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Cairenn Binder, assistant director of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J., said researchers concluded that "a jawbone …
Cairenn Binder, assistant director of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College in Mahwah, N.J., said researchers concluded that "a jawbone …
NEW YORK -- A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump's "eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recountin…
DETROIT -- The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling alleg…
PHOENIX -- An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico …
m Tunde Onakoya, a 29-year-old Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, played the royal game for 60 straight hours in an attempt to break the the…
London Breed, mayor of San Francisco, said the city "is absolutely thrilled to be welcoming giant pandas" as she announced plans for its zoo to receive a pair …
Joe Szuszwalak, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the agency waited nearly a year to announce the birth of two more black-footed ferrets…
Bill Melvin, manager of the Butte, Mont., Civic Center, said a female elephant was spooked by a passing vehicle backfiring and managed to break free from its h…
Eleven people standing outside a family gathering Saturday night were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-relate…
m Gil McRae, director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, said staffers "are hopeful this rescue a…
A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, m…
Andre Schule, a veterinarian at Berlin's zoo, claims that there is no gorilla older than 67-year-old Fatou in any other zoo, "and we have to assume that there …
Lee Hsin Hung, handler of Roger, one of four search and rescue dogs deployed by the Kaohsiung Fire Department at Taroko National Park in Hualien, Taiwan, said …
Mike O'Neill, manager of New England Aquarium's Giant Ocean Tank, said Myrtle -- a 95-year-old green sea turtle -- is "in robust condition," as the 500-pound r…
m Kadir Demirtas, Istanbul Airport's customer experience manager, said staffers ensure that five newly deployed therapy dogs at the Turkish transportation hub …