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Biologists reel in a 240-pound fish from the Detroit River that likely hatched a century ago

Jason Fischer was shocked at what his crew had just caught. Fischer, a biologist who works with a Michigan-based Fish and Wildlife Service office, was on the water late last month, putting out setlines with hooks to catch and...

Only a few hundred California condors live in the wild, but about 20 teamed up to trash one woman’s deck

Since she first moved to a rocky hilltop north of Los Angeles, Cinda Mickols had grown used to the occasional sight of California condors in the distance. In pairs or groups of three, the endangered birds – recognizable by...

Disney's 'woke' moves spark a conservative backlash

The “wench auction” was among the first to go in the exodus of classic-but-problematic Disney scenes. In 2018, the popular Pirates of the Caribbean ride got an overhaul when a redhead who had once been sold as a bride...

U.S. employers added just 266,000 jobs in April as hiring slows

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers as the economic recovery strengthens. With viral cases declining and states...

‘Turning the Corner’: U.S. COVID outlook reaches most hopeful point yet

After weeks of coronavirus patients flooding emergency rooms in Michigan, the worst COVID-19 hot spot in the nation, hospitalizations are finally falling. On some recent days, entire states, including Wisconsin and West Virginia, have reported zero new coronavirus deaths...

Daylight attack on 2 Asian women in San Francisco increases fears

SAN FRANCISCO — From her flower stand on Market Street, Patricia Lee saw the glint of a large blade and then feathers from a winter jacket fly through the air. An older woman buckled to her knees. In broad...

Court hears challenge to topless ban at Maryland beach

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A ban on bare-chested women at the beach in Ocean City, Maryland, violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection and should be overturned, advocates argued to a federal appeals court. The Washington Post reports that...

Warren, Markey urge Senate leadership to include long-term investments for schools in next funding package

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are among a group of lawmakers urging Senate leadership to ensure that long-term investments for schools recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic are included in the next major funding package.  In a letter jointly...

See fewer people. Take fewer showers.

Robin Harper, an administrative assistant at a preschool in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, grew up showering every day. “It’s what you did,” she said. But when the coronavirus pandemic forced her indoors and away from the general public, she started...

South Carolina House adds firing squad to execution methods

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House voted Wednesday to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs — a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that once had...
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