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Zoo asks public to name rare giraffe born without spots

Zoo asks public to name rare giraffe born without spots

A reticulated giraffe was born without spots at the end of July at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tenn. — Courtesy of Brights Zoo (LIMESTONE, Tenn.) — A Tennessee zoo is asking the public to vote on a name for one of its newborn giraffes. What makes this giraffe so special […]

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Bail bondsman is first to surrender in Georgia election interference case

Bail bondsman is first to surrender in Georgia election interference case

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Scott Hall, one of the 18 co-defendants charged in the Georgia election interference case alongside former President Donald Trump, was booked at the Fulton County Jail on Tuesday morning, according to the Fulton County Inmate Record Database. Hall, a Georgia bail bondsman, is among those […]

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Maui wildfires updates: President Biden, first lady get firsthand look at damage

Maui wildfires updates: President Biden, first lady get firsthand look at damage

FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 8/21/23

Scoreboard roundup — 8/21/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati at LA Angels (Postponed) Chi Cubs 7, Detroit 6 Arizona 4, Texas 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Seattle 14, Chi White Sox 2 Houston 9, Boston 4 Oakland 6, Kansas City 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia […]

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Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: Roads flood as Southern California is drenched

Tropical Storm Hilary live updates: Roads flood as Southern California is drenched

Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tropical storm warnings are in effect for more than 42 million people in Southern California, as Hilary is expected to be the first storm of its kind to hit the region since Nora in 1997. Once a Category 4 […]

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Hilary live updates: Roads flood as Southern California sees historic rainfall

Hilary live updates: Roads flood as Southern California sees historic rainfall

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical storm warnings are in effect for more than 42 million people in Southern California as Hilary hits the region, flooding roads and knocking out power. Once a Category 4 hurricane, Hilary weakened as it approached the West Coast. Flood watches are in effect from […]

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Trump to be booked at Georgia’s notorious Fulton County Jail at center of DOJ probe

Trump to be booked at Georgia’s notorious Fulton County Jail at center of DOJ probe

WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — LaShawn Thompson was neither the first nor the last person to die in the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, last year. But when the circumstances of his death were revealed — he was found “eaten alive by insects and bedbugs” in a filthy cell, according […]

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Driver hits crowd, injuring seven in midtown Manhattan, NYPD says

Driver hits crowd, injuring seven in midtown Manhattan, NYPD says

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven people were injured as a car drove into a crowd in midtown Manhattan on Sunday night, police said. All of the injured had non-life-threatening injuries, according to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department. No one is in critical condition. Six men, […]

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California store owner shot dead in dispute over displaying Pride flag: Police

California store owner shot dead in dispute over displaying Pride flag: Police

Johner Images/Getty Images (CEDAR GLEN, Calif.) — A California clothing store owner and designer was killed allegedly by a gunman who confronted her about a rainbow Pride flag outside her business and shot her after making disparaging remarks about the display, according to police. Laura Ann Carleton, a married mother […]

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Maui wildfires live updates: 850 missing after Lahaina fire

Maui wildfires live updates: 850 missing after Lahaina fire

FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds. […]

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