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The seller then said, “It turns out that women can tell the difference between a PS5 and an air filter.”

CHICAGO (AP) — A dog that darted out the door of its owner’s Chicago home nearly a year ago is back home thanks to the help of a couple of good Samaritans. WLS-TV reports that the 6-year-old pit bull named Gracie was reunited with its owner Kelly Shade because Polly Ellison started

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — For nearly 30 years, Jerry Harrison of Pekin has commuted to work at a Kroger grocery store on a bicycle — every day, rain or shine, sleet or snow. But one day last week, the Peoria Journal Star reports that he went outside to collect carts, and noticed his two-wheeler

The man noticed his tire was missing Monday and he said he couldn’t believe his eyes – because the thief had used a frozen turkey to keep his car jacked up in the air while they removed the tire.

Unable to travel or perform across Europe, the French family-run operation is waiting out the pandemic in a car park in the southern Belgium town of Gembloux – and quickly running out of funds to feed its animals.

BOSTON (AP) — Thirty endangered sea turtles rescued from the beaches of Cape Cod are now safe in New Orleans after their Thanksgiving travel plans went awry. The animals were rescued this fall after almost succumbing to cold ocean waters. They were being taken to a Louisiana rehabilitation

BERLIN (AP) — The Danish Mayfly has been selected by a German entomological society as the Insect of the Year for 2021, but won’t have long to celebrate its 15 minutes of fame. The insect, whose scientific name is Ephemera danica, only has a few days to fly, mate and lay new eggs.

WASHINGTON – A long standing tradition at the White House is the yearly tradition of pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey.  Claims vary as to who began the tradition, from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower, but the most documented reprieve from the dinner table came during the presidency

The encounter was caught on a wildlife camera from the Florida Wildlife Federation and the fSTOP Foundation. The cameras usually capture videos of deer or bobcats.

Officers, including the K-9 unit followed the person’s tracks in fresh show. As they closed in on the man, he jumped into the Assiniboine River, trying to walk on the ice, but falling through and swimming in the chilly water