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Image: From Left to Right/Dodo skeleton/Tony Rinaldo/Jewel-like beetles and weevils and Komodo dragon skull/Stephanie Mitchell Most visitors to a natural history museum see only a sliver of what it holds. At the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the objects on display are a tiny percentage of the total collection, with experts caring…

A yellowed, rolled-up document bought for $2.48 at a Music City Thrift Store in Nashville sold for $477,650 at auction after it was confirmed as a very rare 1823 official copy of the United States Declaration of Independence. The document was bought in March 2006 by Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, as reported by…

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s downtown Olympia apartment, where he lived while producing much of the iconic 1991 album Nevermind, is now listed as a short-term rental on Airbnb, according to Fox13. The apartment, located near East Bay Waterfront Park, offers short-term stays with a two-night minimum, with more availability for summer bookings. The apartment retains…

October visa bulletin 2026 offers no good news except that EB-2 is back for Indians in the new fiscal year. After much delay, the State Department published the October 2026 visa bulletin only two days before the Financial Year 2026 ends, creating a lot of confusion among immigration experts. This is the first visa bulletin…

The Boeing 737 MAX reportedly plunged from around 34,000 feet to 17,000 feet in less than a minute before regaining control and diverting to Saudi Arabia. NEW DELHI: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Thursday said the person involved in the cockpit incident aboard a flydubai flight had planned to crash the aircraft and…

Scientists have developed and optimised python-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) markers to detect Burmese pythons through water samples collected in southern Florida. The work focuses on Stormwater Treatment Areas, the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, and nearby rivers and canals connected to waterways previously sampled. The interconnected canal and river network can help non-native and invasive species…

A fugitive who was wanted in Wyoming on an attempted murder charge spent more than four decades living under the identity of a deceased former college classmate, according to the US Department of Justice. Stephen Craig Campbell, 76, assumed the identity of Walter Lee Coffman, who died in 1975 at age 22. Campbell first applied…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A case from Michigan is among several Social Security fraud cases announced by the US Department of Justice as part of a nationwide enforcement effort targeting the misuse of federal benefits. According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Laura Whisenant allegedly misused nearly $121,000 in Social Security benefits belonging to her…

A New York man allegedly began withdrawing money from his deceased brother’s bank account just one day after his death, prosecutors said, as Social Security payments continued to flow into the account because the agency had not yet been notified of the death. The withdrawals and continuing benefit payments eventually amounted to $109,746 in allegedly…

Most teenagers who cannot find the clothing they want simply give up and buy something else. Ethan Eriksen, a sixteen-year-old junior at Barron High School in Wisconsin, chose a different route. Unable to find high-quality ski pants covered in flames, he made his own and launched Shredrz Attire. Months later, he stood before a panel…