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From salmonberry harvests to traditional tattoos, Native American culture is spotlighted in November

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fawn Douglas puts an urban spin on traditional basketmaking. Instead of using desert...

Houdini’s centennial spotlight: A newly published essay and a fresh fight over when and how he died

NEW YORK (AP) — A century after his death, Harry Houdini remains a man we're still trying to learn...

Norway turns to toilet humor after Trump bashes Scandinavian country

Norway has turned to a bit of toilet humor in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments...

Black literary luminary Ralph Ellison's works have a new home at Bard College

NEW YORK (AP) — Bard College, the private liberal arts school in New York's Hudson Valley, is now home...

Generations of anglers have made the pilgrimage to Montauk to catch striped bass

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — On most October nights, fishing guide Bill Wetzel can be found navigating the shore...

For many, striped bass fishing is a way of life. But the iconic species could face collapse

MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — Striped bass fishing has been Bill Jakob's passion for more than 60 years, and...

'Dixie' map that divided the US into North and South fetches nearly $1 million at auction

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The hand-drawn map showing the Mason-Dixon Line that eventually divided free...

Make no bones about it, the giant skeleton has become an American Halloween fixture

It reared its bony head in 2020, during that first, chaotic pandemic year that was rife with grief...

A popemobile exhibition at the Vatican features the vehicle popes have used since 1930

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is opening a celebration of the popemobile , the now-iconic vehicle...

A dinosaur fossil that looks like a mini T. rex just sold for a giant $47 million

NEW YORK (AP) — A dinosaur that looks like a miniature T. rex is now one of the world's most expensive...

This freight train claims to be the longest ever. Here's how long

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A government-run company in South Africa says that it has sent the longest...

Ahead of Rome tipoff, basketball powerhouse Villanova embraces 'Pope Leo effect'

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — At Villanova University, all roads — or at least many of them — seem to lead t...

Tours offer Halloween enthusiasts visits to former psychiatric hospital and funeral home

WESTLAND, Mich. (AP) — It’s not enough these days for some Halloween enthusiasts to be scared by actors...

Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A prisoner on Monday lost his challenge to an Australian state’s ban on...

'Picasso of Pumpkin Carvers' brings artistry to a Halloween tradition

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — When fall arrives and leaves start changing color, Mike Valladao, a systems...

British Embassy quashes Winnie-the-Pooh return rumors, keeping the famed bear in New York

It turns out Winnie-the-Pooh and his fluffy friends aren't getting bear-napped from their longtime hom...

A novel mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce the chances of melanoma patients' tumors returning

WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma...

New study traces van Gogh's famed 'Starry Night' to an actual night sky from 1889

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists doubling as art detectives have traced Vincent van Gogh’s “ T...

Children's singer Raffi on his 50-year career, screen time and Ms. Rachel

Fifty years ago, Raffi was a struggling folk singer driving across Toronto, lugging boxes containing...

Dusky shark that became a tourist draw while trapped in a South Korean canal finally swims free

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A large dusky shark trapped for more than a month in a canal finally swam...

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