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North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the North’s state media said Thursday, as they continue to align in the face of their confrontations with Washington. ...
Yaks, bears and cockatoos are among the animals Russia is sending to North Korean zoo
Russia has sent a gift of more than 70 animals to North Korea for the Pyongyang Zoo, including bears, yaks, ducks and cockatoos. In another sign of the growing cooperation between the countries, the animals were flown to Pyongyang aboard a government plane, escorted by officials and...
How to watch and stream the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season really kicks off when the massive helium balloons start floating through New York. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade — two years away from its 100th birthday — this year will feature 17 giant character balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage...
Michigan hunters die of heart attacks while hauling away heavy deer
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — At least three Michigan deer hunters have died of heart attacks during the current 16-day season, including two men who were trying to haul away the heavy animals, authorities said. “I’ve never seen three people die in 48 hours from heart attacks while...
Serviceberry is a sadly underused native tree that helps wildlife and is worth planting
Winters were brutal throughout most of New England in Colonial America. It snowed a lot, often into spring, and there were no radiators (or antibiotics). Many settlers didn’t survive the season, but because the ground was frozen solid, the colonists couldn’t bury their dead in real time....
Federal wildlife officials review the removal of a bald eagle nest in Alabama
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are reviewing the removal of a bald eagle nest at the site of a planned subdivision in the east Alabama city of Auburn following an outcry by some local residents, the agency announced Tuesday. Agents with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
New eagle camera is going live in Minnesota to the delight of global viewers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eagle lovers around the world who were crushed by the live-streamed collapse of a nest housing two birds and their chick will get another viewing opportunity when a new eagle camera goes live on Thursday. The new camera, operated by the Minnesota Department of...
Carcass of endangered fin whale washes up near Alaska's largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animal's death. The carcass found over the weekend near Anchorage was 47 feet (14.3...
17,000 axis deer were killed on Maui this year, but they just keep coming
About 50 axis deer crowded around the fence line separating Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and Keopuolani Regional Park, startling the gardens staff on a recent Thursday afternoon. The threat posed by the invasive deer was alarming because the gardens serve as a seed bank and are home to...
4 monkeys remain free nearly 2 weeks after dozens escaped a South Carolina compound
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research, authorities said. Two more rhesus macaques were trapped Monday outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee, bringing...
