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Did you know one of the largest collections of marine DNA in the entire world is hiding just outside D.C.? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re taking an even deeper dive into the ...

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Two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers burst into flames and exploded in the Black Sea after being hit by Ukrainian underwater drones in devastating blasts. The ships are part of the hundreds of ...

As Californians prep their homes to host Thanksgiving, the beloved bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow of Big Bear have been busy working on their own in recent days, so to speak. The celebrity birds ...

At the October meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, an annual forum for Russian policy talks that has in recent years become a platform for Kremlin ideology, Russian President Vladimir Putin was ...