PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — There are a lot of things people aren’t crazy about seeing on other people’s lawns — like plastic flamingos, maybe. In Cambodia, authorities are scolding a man for what he uses to decorate his lawn: live land mines and other abandoned ordnance. Officials in the
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — There’s a manhunt under way in Manhattan, Kansas — but not for a human. It’s for an alligator. How’d a gator get into a Kansas creek? Authorities believe the 5-foot reptile is one of two stolen from a pet store. A man called 911 to report seeing an alligator
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WEEKI WACHEE, Fla. (AP) — It’s the end of the “tail” for a Florida town famed for its mermaid shows. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed legislation to dissolve the city of Weeki Wachee. The town, about 50 miles north of Tampa, was founded in 1966 to literally put the Weeki Wachee mermaid park
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t just affecting humans. It’s also affecting some animals. The pandemic is reducing the number of young whooping cranes to be released this fall. Zoos and other places where the endangered birds are bred have had to cut staff and reduce the use
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DIXON – Nobody exactly knows what kind of adventures Filo the dog had during the last week, but he somehow got from his home in Arkansas to north central Illinois. The Lee County Animal Control Office said Wednesday that a woman had noticed the stray locally and took him to the shelter in
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