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A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons, prompting an apology from the nation's largest movie theater chain.

By BEN FINLEY, Associated Press January 1, 2024
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NEW YORK (AP) — It was a loaded diaper, but not like you would think.

December 26, 2023
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Abraham Lincoln’s top hat is missing from a bronze sculpture along the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky.

By Associated Press December 18, 2023
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One Kentucky family got a little something extra when they picked out their Christmas tree this year: an owl.

By Associated Press December 18, 2023
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An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park.

By Associated Press December 11, 2023
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Here come Santa Clauses. Again.

December 11, 2023
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It’s a challenge for all new parents: Getting enough sleep while keeping a close eye on their newborns. For some penguins, it means thousands of mini-catnaps a day, researchers discovered.

By Associated Press December 4, 2023
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A Nebraska woman bagged a marriage proposal earlier this month along with a big buck during a recent deer hunting trip.

December 4, 2023
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A customer has filed a lawsuit against the fast casual chain Chopt over a salad that she says contained a piece of the manager’s finger.

By Associated Press December 4, 2023
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A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect’s low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer November 27, 2023
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Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.

By Associated Press November 27, 2023
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The Fulani people — also known as the Peuhl — are believed to be the largest seminomadic ethnic group in the world, with communities stretching from Senegal to the Central African Republic.

By LEO CORREA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press November 20, 2023
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A tornado that hit the town of Star Valley prompted the National Weather Service's Flagstaff branch to survey damage to the area, the organization said Sunday.

By Associated Press November 20, 2023
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HONOLULU (AP) — A pond in Hawaii has turned so bubble-gum pink it could be from the set of "Barbie," but the bizarre phenomenon is no cause for a dance party. Drought may be to blame for the strange hue, scientists say.

November 13, 2023
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TOKYO (AP) — An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but experts say it may not last very long.

November 13, 2023
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DENVER (AP) — The 3-point shot of Dallas forward Grant Williams felt slightly off all morning in practice on the new, brightly painted Denver Nuggets court. Turns out, it wasn't his shot at all.

November 6, 2023
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists.

November 6, 2023
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NEW YORK (AP) — A man was trapped inside a steel-reinforced concrete jewelry vault in New York City overnight after firefighters had to abandon an attempt to rescue him for safety reasons.

October 30, 2023
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.

By Associated Press October 30, 2023
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A California research team is conducting a five-year ecological study of six songbird species in northwestern New Mexico oil fields to see how sensory intrusions affect the birds’ survival, reproduction and general health.

By Associated Press October 23, 2023
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The travel app Visited, which was developed by Arriving In High Heels Corporation, has published a list of the top 10 most visited World Wonders in the U.S. The world wonders, range from natural such as Grand Canyon and man-made such as Empire State Building.

By Associated Press October 23, 2023
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In its latest catalogue, Washington D.C.-based rare book firm Type Punch Matrix offers more than 70 historic books and documents from the 16th to the 21st century — including an incredibly rare manuscript poem by a teenage Sylvia Plath.

By Associated Press October 23, 2023
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A Georgia man was left reeling after receiving a $1.4 million speeding ticket, but city officials say the figure was just a placeholder, not the actual fine.

October 16, 2023
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David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago's lakefront exhibition center for dead birds for 40 years. On Thursday morning he found something horrible: Hundreds of dead songbirds, so thick they looked like a carpet.

October 16, 2023
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A man charged with stealing a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” has pleaded guilty in a deal that could keep him out of prison due to his failing health.

October 16, 2023

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