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mistakes Canadian man arrested with crocodile skull in Delhi airport Rob Beschizza

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politics Alt National Park Service has a message for DOGE leaders Jennifer Sandlin

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tabloids Trump's sex slave, a photogenic ghost, and Madonna going bald in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

animals Cast your vote for Aotearoa New Zealand's "Bird of the Century" (and listen to dozens of bird songs while you're at it!) Jennifer Sandlin

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

birds A mammal is about to win New Zealand's Bird of the Year contest Annie Rauwerda

climate change How carbon credits helped a Native American tribe buy back its land and revitalize it Thom Dunn

fires California: 8,600-acre El Dorado fire blamed on gender reveal stunt pyrotechnic device Xeni Jardin

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california After 18 days, California's deadliest fire in history is contained Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants Evermore: a LARP themepark, elaborately themed and filled with costumed actors Jeremy Putnam

religion Interview: Dr. Karl E H Seigfried talks Ásatrú, Heathenry and beards Séamus Bellamy

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