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Pineapple-Sized Hail Stone Falls in Texas—and It Might Set a New State Record
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoVal Castor was driving through a thunderstorm in northern Texas last week, when baseball-sized hail...
Native American Activist Peltier Gets Parole Hearing, First in 15 Years
US News & World Report· 3 days agoPeltier, 79, has maintained that he did not kill FBI special agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Advocates, including figures such as the late ...
US Southern Baptists effort to enshrine ban on women pastors falls short
Reuters· 1 day agoThe Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday fell just short of the two-thirds majority vote needed to enshrine in its constitution a ban on women as church pastors. Issues impacting women are ...
Ask Amy: Amy revisits a favorite reader prank
Greeley Tribune· 7 days agoIt hurts, but what hurts worse is that this same family member also blocked my young adult kids, who were hurt by it as well. A block on social media...
This Boba Fett Figure Is Now the Most Valuable Vintage Toy in the World
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoIn 1979, American toy company Kenner made a Boba Fett action figure that could fire missiles from its backpack. The hand-painted bounty hunter was supposed to be a giveaway for fans who’d purchased ...
Don't Call Wombats Heroes, but Their Burrows Do Provide Food, Water and Shelter for Other Animals
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoDuring Australia’s Black Summer bushfires in 2019 and 2020, a fantastical tale began to make the...
Ancestry Releases Records of 183,000 Enslaved Individuals in America
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoThanks to the rise of commercial genealogy platforms, millions of Americans are now researching...
Ask Amy: Parents are unhappy with current housemates
Greeley Tribune· 3 days agoA frustrated mother seeks advice on handling her disrespectful adult daughter living in her basement, while another reader looks for guidance on...
Native American activist Peltier gets parole hearing, first in 15 years
Reuters· 3 days agoLeonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has served nearly 50 years in prison for the killing of two FBI agents, was scheduled to have his first parole hearing since 2009 on Monday, his ...
Why a Pueblo judge has issued a restraining order against the city's needle exchange ban
The Pueblo Chieftain via Yahoo News· 5 days agoColorado Oil and Gas Association. In the temporary restraining order issued by District Judge Tayler M. Thomas, the judge found that the city's ordinance could cause immediate and...