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Squirrels were filmed feasting on tiny rodents. Scientists are perplexed.
Researchers said in a new study that they were stunned to witness California ground squirrels, who mostly eat nuts and seeds, hunting and eating voles.
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Boy gets heart surgery after he was hit by drone at holiday show
Officials said one person was injured after drones fell from the sky during a holiday show over Eola Lake in Orlando.
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Didn’t get a stimulus check? You might be getting $1,400 from the IRS.
The agency is committing $2.4 billion to pay roughly 1 million Americans, with funds set to arrive by the end of January.
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What to know about Biden’s death row commutations and what happens next
Opponents of capital punishment had urged the president to commute death row sentences before Donald Trump — who promised to restart federal executions — takes office.
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Officials made UnitedHealthcare murder suspect a ‘spectacle,’ lawyer says
Luigi Mangione faces the prospect of life in prison without parole on state charges including murder in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump takes office
Biden changed the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on death row to life without parole, saying he was convinced “that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level.”
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Anonymous letters urged Oregonians to track ‘brown illegals,’ officials say
The letter, sent to officials in multiple Oregon cities, urged residents to take down the information of people they suspected of being undocumented.
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Middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound
“My mom, auntie and grandma have all had cancer, so it makes me happy that something I found could help,” said Camarria Williams.
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More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
Over 3,100 Native American students died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970, a Post investigation found — three times as many as the U.S. previously reported.
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Clinging to compassion in deep-red Arizona after Trump’s election win
In deep-red Arizona, “a genuinely good person” tries not to surrender to anger and resentment.
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They took the children: U.S. created Indian boarding schools to destroy cultures and seize land
For 150 years, U.S. policy forced Native American children into boarding schools built to eradicate their culture and assimilate them into White society.
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