The first-ever samples from the far side of the Moon have touched down on Earth. China’s Chang’e 6 capsule landed on Tuesday in Inner Mongolia, carrying rocks that could confirm or debunk scientists’ current theories about the Moon’s origin. The samples could help scientists confirm the current hypothesis about the Moon’s origin: that molten Earth […]
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Woman’s $3.99 Thrift Store Vase Turned Out to Be a Mayan Artifact – So She Returned It
A woman purchased a nearly 2,000-year-old Mayan vase at a Maryland thrift store — but didn’t realize what she had until she saw a similar one in a museum Esteban Moctezuma Barragan/x Mayan artifact sold for $4.99 at Maryland thrift store returned to Mexico A woman from Washington, D.C.,was in for quite the surprise after […]
3 kids ‘found safe’ after they never returned home from Colorado park, police say
Three Colorado children have been found safe after being missing for over a day when they didn’t return home from the park, officials said. Enfinity Rodriguez,13; Craig Rodriguez, 10; and Damian Rodriguez, 7, are siblings who went missing around 1 p.m. on Thursday while at Terrace Park in Arvada, Colorado, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation […]
Remains of US missionaries killed by criminal gang members in Haiti returned to family
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The bodies of a young U.S. missionary couple killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital were returned to their family in Missouri on Friday. The parents of Natalie Lloyd, 21, announced on Facebook the arrival of the remains of their daughter and son-in-law, 23-year-old Davy Lloyd, at the Kansas City […]
Protesters in Tunisia call for migrants to be returned to home countries
Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded as the country ramps up border patrol efforts. Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana along the Tunisian coastline that have emerged as a launchpad for thousands of people hoping to reach […]
A fox on stilts? Argentine long-legged maned wolf returned to the wild
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned wolf, to the wild around Buenos Aires, with its long black legs and red-fur making the creature look like a fox on stilts or perhaps wearing knee-high boots. The endangered species, whose natural habitat is usually in […]
A slice of tourists hasn’t returned since COVID. L.A. wants them back.
Before the pandemic, a steady stream of buses ferrying tourists from Brazil, China, Australia and elsewhere pulled into the Original Farmers Market every day. They typically idled for an hour or so, while their passengers ate and shopped for souvenirs at the historic collection of food stalls and kitschy shops in the heart of Los […]
A Flamingo flock inspires hope. Have the rare birds returned to the Everglades for good?
For the last century, flamingos in Florida were more likely to be spotted on T-shirts and cups in a souvenir shop than flapping around in the wild. Then last summer, a flock of the rare and beautiful birds — a group is fittingly known as a “flamboyance” of flamingos — was blown to Florida on […]
Long-lost first model of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise finally returned home
The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original Star Trek television series — has gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing. The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the subject of lore, so it caused a stir when […]
Stolen puppy returned to Dallas-Fort Worth pet store by man wearing disguise
A Shiba Inu puppy that was stolen from a Petland store in Frisco was returned by a man wearing a disguise, according to a manager at the North Texas business. Frisco police are still investigating and trying to identify the woman who took the dog from the pet store over the weekend. A man wearing […]
Life has returned to Ukraine’s Bucha. But 2 years after the killings, some families can’t move on
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Russian forces withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv in the dramatic first weeks of their full-scale invasion two years ago, a photo revealed what had become of Nataliia Verbova’s missing husband. Poring over the image of eight men executed and lying on cold concrete in the suburb of Bucha, […]
Verdict returned in stalking case against Simi man, more news
Here’s a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: This is the emblem of the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Simi Valley man convicted in stalking case A Simi Valley man has been convicted of stalking and extorting his former girlfriend, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced last week. Jason Anthony […]