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The accused thief Randall Whited worked for the library as its purchasing agent

Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier and Professor Jennifer Doudna have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work developing a method for genome editing.

A Florida man is being accused of voter fraud after authorities say he requested a mail-in ballot for his wife who died two years ago.

Combining the heart rate tracking data from the four dogs over seven days, their average heart rate was 67 beats per minute.  But when the dogs were told “I love you” by their owners, their heart rates rocketed up to 98 beats per minute.

“Unfortunately, a lion this size is too small to be released back into the wild, but we are hopeful … it will get a second chance as an ambassador for its species,” a state veterinarian said.

Rescuers in Henan Province credited his weight with helping to save him

A DNA match from the fruit helped police track him down

The Irish Independent has learned that one of those who was in Garda custody was a 71-year-old woman who owns a bed and breakfast in a ­midlands town.

The incident occurred at approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday morning when police say some Temple University students were partying and drinking on a rooftop in North Philadelphia