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Black man in serious condition after being shot by Wisconsin police; protests erupt
Protests erupted in the Wisconsin city of Kenosha after a Black man was airlifted in serious condition to a Milwaukee hospital after being shot multiple times by police Sunday evening.
Ancient Egypt: Mummified animals 'digitally unwrapped' in 3D scans
The snake, bird and cat, from Swansea University's collection, are at least 2,000 years old.
'Unhinged' tops the North American box office with $4.1M
Russell Crowe's "Unhinged" is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.
At least 13 killed in stampede in night in raid by Peru's police
At east 13 people died in a stampede at a nightclub in Lima, Peru, while attempting to flee police during a raid Saturday night, according to Peruvian National Police.
California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations
Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California on Friday as more people fled some of the biggest fires in the state's history which have raged largely uncontrolled...
41 schools report coronavirus in Berlin
At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported students or teachers are infected with the coronavirus — not even two weeks after they reopened in the German capital.
Cliff collapse reveals 313-million-year-old fossil footprints in Grand Canyon National Park
Paleontological research has confirmed a series of recently discovered fossils tracks are the oldest recorded tracks of their kind to date within Grand Canyon National Park. In 2016, a geology...
End of Green Sahara linked to SE Asia megadrought
In a new study links the end of the Green Sahara with a previously unknown megadrought which caused mass population shifts in Southeast Asia during the mid-Holocene period.
8/24 is Kobe Bryant Day. Expect fanfare and tributes around L.A.
The world lost Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven of their friends in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, but fans are expected to honor and remember the basketball...
Whatever happened to the Alberta superlab?
The site of a hotly-contested $595-million capital project now returns to relative obscurity.
Destroyed ancient temple now open for virtual exploration
Five years after its destruction, the ancient Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria has been digitally reconstructed by the UC San Diego Library's Digital Media Lab using cutting-edge 3-D methods...
Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Friday
At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students and teachers have become infected with coronavirus not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital.
Research links Southeast Asia megadrought to drying in Africa
Physical evidence found in caves in Laos helps tell a story about a connection between the end of the Green Sahara, when once heavily vegetated Northern Africa became a hyper-arid...
How many masks should my child take to school? Your back-to-school mask questions answered
In most parts of Canada, kids are heading back to school for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Here, experts answer your most pressing questions about managing masks...
Peter Facinelli: Family road trip inspired 'The Vanished'
Peter Facinelli wrote and directed "The Vanished," a thriller he says was inspired by a road trip he took with his first daughter, Luca, when she was only 5.
Northern Trust: Harris English among four co-leaders after Round 1
Harris English and three others were tied atop the leaderboard after the opening round of The Northern Trust on Thursday at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.
Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman suspended, pulled from NFL games after slur
The Cincinnati Reds have suspended broadcaster Thom Brennaman after he uttered a homophobic slur, which aired live during the team's game against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.
Chiefs ban fans from wearing headdresses, Native American face paint
The Kansas City Chiefs are prohibiting fans from wearing headdresses and Native American-themed face paint into Arrowhead Stadium.
Jacqueline D. Van Ovost becomes only female four-star leader in DoD
Jacqueline D. Van Ovost became commander of Air Mobility Command and the fifth female four-star leader in Air Force history Thursday -- and the only woman with four stars currently...
Paleontologists find giant lizard in stomach of a prehistoric marine carnivore
Researchers recently discovered the remains of a giant lizard-like reptile inside the stomach of a Middle Triassic ichthyosaur.
Animal mummies unwrapped with hi-res 3D X-rays
Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals' lives -- and deaths --...
Dinosaurs' unique bone structure key to carrying weight
A unique collaboration between paleontologists, mechanical engineers and biomedical engineers revealed that the trabecular bone structure of hadrosaurs and several other dinosaurs is uniquely capable of supporting large weights, and...
X-rays reveal details of animal mummification in ancient Egypt
X-ray images of three mummified animals -- a cat, a bird and a snake -- have offered researchers fresh insights into the relationship between ancient Egyptians and animals during the...
Dinosaurs' unique bone structure key to carrying weight
Weighing up to 8,000 pounds, hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs were among the largest dinosaurs to roam the Earth. How did the skeletons of these four-legged, plant-eating dinosaurs with very long...
Monster swallows monster: Fossil reveals doubly fatal Triassic encounter
In a warm shallow sea about 240 million years ago in what is now southwestern China, a large dolphin-like marine reptile attacked and swallowed an almost equally big lizard-like marine...
Ichthyosaur's last meal is evidence of Triassic megapredation
Some 240 million years ago, a dolphin-like ichthyosaur ripped to pieces and swallowed another marine reptile only a little smaller than itself. Then it almost immediately died and was fossilized,...
This ichthyosaur died after devouring a creature nearly as long as itself
For its last meal, an ancient marine reptile called an ichthyosaur may have bitten off more than it could chew. The dolphinlike creature was nearly 5 meters long, about the length of...
X-rays reveal what ancient animal mummies keep under wraps
Egyptian animal mummies can look like little more than bundles of cloth. Now high-tech X-rays have unveiled the mysterious life histories of three of these mummies — a cat, a bird and...