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A senior Interior Department official who has had a key function in negotiations over the shrinking Colorado River plans to step down from the job subsequent week. ...

A 15-foot python named “Big Mama” was discovered protected Wednesday after slipping out of her enclosure final week at a Los Angeles house. The reti...

A serial surfboard thief has been plaguing a stretch of Californian shoreline - and the unlikely perpetrator is a sea otter. In not less than 4 separate incidents, the otter has climbed onto surfboards, biting and scratching them. In some instances, the mammal's behaviour was so aggressive the surfers needed to abandon their boards and swim to shore.The US Fish and Wildlife Service has posted indicators alongside the Santa Cruz shoreline warning of an "aggressive sea otter in this area"."Enter the water at your own risk," the signal reads. Mark Woodward, a photographer who goes by Native Santa Cruz on Twitter and Instagram, has been sharing movies and images of the ocean otter snatching and driving boards."This may seem cute and funny, but it's getting to be dangerous," he wr...

CHICAGO (AP) — A twister touched down close to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting tons of of flights. There had been no rapid studies of accidents. ...

LeBron James says he'll return for the subsequent NBA season, dispelling rumours he was about to retire. The 38-year-old basketball star introduced the choice on Wednesday evening after accepting the record-breaking efficiency award on the ESPYs for changing into the NBA's profession scoring chief. James acknowledged that a number of months in the past he was questioning his means to maintain performing "without cheating the game" and to nonetheless "give everything to the game," in response to Sky Sports."The day I can't give everything on the floor is the day I'll be done. Lucky for you guys, that day is not today," he stated at Wednesday's award ceremony.A four-time NBA champion and four-time league Most Valuable Player, James had indicated he won't return for a twenty fir...

American actors are poised to go on strike after negotiations between events broke down.Actors' commerce union SAG-AFTRA - who symbolize 160,000 performers - say they've voted unanimously to suggest a strike after talks with Hollywood studios failed to achieve an settlement. The vote will happen later right now. Writers in America have now been putting for 2 months, and may the actors' strike go forward, it could be the primary time since 1960 that each guilds have walked out concurrently.Two of the actors' huge calls for are increased pay and safeguards towards unauthorised use of their photographs by synthetic intelligence (AI).An announcement from SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher mentioned known as the studio's response to their calls for "insulting and disrespectful".She...

Weeknight ease married to plump texture and briny sweetness. It’s why shrimp is considered one of our staple go-to dinner options. Simply stir-fry a number of aromatics and spices till aromatic, toss within the shrimp, and dinner is on the desk in 20 minutes. ...

WASHINGTON — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida stated the disgraced former sports physician provoked the assault by making a lewd remark whereas they have been watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, an individual acquainted with the matter advised The Associated Press. ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A federal decide has agreed to order a psychological analysis for a former Army soldier charged with crashing a army Humvee into an workplace constructing for base commanders at Fort Stewart in southeastern Georgia. ...

HIGHLAND, Ill. — A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked alongside a freeway exit to a relaxation space early Wednesday in southern Illinois, killing three folks and injuring 14 others, some significantly, state police stated. ...