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Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure
Taxi drivers provided alternate transport for boycotters, lowering their fares to match bus fares.
Yoonji Han
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A commuter train excavation near Notre Dame Cathedral has uncovered a 2,000-year-old necropolis containing bodies buried with coins in their mouths and an entire pig skeleton
The coins are thought to be a fee paid to the ferryman of the underworld. Researchers have no idea …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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27,000-year-old pendants crafted from the skin of extinct giant sloths could help rewrite the human history of the Americas
Researchers found what appeared to be pendants in Brazil, dating from around 25,000 to 27,000 years…
Alia Shoaib
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One heck of a rabid, 55-pound beaver attacked a girl swimming in a Georgia lake, and her dad beat it to death
There was no indication that the attacking beaver was trying to protect any baby beavers in the are…
Matthew Loh
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Clouded leopard located and 'safely secured' after it escaped from a Dallas zoo
The Dallas Zoo closed Friday morning and assured the public it was a "non-dangerous" animal that wa…
Chris Panella
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A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
Avi Loeb thinks the public has a right to know the truth about UFOs. He hopes his controversial ide…
Marianne Guenot
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WATCH: Video shows Canadian police chasing down ostriches that 'created traffic hazards' after escaping their enclosure
A video shows someone in a police vehicle grabbing a speeding ostrich by its neck. The bird quickly…
Katie Balevic
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An 11,000-year-old statue of a man holding his penis could reveal secrets about a mysterious Neolithic culture
The statue was found in what some argue are the oldest Neolithic temple sites in the world, older t…
Marianne Guenot
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Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time
Telescopes saw into our future when they spotted a burst of light from a distant star. It was gulpi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The head of tech at indie music publisher TuneCore credits the company's growth to its collaborative approach to building new products
TuneCore's chief technology and product officer shared how the business uses tech in products and i…
Nicholas Fearn
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Sarah Jessica Parker's Met Gala look paid tribute to the first Black female designer to work in the White House
Sarah Jessica Parker worked with Christopher John Rogers to honor Mary Todd Lincoln's designer, Eli…
Rachel Askinasi
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Archeologists to open mysterious sarcophagus discovered underneath Notre Dame Cathedral during post-fire excavations
Archeologists in France discovered the mysterious lead sarcophagus during excavation work at the fi…
Joshua Zitser
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'Cyrano' director reveals the crew had to pick up their cameras and run off Mount Etna when the volcano erupted during filming
Snowstorms and an erupting volcano almost derailed Joe Wright's plans to film a pivotal "Cyrano" sc…
Palmer Haasch
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Citadel's Ken Griffin revealed as the winning bidder for a rare copy of the US Constitution, beating out a crowdfunded crypto collective
Griffin paid $43.2 million for the 234 year-old document, effectively outbidding a crowdfunding cry…
Matthew Fox
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Mystery wreckage in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines is probably fallen Chinese rocket parts, space-debris experts say
China's rocket booster fell to Earth uncontrolled, and new photos convinced space-debris experts th…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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The stolen ancient tablet seized from Hobby Lobby is finally returning to its home in Iraq 30 years later
An ancient tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby containing part of the 'Epic of Gilgamesh' is returning t…
Heather Schlitz
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Debris from a giant Chinese rocket booster is set to plummet uncontrollably to Earth, raining parts across unknown locations this weekend
Experts say a 25-ton piece from a Chinese rocket booster will crash down to Earth this weekend. No …
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…
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A group of crypto investors has raised $3 million as part of an effort to buy a rare copy of the US Constitution
ConstitutionDAO has so far raised 732 ehter worth more than $3.4 million in its bid to buy the incr…
Matthew Fox
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Mei Xiang, the National Zoo's female giant panda, is very pregnant and her cub could come as soon as this weekend
The panda cub could be the first cub at The National Zoo since Bei Bei was born in 2015. He left to…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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DNA testing of Sitting Bull's hair confirms a 73-year-old man in South Dakota is his great-grandson
Scientists at the University of Cambridge said a new method of DNA testing helped them prove that E…