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Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, the ruler of Turkmenistan, unveiled a statue to the Alabi dog on Wednesday

“Sometimes people actually do make our job easy,” authorities said.

Attendees of “Rumble in the Bronx” were discovered drinking, smoking and fighting, according to officials — and were not social distancing, they said.

The Primary School in southern France, put up ‘no throwing’ signs outside the school entrance depicting an adult throwing a child.

By RAF CASERT Associated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — For about a pound of pigeon, a wealthy racing fan put down a record 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird. During a frantic bidding Sunday at the end of a two-week auction, two Chinese bidders drove up the price by

COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Police say a man who crashed his car into a Montana grocery store and fled the scene was later arrested after running nude through a nearby retirement home. The suspect was taken to a local hospital for non-injury medical issues on Thursday and is expected to be

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Police officers in the mountains north of Santa Cruz responded to a suspicious figure in a roadway early Thursday and found Bigfoot. The Scotts Valley Police Department says it was a little banged up but will be returned to its rightful place at the Bigfoot

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Police are stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum. UW-Madison police said Thursday that the 25-foot Algonquin Pillar Swiss Mountain pine was sawed down sometime between Nov. 5 and Nov. 9. The stolen tree was about 30 yards from a

By The Associated Press undefined NEW YORK (AP) — Ariel Cordova-Rojas went to New York’s Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last week to celebrate her 30th birthday. She ended up rescuing a swan with lead poisoning, taking it to a wildlife clinic by foot, car and subway with the help of both

By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the banded mongooses of Uganda, frequent battles between neighboring groups afford females a chance to slip away and mate with males of the opposing side, a new study finds. Among most social mammals — such as gorillas, lions, wolves