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Watch: Mystery creature caught on camera in Colorado 'might be a raccoon'

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/9/2025 12:23 PM

Wildlife officials in Colorado said a mysterious creature caught on camera outside a resident's home might be a raccoon with mange -- but they aren't sure. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Kitten rescued from tree outside Ohio animal shelter

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/8/2025 4:37 PM

An animal rescue group in Ohio had to call for help when one of five kittens abandoned outside the facility climbed a nearby tree and became stranded. ... Read full Story

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Missing Utah dog found 1,000 miles from home in Texas

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/8/2025 4:26 PM

A dog who went missing in Utah turned up about two weeks later at an animal shelter in Texas -- over 1,000 miles from home. ... Read full Story

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Man visiting lottery office to claim $50,000 prize wins another $100,000

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/8/2025 4:18 PM

A North Carolina man waiting at a lottery office to claim a $50,000 prize received a Keno ticket as a birthday gift from his daughter -- and won another $100,000. ... Read full Story

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Kentucky restaurant intentionally filled with clean water to keep flood at bay

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/8/2025 1:59 PM

The owners of a Kentucky restaurant in the path of the Ohio river floods shared their unusual strategy for keeping the dirty water out: intentionally flooding the building with clean water. ... Read full Story

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Uber's lost and found items include live turtle, chainsaw

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/8/2025 1:20 PM

Uber released its annual "Lost & Found Index," an accounting of items left behind in ride-share cars including a mannequin head with human hair, a live turtle and a 5-gallon bucket of beans. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Alaska Zoo's bears perform quality control for 'bear-resistant' trash bins

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/7/2025 4:27 PM

Sanitation officials in Anchorage, Alaska, put their bear-resistant trash bins to the test with the help of some product testing experts: the Alaska Zoo's bears. ... Read full Story

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Look: Small goat on the loose wrangled in New Hampshire

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/7/2025 4:13 PM

A New Hampshire police officer called out on a report of a loose animal ended up wrangling a small goat wandering through a neighborhood. ... Read full Story

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Man helping mom move furniture finds long-lost lottery ticket worth $50,000

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/7/2025 4:04 PM

A Maryland man helping his mom move some furniture found a stash of scratch-off lottery tickets that had been intended as Christmas stocking stuffers -- and one turned out to be a $50,000 winner. ... Read full Story

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Boris Johnson Attacked By Ostrich In Hilarious Video Shared By His Wife

By HuffPost.com | | 4/7/2025 3:18 PM

"Cripes! Oh, f***ing hell," the former British prime minister said in a video his wife posted on Instagram. ... Read full Story

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Emu on the loose for nearly a year gets new home at New York zoo

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/7/2025 2:13 PM

An emu on the loose in New York's Broome County for nearly a year was finally captured and has a new permanent home at a zoo. ... Read full Story

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Cruise ship crew breaks world record with 1,391 Lego boats

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/7/2025 1:56 PM

A company celebrated the launch of its newest cruise ship by assembling 1,391 Lego ships and lining them up on the deck. ... Read full Story

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Five sheep found wandering in Washington traffic

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/7/2025 1:38 PM

Authorities in Washington are trying to find the owner of five sheep found wandering loose on a Clallam County road. ... Read full Story

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Philadelphia Zoo announces hatching of its first Galapagos tortoise babies

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/4/2025 4:20 PM

The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the first of their species to hatch at the facility in its history. ... Read full Story

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Maryland woman uses odometer numbers to win $100,000 lottery prize

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/4/2025 4:08 PM

A Maryland woman bought a pair of identical tickets for the same Pick 5 drawing using numbers from her car's odometer and ended up winning a total $100,000. ... Read full Story

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Watch: Hawk captured after terrorizing English village for weeks

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/4/2025 1:42 PM

A Harris' hawk's reign of terror was brought to an end after being captured by a resident of the English village where it was blamed for an estimated 50 dive-bombing attacks on locals. ... Read full Story

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Look: Stray emu found wandering loose in San Diego suburb

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/4/2025 12:19 PM

Animal rescuers in California wrangled an emu seen wandering loose through a neighborhood in Vista, a suburb of San Diego. ... Read full Story

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Look: 309 people don banana hats to break world record at Missouri museum

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/3/2025 4:25 PM

A Missouri museum gathered 309 people in banana hats to break an "a-peel-ing" Guinness World Record. ... Read full Story

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Maryland Lottery player wins her third $50,000 prize

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/3/2025 4:10 PM

A Maryland Lottery player celebrated an exciting milestone: her third time winning a $50,000 prize from a Bonus Match 5 drawing. ... Read full Story

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Pennsylvania police officer rescues -- and adopts -- highway horse

By United Press International, Inc. | | 4/3/2025 1:53 PM

A Pennsylvania police sergeant came to the rescue of a petite pony spotted running loose on a busy highway -- and he decided to adopt it. ... Read full Story

art

Amiee Byrne’s Realistic Ceramic Sculptures Underscore the Charm of Discarded Goods

by Colossal | Apr 29 2025

book

Your Met Gala 2025 reading list

by BookPage | Apr 30 2025

fashion

Can the minimalist ‘caveman method’ save your skin — or destroy it? Docs weigh in on viral trend

by NY Post | Apr 29 2025

FFNEWS

Amazon airline prioritizes bigger aircraft to handle third-party cargo

by FreightWaves | Apr 07 2025

food

Chocolate-covered espresso beans: The ultimate combination of sweet and bitter

by THE MANUAL | Apr 30 2025

how_to

Mortgage Rates Go Down Over the Last Week: Mortgage Interest Rates for April 30, 2025

by CNET | Apr 30 2025

knowledge

Here’s Why Bathroom Towels Have Those Woven Strips on Both Ends

by Reader's Digest | Apr 25 2025

mental

Audi Crooks on Keeping Eyes on the Prize and Caring for Mental Health

by thehealthy.com | Mar 07 2025

nation

Britain, U.S. attack Houthi drone manufacturing targets in Yemen

by upi.com | Apr 30 2025

new_jersey

Untangling the web of cash pouring into NJ governor’s race

by NJ Spotlight | Apr 30 2025

politics

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

by Fox News | Apr 30 2025

retirement

Retirement plannomg: the differences between a traditional and Roth IRA

by Fox News | Mar 30 2025

shopping

A Classic Budget Alternative to the Royal Oak Is Now Even More Versatile

by Gear Patrol | Apr 29 2025

soccer

Costacurta aims dig at French media over Donnarumma

by Yahoo Sports | Apr 30 2025

upstate

5 things to know this Wednesday, April 30

by NEWS10 ABC | Apr 30 2025

Word of the Day

insouciance

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2025 is:

insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • noun

Insouciance is a formal word that refers to a feeling of carefree unconcern. It can also be understood as a word for the relaxed and calm state of a person who is not worried about anything.

// The young actor charmed interviewers with his easy smile and devil-may-care insouciance.

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Examples:

“Gladiator II is OK when Denzel’s off-screen, but sensational when he’s on it. ... What makes the performance great is its insouciance; it’s both precise and feather-light. And it’s what a great actor can do when he’s set free to have fun, to laugh at himself a little bit. ... Denzel’s Macrinus is gravitas and comic relief in one package.” — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2024

Did you know?

If you were alive and of whistling age in the late 1980s or early 1990s, chances are you whistled (and snapped your fingers, and tapped your toes) to a little ditty called “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, an a cappella reggae-jazz-pop tune that took the charts by surprise and by storm. An ode to cheerful insouciance if ever there was one, its lyrics are entirely concerned with being entirely unconcerned, remaining trouble-free in the face of life’s various stressors and calamities. Such carefree nonchalance is at the heart of insouciance, which arrived in English (along with the adjective insouciant), from French, in the 1800s. The French word comes from a combining of the negative prefix in- with the verb soucier, meaning “to trouble or disturb.” The easiness and breeziness of insouciance isn’t always considered beautiful, however. Insouciance may also be used when someone’s lack of concern for serious matters is seen as more careless than carefree.

Watch: Mystery creature caught on camera in Colorado 'might be a raccoon'

Watch: Kitten rescued from tree outside Ohio animal shelter

Missing Utah dog found 1,000 miles from home in Texas

Man visiting lottery office to claim $50,000 prize wins another $100,000

Kentucky restaurant intentionally filled with clean water to keep flood at bay

Uber's lost and found items include live turtle, chainsaw

Watch: Alaska Zoo's bears perform quality control for 'bear-resistant' trash bins

Look: Small goat on the loose wrangled in New Hampshire

Man helping mom move furniture finds long-lost lottery ticket worth $50,000

Boris Johnson Attacked By Ostrich In Hilarious Video Shared By His Wife

Emu on the loose for nearly a year gets new home at New York zoo

Cruise ship crew breaks world record with 1,391 Lego boats

Five sheep found wandering in Washington traffic

Philadelphia Zoo announces hatching of its first Galapagos tortoise babies

Maryland woman uses odometer numbers to win $100,000 lottery prize

Watch: Hawk captured after terrorizing English village for weeks

Look: Stray emu found wandering loose in San Diego suburb

Look: 309 people don banana hats to break world record at Missouri museum

Maryland Lottery player wins her third $50,000 prize

Pennsylvania police officer rescues -- and adopts -- highway horse

Amiee Byrne’s Realistic Ceramic Sculptures Underscore the Charm of Discarded Goods

Your Met Gala 2025 reading list

Can the minimalist ‘caveman method’ save your skin — or destroy it? Docs weigh in on viral trend

Amazon airline prioritizes bigger aircraft to handle third-party cargo

Chocolate-covered espresso beans: The ultimate combination of sweet and bitter

Mortgage Rates Go Down Over the Last Week: Mortgage Interest Rates for April 30, 2025

Here’s Why Bathroom Towels Have Those Woven Strips on Both Ends

Audi Crooks on Keeping Eyes on the Prize and Caring for Mental Health

Britain, U.S. attack Houthi drone manufacturing targets in Yemen

Untangling the web of cash pouring into NJ governor’s race

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

Retirement plannomg: the differences between a traditional and Roth IRA

A Classic Budget Alternative to the Royal Oak Is Now Even More Versatile

Costacurta aims dig at French media over Donnarumma

5 things to know this Wednesday, April 30

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.New York Zoo Feeds Baby Vulture With Hand Puppet

2.Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

3.Owner of lost $5,000 cash thought calls from police were a scam

4.Watch: Iowa museum owner's spoon collection tallied at 38,162

5.Watch: Red-tailed boa rescued from Texas tree, adopted by animal control officer

6.Speedboat Flips Midair At 200 Mph And Still Wins Race On Arizona Lake

7.Student rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone

8.Mother horse, baby rescued from mud pit in Arizona

9.Man wins $6M lottery prize after more than 40 years of playing

10.Watch: Miniature dachshund found after 529 days in the wild on Kangaroo Island