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- Ukraine wary of Putin's Easter truce and says it will reciprocate only a genuine ceasefireby The Associated Press on April 19, 2025 at 2:24 pm
Ukraine said it would reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday.
- Obama photobombs a picture of siblings among D.C.'s cherry blossomsby Gabriel J. Sánchez on April 3, 2025 at 10:09 pm
D.C.'s cherry blossoms are a classic backdrop for family photos, and that's what Portia Moore had in mind by having her kids pose for professional photos -- but a figure photobombed the picture.
- Authorities say a babysitter checked under the bed for monsters — and found someoneby Rachel Treisman on March 28, 2025 at 5:58 pm
Kansas authorities say a babysitter went to refute a kid's claims of a monster under their bed, but "came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there." They later arrested a 27-year-old man.
- UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guiltyby Manuela López Restrepo on March 20, 2025 at 11:49 pm
The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.
- Kansas man wants the state to legalize raccoons as petsby Rose Conlon on February 25, 2025 at 11:15 pm
A Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for.
- A lost hard drive in a landfill holds the key to a British man's crypto fortuneby Scott Simon on February 15, 2025 at 1:00 pm
A British man who claims his $700 million worth of Bitcoin is buried in landfill in Wales now says he hopes to buy the site to search for his hard drive, which was dumped more than a decade ago.
- The tale of a whale who took in — and spit out — a sea kayakerby Megan Lim on February 14, 2025 at 10:39 pm
In a video, a man captured the jaws of a humpback whale poke out of the water around his son's kayak, close around him, and disappear into the ocean.
- Did a whale swallow a kayaker? The truth behind the viral videoby Rachel Treisman on February 14, 2025 at 4:59 pm
A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn't have swallowed him even if it wanted to.
- U.K.'s foreign office cat Palmerston shows up for duty in Bermudaby Manuela López Restrepo on February 6, 2025 at 10:32 pm
The former rescue feline joined the British diplomatic service in 2016 and gained a large following online for fulfilling his duty with charisma. He retired in 2020 but is back in action now.
- Scientists find prehistoric shark puke dating back 66 million yearsby Scott Simon on February 1, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Paleontologists have discovered what they believe to be vomit from 66 million years ago.
