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Scientists have taken the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark producing its own light. The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, is the world’s largest known bioluminescent vertebrate, growing to nearly six feet in length. It was found in an area of ocean known as Chatham Rise, off the east coast of New Zealand‘s South Island,

Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal ) — Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports at the K-12 and college levels, launching Republicans into a potentially fraught debate over a thorny social issue. Rep. Barbara Dittrich, R-Oconomowoc, introduced the “Protecting

Click here for updates on this story     TULSA, Oklahoma (Tulsa World) — The continuing campaign for reparations for Black Tulsans is part of a broader effort of global proportions, panelists on a Zoom conference sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Law said Tuesday. “We see reparations activity taking place throughout America, throughout the

Click here for updates on this story     Flint, Michigan (WNEM ) — After spending more than two decades behind bars, the very drug that put him there is providing Michael Thompson with a new, life-changing opportunity. Thompson launched a new career on Tuesday, March 2 in the cannabis industry. “Oh, it’s been like heaven. It’s

Click here for updates on this story     Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — A personal text from your favorite entertainer would make most of us feel giddy but excitement turned to worry for a country music fan in Omaha. Linda Jones met the country music legend briefly 40 years ago. “I shook his hand, he was just

Click here for updates on this story     OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV News) — As some Canadian provinces open COVID-19 vaccinations to their oldest residents, experts say meeting up with older loved ones who’ve received the vaccine remains a dilemma. On Monday, health officials in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia began offering appointments to have residents

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A new poll has found that the desire among Canadians to drop the monarchy is at the highest level recorded in the past 12 years. The poll, conducted by Research Co., found that 45 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they would prefer

“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vacciiiine! I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate,” sang Dolly Parton, riffing on her hit song “Jolene” as she received her first Covid-19 vaccine dose. “I know I’m trying to be funny now, but I’m dead serious about the vaccine,” she told the camera. “I think we all want to get back

The UN Security Council will discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday behind closed doors, two UN diplomats have told CNN. The development comes after investigations were published by CNN and Amnesty International last Friday into the massacre of civilians in two separate assaults in Tigray late last year. Thousands of civilians

A week after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a triumphant road map for the country’s exit from lockdown, off the back of its successful Covid-19 vaccination drive, major flaws have been exposed in the UK’s efforts to prevent the spread of new coronavirus variants in the country. The government issued a public appeal

When NASA’s Perseverance rover begins surveying the Martian surface in the coming months, the robotic explorer will be searching for signs of ancient life. Then, “Percy,” as she’s known to her team on Earth, will actually collect those samples, and future missions will return them to Earth. Perseverance is NASA’s first true astrobiology mission in