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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 Slovenia

Police 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.

Italy's Jannik Sinner, left, shares a light moment with Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

Pope meets Sinner: No. 1 player gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket on Italian Open off day

Read full article: Pope meets Sinner: No. 1 player gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket on Italian Open off day

Pope Leo XIV has apparently made peace with Jannik Sinner.

This image released by Disney shows Varada Sethu, left, and Ncuti Gatwa from "Doctor Who" Season 2. (BBC Studios/Disney/Bad Wolf via AP)

'Doctor Who' and Eurovision will unite for a night of music and intergalactic adventure

Read full article: 'Doctor Who' and Eurovision will unite for a night of music and intergalactic adventure

A “Space Man” has been at Eurovision before, but never a Time Lord.

FILE -Bella Hadid poses for photographersat the premiere of 'Three Floors' at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France on July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Cannes makes it official: No nudity on the red carpet

Read full article: Cannes makes it official: No nudity on the red carpet

The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world.

Musk oxen are shown Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

An Alaska Mother's Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm

Read full article: An Alaska Mother's Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm

It is one of Alaska’s favorite Mother’s Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age.

Chicago Sun Times newspaper front page showing Pope Leo XIV is seen on a newspaper rack at a store, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melina Walling)

'DA POPE!' Leo XIV's Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor

Read full article: 'DA POPE!' Leo XIV's Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave.

FILE - Former NBA basketball player Paul Pierce smiles watching warmups before an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls, Nov. 14, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, file)

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' win

Former 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.

FILE - A hen stands on eggs inside her coop at at a farm in Glenview, Ill., on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side, according to science

Read full article: Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side, according to science

New experiments show eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side.

FILE - Farmer Ross Turner feeds his sheep hay in his snow covered paddocks on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand, July 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Baker,File)

Yes, New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But humans are catching up

Read full article: Yes, New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But humans are catching up

New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people.

Georgia Gardner and partner Josh Fishlock hold Valerie, their miniature dachshund after being reunited on Kangaroo Island in South Australia after Valerie was missing for 540 days, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Ruby Stewart/The Advertiser via AP)

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 island

A 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.

In this image made from video, a Powelliphanta augusta snail lays an egg from it's neck at the Hokitika Snail Housing facility, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Hokitika, New Zealand. (Lisa Flanagan/New Zealand Department of Conservation via AP)

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 neck

The sight of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail laying an egg from its neck has been captured on camera for the first time.

This undated photo provided by South Africa's National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) shows dead chickens at a poultry farming site in Delmas, South Africa. (NSPCA South Africa via AP)

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 other

Animal welfare officers faced the grisly task of euthanizing more than 350,000 chickens by hand after they were left starving and cannibalizing each other.

This image provided by Holly LaFavers shows boxes of Dum-Dum lollipops outside of Holly LaFavers's home Monday, May 5, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. (Holly LaFavers via AP)

Kentucky boy uses mother's phone to order 70K Dum-Dum suckers to share with his friends

Read full article: Kentucky boy uses mother's phone to order 70K Dum-Dum suckers to share with his friends

A Kentucky woman was in a sticky mess when she found stacks of boxes containing lollipops on her doorstep.

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A woman who disappeared from Wisconsin more than 6 decades ago has been found safe

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Audrey 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.

FILE - A Star Wars supporter poses for a photo during a fan convention called the Star Wars Celebration Japan in Chiba, near Tokyo, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Here's why May the 4th is celebrated as Star Wars Day across the galaxy

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May the 4th be with you.

Pack burros and their human companions race through the streets of a former mining town and across backcountry desert trails in Cerrillos, N.M., on Saturday, May 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Burro racing wins over runners in backcountry ode to mining history

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The backcountry sport of burro racing is a grueling feat of endurance that tests the sudden urge to stand still.

This April 5, 2025, photo shows Pearl, the world's shortest living dog, posing with Reginald, the world's tallest living dog, both certified by Guinness World Records, during a play date in Idaho Falls, Idaho. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Guinness World Records via AP)

World's tallest and smallest dogs meet up for a playdate

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Size differences didn't cause any issues when the world's tallest and smallest dogs met up for a playdate last month.

This undated handout provided by Hallmark Care Homes shows Ethel Caterham, who on Friday, May 2, 2025 is now the world's oldest woman according to LongeviQuest. (Hallmark Care Homes via AP)

Never argue: 115-year-old British woman, now the world's oldest, gives her recipe to long life

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For Ethel Caterham, the trick to a long life is not to argue.

A slab of wall art, The "Battle to Survive a Broken Heart,' created by the artist Banksy, sits on display inside the Brookfield Place atrium, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in New York. The nearly four-ton piece will be auctioned off on May 21. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Banksy's ‘Broken Heart' painting defaced on a Brooklyn wall is up for sale

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A 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 Dachshund and owner take part in an attempt to set Hungarys record for the largest dog walk of a single breed, at Budapest City Park, Budapest, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Wiener wonderland: Hundreds of dachshunds chase record in Hungary

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Hundreds 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.

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