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  “There is no definitive timeline yet as to when this will be completed, tested, and brought back to operational status,” the Hubble operations team said.      

A brutally honest realtor described the Colorado home as having profanity scrawled on walls and a fridge filled with rotting meat.

  People have been baffled by the sight of what appeared to be a floating city off the south coast of England.  Mind-boggling pictures have emerged of what appears to be a city skyline appearing above the sea

  Cicadas are considered crustaceans, so they’re related to shellfish like shrimp and lobsters. Shellfish may aggravate gout, a form of arthritis, so if you suffer from this condition experts recommend avoiding eating cicadas. The same goes

  Steph said: “This is my first auto-correct fail. I was really embarrassed but my friends and family found it hilarious. “When I shared it online it just blew up from there. It’s good to see it’s

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists have calculated that the coelacanth, a giant weird fish from the time of dinosaurs, can live to be 100 years old. Thursday’s study uses a standard age dating technique on

By SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — A huge diamond weighing more than 1,000 carats, which could be the third-largest mined in history, has been discovered in the southern African country of Botswana. The high-quality

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Portuguese teenager has found a message in a bottle that traveled at least 2,400 miles from a Vermont teenager. The Boston Globe reports that Christian Santos was spearfishing in the Azores when

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The endangered Sumatran Titan arum, a giant foul-smelling blossom also known as the corpse flower, has gone into a rare, quick bloom at a botanical garden in Warsaw. The event drew crowds who

Associated Press undefined BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A small town in Florida accidentally sold its water tower in a blundered real estate transaction. A businessman purchased a municipal building underneath the city of Brooksville’s water tower last

By SHAFKAT ANOWAR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago bus driver looking for a way to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic has jumped into Lake Michigan for a 365th straight day. Dan O’Conor said Saturday

“Authorities say rise of fruit aliens is to blame for glut of outer space watermelons,” read the story, which was deleted less than an hour later, according to a partial cache of its contents on Google News.

  The victim said they got into an argument over him hogging the TV remote which, records show, ultimately led to the stabbing.

  TikToker Raine, who goes by Sissyhandshaw online, shared the discovery on TikTok in a video that has since been viewed almost 16 million times. @sissyhankshaw Ok part two for you weirdos!!!!! ♬ original sound – Sissy Hankshaw

  Sharing his story anonymously, the man said that his favorite pet, literally named Favorite, had gone missing so he went in search of the wayward feline.  But his heart dropped when he found a cat with

CINCINNATI (AP) — Police are blaming an amorous cicada for causing a car crash in Ohio. Cincinnati police say the insect flew through an open window, striking the driver in the face on Monday night. The motorist

Defense Ministry spokeswoman Christina Routsi said Monday that a recent decision by the German commander in Afghanistan to ban the consumption of alcohol for security reasons had resulted in a pileup of beer, wine and mixed drinks

Seenlada Supat has been performing weekly concerts at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, southeast of Bangkok, to keep the animals company while visitation is low because of COVID-19 outbreaks.

  The unwelcome visitor didn’t expect the teen to put up a fight.

NEW LONDON, N.H. (AP) — Some people are greeted by the family dog. For Todd Westward, of New Hampshire, it’s a ruffed grouse. The bird started hanging out in the backyard last month with Westward while his

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge has rejected the “stand your ground” defense of a Florida man who said he beat an iguana to death only after it attacked him. A Palm Beach County judge

By JAY REEVES Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A Confederate monument that was stolen and became the object of an odd ransom scheme is back in an Alabama cemetery where it once stood. But who took

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s oldest-ever man has included eating chicken brains among his secrets to living more than 111 years. Retired cattle rancher Dexter Kruger on Monday marked 124 days since he turned 111, a day

BERLIN (AP) — Staff at a logistics company in Germany threw cocaine with a street value of up to $1.2 million in the trash, not realizing that the packages they’d found inside banana crates were drugs. German

SOUTHWICK, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman who accidentally tossed out a $1 million lottery ticket eventually collected her winnings thanks to the kindness and honesty of the owners of the store where she bought it. Lea

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A drug dealer in the English city of Liverpool thought he was the big cheese — until police got all the evidence they needed to arrest him from a

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The FBI was looking for an extremely valuable cache of U.S. government gold when agents excavated a remote site in Pennsylvania three years ago this month. That’s according to government emails and

When the police rushed to investigate the dormant kangaroo, it stood up, as anyone would in the presence of law enforcement.

A goat is at the center of criminal charges being filed against Erica Farmer for theft and animal cruelty.

The snorkeler was near Craig Key at Mile Marker 72 Wednesday afternoon when they discovered the bale, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office officials said.

Restrictions on the video game industry have been proposed numerous times across the United States, but few become law, and many of those are overturned through legal opposition.

While the name change prompted amused reactions among netizens, many tried to understand the reasons behind someone renaming themselves ‘Supreme Imperium’.

It was reported that the shoe was rejected after manufacturers raised objections and fears that the shoe would be so effective that it would help inferior sprinters erase Usain Bolt’s name from the record books.

  The toy is outfitted with a GPS device that allows the duo to keep tabs on the ship’s whereabouts. They share its location on social media so that other kids around the world can keep up.

  According to an arrest affidavit, Mary Ann Lannon, 53, “became upset” after the 64-year-old victim–who is Lannon’s cousin–put the 1978 song on repeat.

Officer O’Hanlon adopted Thor right away and has been making sure he gets lots of attention and treats!

“Does anybody recognize this person who stole a package from my door while we were away?” a post on Facebook read.

The Scenic Drive home had converted from oil to propane last summer, but the exterior pipe wasn’t removed along with the oil tank.

The guy, according to the research, might have died 1000 and 1400 years ago. The man suffered from an illness called Chagas. Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite, causes this illness. His digestive system was blocked due to this

“We’re not saying people don’t need support and people don’t need homes, but to increase the population density with… people going through the most troubling and difficult times of their lives with addiction and mental health issues,

Officers said they found an empty Cheeto bag and a bottle of water on the floor near the open window. Officers believe Carr dropped the Cheeto bag and water as she made her escape out the window.

The two tenants accused landlord Shawn Douglas of kidnapping them while armed from their home at his property in the South End neighborhood of Albany.

Bologna containing pork is prohibited because it could possibly contain foreign animal disease.

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the US economy, health care system and schools.  Some experts say it’s also to blame for a recent spike in avalanche deaths.

Town officials in Lantana, a small burg on the Atlantic coast just south of West Palm Beach, have slapped Sandy Martinez with $101,750 in fines – $250 a day for 407 days – “for parking cars partially