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The U.S. forest service announced today the cause of the colossal Yosemite rim fire that continues to burn in the Sierra Nevada region: a hunter's illegal campfire. (Not pot growers.) Authorities said the unnamed hunter who accidentally lit the fire…

Walmart workers and their supporters launched a fresh round of protests in 15 cities across the country on Thursday. The demonstrations, which drew several arrests, are part of the organizers' effort to surpass last year’s major Black Friday…

Here's you Thursday awwwww. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo says its new 2-week-old giant panda cub is a girl, and she's and is in good health. At a press event Thursday, the zoo revealed the baby panda, born on August 23rd to mother Mei Xiang. In…

Joshua Broussard, a 16-year-old student, was stabbed to death when a fight erupted early Wednesday morning at a Houston-area high school. According to police, the violence began just after 7 a.m. at Spring High School, when a number of students got…

Looks like race relations in America are finally moving faux-ward. An unlikely meeting between representatives of the NAACP and an organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in a Casper, Wyoming hotel this past weekend transpired peacefully (but dramatically) in…

Sixty-four-year-old endurance swimmer, writer, journalist, and all-around inspirational person Diana Nyad completed her 110-mile record-setting swim from Cuba to Florida Monday. After 53 challenging hours at sea, a slightly delirious Nyad stumbled…