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New Orleans resident Daniella Santoro points out the spot in her backyard where her family discovered a 1,900-year-old gravestone for a Roman sailor that had been missing for decades from an Italian museum, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)

A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

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A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin.

Victoria Roath works on her creation in the Scrapple Sculpting Contest at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Scrapple sculpture contest winner prevailed in Eagles country by putting the pig into pigskin

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In the contest for best scrapple sculpture in Philadelphia on Friday it was the “Mush Push” fashioned from the regionally popular pork breakfast meat that got Patrick Moser’s entry over the goal line.

Lindsay Evans gestures to a historic photo of Victorian-era women weaving human hair into art, during a tour of Leilas Hair Museum on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Independence, Miss. (AP Photo/Heather Hollingsworth)

Hair museum filled with century-old mementos closes its doors, scattering contents around the nation

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Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands made from the locks of the dead.

In this photo provided by Joan Heblack, a flyer warning of an aggressive squirrel is taped up in San Rafael, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (Joan Heblack via AP)

'Very mean squirrel' seeking food has sent at least 2 people to the ER in a California city

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Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room.

Italian driver Fabio Barone attempts to break his own speed record on a ship, at the wheel of a Ferrari SF 90, on the flight deck of the Italian Navy aircraft carrier Nave Trieste, docked at the port of Civitavecchia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

One man in an Italian supercar atop an aircraft carrier has a record in his sights

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A driver off Italy’s central coast has made a bid for a new world record for the fastest car on a boat.

Alex Babich, climbs on the structure that surrounds his nearly 36-feet high sunflower that holds the world record for the tallest flower at his home in Fort Wayne, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

The world's tallest sunflower blooms in an Indiana backyard as a tribute to Ukraine

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When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant.

In this photo released by the Cape May Police Department N.J., a damaged Humpty Dumpty statue is seen in the back of a truck on Sept. 7, 2025, in Cape May, N.J., after vandals stole it from a miniature golf course and dumped it nearby. (Cape May Police Department via AP)

Humpty Dumpty caper at New Jersey mini-golf course sparks police investigation

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Humpty Dumpty took a big fall, and now police are hoping to crack the case.

From left, Preciouslight Ukachi, John John Obot, Keturah Heman, Ogunremi Temitope Timothy and Stephen A Oyelami, a team of five Nigerians who read aloud nonstop for over 400 hours in an attempt to break the Guinness world record, pose for a photo in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Aug 30, 2025. (Alhamdu Monday/JLM Media via AP)

A Nigerian group attempts a 431-hour reading marathon to set a Guinness World Record

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In Lagos, Nigeria, three men and two women have been reading aloud for over 431 hours to set a Guinness World Record.

Former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer waves to the crowd before an NCAA college football game against South Carolina, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

In test of loyalties, former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer wears South Carolina black for son

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Virginia Tech coaching great Frank Beamer showed up for the Hokies’ season opener on Sunday against South Carolina, which is coached by son Shane Beamer, wearing Gamecocks black.

A participant checks her hair color on a chart of gradations of red during the Red Head Days festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Thousands of redheads celebrate their strands at a festival in the Netherlands

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Thousands of redheads from all over the world are gathering in the southern Dutch city of Tilburg for a once-a-year festival to celebrate their flaming locks.

FILE - Finnish aerobatics group Midnight Hawks performs during a celebration marking the Russian air force's 100th anniversary in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File)

Swastikas still linger on some flags in Finland's air force, but are on the way out

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Finland's air force is moving to remove swastikas from its flags, partly due to the awkwardness it creates with Western allies.

Revelers throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Tons of overripe tomatoes become projectiles in Spain's ‘Tomatina’ food fight

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Thousands of people from around the world seeking a uniquely messy thrill have spent a wild hour flinging bushels of overripe tomatoes at each other.

Isela Anali Santiago Morales dances during her 15th birthday party at a stadium in Axtla de Terrazas, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, organized by the community after her father's social media appeal drew support following her first sparsely attended party. (AP Photo/Mauricio Palos)

From empty party to an all-night stadium bash, a Mexican teen’s 15th birthday goes viral

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Fifteen-year-old Isela Anahí Santiago Morales' coming-of-age party has become a sensation.

Vice President JD Vance, left, fishes with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a lake in the grounds of Chevening House in Kent, England, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool Photo via AP)

UK's top diplomat gets a warning for illegal fishing with US vice president

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Britain's top diplomat has been given a formal warning for fishing without a license during a recent outing with U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

FILE - This June 26, 2013, image made from a video provided by Gunnar Boettcher shows a rabbit in Mankato, Minn., that Boettcher dubbed "Frankenstein," due to what looks like horns growing out of its head. (Gunnar Boettcher via AP, File)

Rabbits with 'horns' in Colorado are being called 'Frankenstein bunnies.' Here's why

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Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns.

FILE A Martian meteorite, weighing 54.388 lbs. (24.67 kg), said to be the largest piece of Mars on Earth, at Sotheby's, in New York, July 9, 2025. was sold for just over $5-million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects. at Sotheby's, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth

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A 54-pound meteorite from Mars has sold for over $5 million at a New York auction, setting a world record.

This photo provided by Flagler County Sheriff's Office in Florida shows Autumn Bardisa being taken into custody Tuesday, Aug. 5, in Palm Coast, Fla. (Flagler County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A Florida woman posed as a nurse and treated thousands of unsuspecting patients, officials say

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Authorities say a Florida woman posed as a licensed nurse and provided medical care to thousands of patients.

This image taken from video provided by the Seattle Kraken shows a brown bear splashing toward the NHL Kraken sea troll mascot known as Buoy, left, next to a fishing guide during the filming of a promotional video in a river outside Anchorage, Alaska, June 25, 2025. (Seattle Kraken via AP)

Seattle NHL team's mascot has a close encounter with a brown bear during video shoot in Alaska

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A Seattle Kraken ice hockey player and the team's mascot had a close call with a brown bear during a video shoot in Alaska.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Jos Caballero watches as New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger gestures to teammates after hitting an RBI triple during the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A winner either way: José Caballero traded from Rays to Yankees while teams were playing each other

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José Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth.

Archaeologist Jose Aliaga works at the site where city workers discovered ancient remains, from the pre-Inca Chancay culture, and artifacts as workers were digging a natural gas line for the company Calidda in the district of Puente Piedra on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Utility workers in Peru unearth pre-Incan tomb with 1,000-year-old remains

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Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks.