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Researchers are studying a 44,000-year-old mummified wolf found in the permafrost in Russia. The wolf may tell scientists what its lifestyle and diet were like during the Pleistocene era. Researchers hope to learn more about ancient bacteria and how the wolf is related to modern animals. This wolf looks pretty good for its age, considering

It was not a bird, a plane, popcorn, cotton balls or giant cow udders in the skies above Bucks County on Sunday evening. So what was it?  A unique weather phenomenon. Called mammatus clouds, these formations are condensed pockets of sinking cold air that form at the base of a cloud as it hits a

We’re on a SEVERE WEATHER ALERT from the Boston 25 Weather Team due to a severe thunderstorm watch issued in our area on Sunday. This alert is in effect for Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester, and Berkshire counties until 7 p.m. tonight. A WATCH means be prepared for storms to

NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance earlier in the week. DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison and Biden campaign manager Julie

Alison Weinsweig told BI she lost over $170,000 in rent and spent almost 3 years trying to evict a tenant. When she eventually got access to the apartment, she found it in disarray. She said she cried after seeing blood-stained floors, cigarette burns, and a life-sized dummy. When Alison Weinsweig, 67, rented her luxury Westwood

RAPIDAN, Minn. (AP) — County officials bought and demolished a Minnesota family store that was precariously perched beside a cliff near a flood-damaged dam, officials said Friday. Blue Earth County bought the Rapidan Dam Store and then removed the structure to lessen the downstream impact if it tumbled into the Blue Earth River, the county

Insights from The Washington Post and Firstpost The News Russia warned on Friday that an increase in US drones being flown over the Black Sea could prompt it into a “direct confrontation” with NATO. The Kremlin accuses Washington of conducting reconnaissance on behalf of Ukraine in the waters, while the US has said it is

More than halfway into the presidential debate, President Joe Biden took a swing at former President Donald Trump by bringing up his long list of legal woes and criminal allegations. Biden dug into several of the troubles the former president has faced in recent months, including his recent criminal conviction on 34 felony charges for

By Ahmed Elimam, Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Satellite images showing much of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab in ruins after months of Israeli air strikes offer a glimpse of the scale of damage in one of Hezbollah’s main bastions in south Lebanon. The images from private satellite operator Planet Labs

A Texas man was executed Wednesday for the murder of an 18-year-old woman who was raped, fatally shot and dumped in a field. He used his dying words to apologize to the young woman’s family. Ramiro Gonzales, 41, was executed by lethal injection at 6:50 p.m. CT, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

A fire broke out on Icon on the Seas – the world’s largest cruise ship – causing it to lose power while docked in Mexico. No one was injured in the “minor” Tuesday blaze while the ship was in Costa Maya, a Royal Caribbean spokesperson told The Independent. The fire was quickly extinguished, the spokesperson

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., became the first member of the progressive group of House lawmakers known as “the squad” to lose a primary challenge in the 2024 cycle on Tuesday night, after suffering a bruising defeat to a more moderate Democratic candidate in his Bronx-area district. Bowman, 48, lost to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, 70,

kate_sept2004 / iStock.com You might think that people in the upper middle class — they who generally earn anywhere from $150,000 to $250,000 a year — have it all figured out. But even upper middle class earners sometimes make mistakes along the way. In some cases, they’ll look back on their financial journey and think

State police say two people tried to drive away from a traffic stop with a trooper in their car. It was after 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the trooper first pulled over Lamar Bailey, 36, and Kelsey Meyers, 28, near the intersection of Vogel Road. The duo reportedly pulled into a Sheetz parking lot but then

Nvidia’s (NVDA) stock slump — down by 9% over the last five trading days — dragging down tech-heavy indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) along with it. Yahoo Finance’s The Morning Brief welcomes Commonwealth Financial Network CIO Brad McMillan to talk about recent trends in the tech sector and major chip players. “When you look at the