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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rats have gotten into confiscated pot at New Orleans’ aging police headquarters, munching the evidence as the building is taken over by mold and cockroaches, said […]
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The shark's presence so far west indicates that this part of the Gulf of Mexico could also be important to other white sharks, said Megan Winton, a senior scientist with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, based in Chatham, Massachusetts.
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The dogs were rescued after officials received reports of unlicensed breeding and conditions detrimental to the health of the dogs at a Hopkinton, R.I. home, police said.
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“Peeko” the penguin may only be 30, but she's tripled her life expectancy for her species—and living that long usually comes with a bad back.
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Maryann Russo wanted her 14-year-old dog to die at home. Prosecutors say she allowed the animal to suffer longer than it should have.
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Researchers had been tracking the injured North Atlantic right whale calf for months before it washed up on a Georgia beach.
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The fin whale was found Thursday in Potter Pond in South Kingston.
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When a possibly rabid raccoon wandered over to the fire department's headquarters last week, Springfield's fire commissioner used a city vehicle to kill it.
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There are only about 360 North Atlantic right whales left on Earth. It is rare to see them feeding in shipping lanes here during the winter.
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A resident of Pine Street Inn noticed the 3-pound, all-black Chihuahua in the high-traffic Neponset Circle area for several days and quickly intervened when the pup wandered into the busy roadway toward the highway.
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