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Help wanted: NASA is looking for people to spend a year pretending they are isolated on Mars.

A sumo wrestler that may have spooked the horses was knocked out of the Olympic equestrian ring, but the course designer is defending his decision to include the lifelike fighter in the first place.

Riders say a life-size sumo wrestler positioned next to an obstacle on the Olympic equestrian course may have distracted several horses in qualifying for the individual jumping final.

A Florida woman who had recently moved into her apartment discovered a slithering roommate she never knew she even had.

Scientists have a new idea for how Earth got its oxygen: It’s because the planet slowed down and days got longer.

A woman who secretly swapped seven pebbles for 4.2 million pounds ($5.7 million) worth of diamonds has been sent to prison for her role in the audacious heist at a luxury jewelry store in London.

London’s latest tourist attraction aimed for the heights.

Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about 33 million euros ($39 million).

The Olympic men’s triathlon needed a do-over with a restart when dozens of competitors went into the water while others were blocked by a boat containing cameras that got in the way.

An escaped bull has eluded capture for several days on Long Island despite attempts to lure the roaming animal with grain and a cow in heat.

Sulfur-crested cockatoos in Sydney have learned to open trash bins — and the technique is catching on like a hot dance move.

Officials originally identified the holes as sinkholes, a common geological occurrence in Florida, but later engineers said the holes are considered “depressions.”

Officials in Minnesota say they’re finding more giant goldfish in waterways, prompting a plea to citizens to stop illegally dumping their unwanted fish into ponds and lakes.

An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for $1.56 million.

An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper successfully performed the Heimlich Maneuver after a man allegedly attempted to swallow a bag of cannabis when he was pulled over for speeding.

Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orleans.

A spectator has been escorted from the course at the Scottish Open after taking a club from Rory McIlroy’s bag and taking a few swings with it.

A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there.

An FBI agent applied for a federal warrant in 2018 to seize a cache of gold that he said had been “stolen during the Civil War” while en route to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, and was “now concealed in an underground cave” in northwestern Pennsylvania.

A western Montana couple were able to save a horse from drowning in the Bitterroot River on Father's Day, and may have made a new friend.

Songwriter Diane Warren has stepped in to save a cow that eluded capture for more than a day after a herd escaped from a Southern California slaughterhouse and stampeded through a suburb.

The state that launched the movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates is concluding its program still unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold.

Pope Francis is usually the star at Vatican gatherings.