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Sydney Man Finds Snake in Lettuce Bought at Supermarket
Alex White thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in plastic-wrapped lettuce he’d just brought home from the supermarket — until a snake tongue flicked
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Baby Koala Joins Sydney Zoo
8-month-old “Humphrey” is the first koala to be born at Taronga Zoo in over a year.
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Watch a Male Seahorse Give Birth
The SEA LIFE Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, has released video of a male seahorse giving birth.
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Zoo Animals in Sydney Get Early Christmas Treats
Zookeepers in Sydney, Australia, surprised the animals with some early Christmas-themed treats
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Sydney's Taronga Zoo Rehabilitates Orphaned Echidna Puggle
The Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, is treating an orphaned short-beaked echidna after it fell out of a tree onto a balcony below.
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Nationwide Protests Continue for 12th Straight Day
The twelfth day of protests continued in cities around the U.S on Saturday to decry the killing of George Floyd. Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, sparking international demonstrations condemning police brutality.
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Suspect Arrested in 1988 Death of American Man in Sydney
More than 30 years after American mathematician Scott Johnson died after falling off a cliff in Sydney, a man has been charged with his death in an apparent gay hate crime that was apparently one of many over several decades in Australia’s largest city
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Australians on SE Coast Urged to Flee as Fire Risk Escalates
Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don’t intend to defend their homes as hot and windy conditions are forecast to escalate the danger over the next two days.
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Pop-Up Bar Made of More Than 1 Million Building Blocks Coming to Chicago
How does this pop-up bar stack up to the many themed spaces sprouting in Chicago? Pretty high…. literally.
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Wrigleyville Saloon Transforms Into ‘Christmas Vacation'-Themed Pop-Up Bar
Griswold’s, a pop-up bar themed after National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation,” officially opens its doors on Sunday.
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Black Eyed Peas Star Accuses Qantas Attendant of Racism
Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight. The musician said he was met by police at Sydney Airport on Saturday after an incident with an “overly aggressive flight attendant” who he says was upset with him because he couldn’t hear her through...
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Deadly Wildfires Rage Near Sydney
Rapid wildfires continue to sweep through Australia and the Rural Fire Service has urged people to evacuate their homes in Sydney’s northern suburbs.
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Deadly Wildfires Rage Near Sydney
Rapid wildfires continue to sweep through Australia and the Rural Fire Service has urged people to evacuate their homes in Sydney’s northern suburbs.
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This Hypersonic Airliner Would Take You From Los Angeles to Tokyo in Under Two Hours
Some researchers are working on a new generation of supersonic airliners, capable of speeds between Mach 1 and Mach 5. Others are dreaming bigger, NBC News reports. Last year, Boeing unveiled a design for a plane capable of reaching Mach 5, the low end of a realm known as hypersonic speed. And the Stratofly MR3, a 300-passenger airliner under development...
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Severe Turbulence Injures Nearly Three Dozen on Air Canada Flight
Nearly three dozen people aboard an Air Canada flight to Australia were injured by severe turbulence that forced pilots to land in Honolulu on Thursday, the airline said and NBC News reported. Flight 33, scheduled to go from Vancouver to Sydney touched down at Honolulu International Airport at 6:45 a.m. local time due to “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence approximately two...
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Severe Turbulence Injures Nearly Three Dozen on Air Canada Flight
Nearly three dozen people aboard an Air Canada flight to Australia were injured by severe turbulence that forced pilots to land in Honolulu on Thursday, the airline said and NBC News reported. Flight 33, scheduled to go from Vancouver to Sydney touched down at Honolulu International Airport at 6:45 a.m. local time due to “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence approximately two...
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25 Years After Murders, OJ Says ‘Life is Fine'
After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O.J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the “no negative zone.” In a telephone interview, Simpson told The Associated Press he is healthy and happy living in Las Vegas. And neither he nor his children want to look back by...
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Qantas Airways CEO Alan Joyce Invites 10-Year-Old Who Started His Own ‘Airline' to Meet Him
One CEO is helping this little boy get his wings. When Alex Jacquot, a 10-year-old boy, wrote to Qantas Airways CEO Alan Joyce for advice on operating his “airline,” Oceania Express, the more experienced CEO didn’t hesitate to respond. Joyce gave Jacquot advice on managing an airline, answered questions about a particularly tricky flight route and invited the young CEO...
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‘Orange Is the New Black' Star Accuses Geoffrey Rush of Sexual Misconduct
Australian actress Yael Stone has accused actor Geoffrey Rush of sexual misconduct in a new interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s “7.30.”
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Geoffrey Rush's Wife Testifies Actor Wept Denying Sexual Harassment Allegations
The wife of actor Geoffrey Rush cried as she told a Sydney court on Wednesday how he had wept and curled up in the fetal position following newspaper allegations he had behaved inappropriately toward a female co-star. Rush himself also admitted to the court he may have described the co-star, Eryn Jean Norvill, as “yummy,” but denied this was accompanied...