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One of the world’s best insect undertakers is making a comeback. Populations of the American burying beetle, North America’s largest carrion beetle, have been decimated due mainly to habitat loss and dwindling wildlife species. Once abundant in 35 states and three Canadian provinces, the American burying beetle is now found only in small pockets in 10 states. But new data show that the beetle’s abundance increased over the last decade in southwestern Nebraska’s Loess Canyons. It’s the first regional increase since the insect was listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1989, researchers report in the January Biological Conservation.  “This…

Getty Images New Year’s Eve doubles as a birthday for stars like Val Kilmer, Gabby Douglas and more! See who else shares a December 31 birthday here. Talk about a fresh start! While most people wait for the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve, some lucky moms and dads were counting down to baby time on December 31. Lucky for them, New Year’s Eve is certainly one fun birthday to have. People born on the last day of the year get to wrap things up with double the party, closing out the calendar and marking their own life. Notable…

Grayscale’s Zach Pandl reveals how politics and the economy are driving bitcoin’s bull run Source: www.cnbc.com

(KTLA) – An investigation is underway after a private jet was ordered to stop taxiing toward a departing Delta flight on an active runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon. Video footage shared by Airline Videos Live shows the jet creeping toward the runway as the Delta aircraft takes off. An air traffic controller can be heard calling for the jet to “stop, stop, stop” as the Delta flight takes off. Jetliner skids off runway and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179 The Embraer E135 jet that was ordered to stop taxiing had just…

2024 was a breakthrough season for Matteo Jorgenson, with the 25-year-old American winning Paris-Nice, Dwars door Vlaanderen and building the consistency needed to dream big about targeting Grand Tours in the years ahead. Jorgenson moved from Movistar to Visma-Lease a Bike for 2024 and his results and performance immediately took a leap forward with the Dutch team.  “This year was a dream in so many ways”, Jorgenson said in an interview published by Visma-Lease a Bike. “I pushed boundaries I didn’t know were possible, thanks to the team’s efforts and my commitment to sticking to the plan as closely as possible.”This…

First Alert Weather: Tracking rain for the New Year’s Eve ball drop First Alert Weather: Tracking rain for the New Year’s Eve ball drop 01:57 Wellington, New Zealand — Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering at colorful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show. Thousands also thronged to downtown or climbed the city’s ring of volcanic peaks for a fireworks vantage point and a light display recognizing Auckland’s Indigenous tribes. It follows a year marked by protests…

From falling in love on a movie set to a decade-long relationship that ended in a bitter split and legal battles, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s ups and downs. Image Credit: Mega Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have one of the most infamous Hollywood love stories. What started out as two of the most respected and beloved actors of their time working together laid the foundation for a love affair that would last over 10 years, include six children, and a number of collaborative projects. Unfortunately, since the two split in 2016, things…

Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), anticipates significant positive developments in 2025, expressing a more optimistic outlook compared to the challenges of 2024. Budanov shared his expectations in a televised statement reported by Ukrinform. “When asked about 2024, I honestly stated that it would be a very difficult year for us, not a positive one. But when it comes to 2025, I am much more optimistic,” Ukraine’s intelligence chief said. Budanov underscored that 2025 is set to be a marked improvement over the current year: “There are objective factors supporting this. I hope that in 2025,…

Six Skov’s mom fell victim to a neurodegenerative disorder at the time Skov was born and died when Skov was 13.Now 24, Skov is a graduate student at Stanford University, and on the leadership team of a group of young people — many of them also deeply familiar with losing a parent — launching a new Bay Area program for kids and families affected by cancer, Camp Kaleidoscope.The nonprofit plans to offer children the escape, companionship and community that they themselves largely had to do without as they experienced the bewildering isolation of a parent’s decline, then suffered through the…

Can grapes bring you luck? Spaniards believe so, and at midnight on New Year’s Eve all across the country it’s a race to gobble 12 grapes all before the first minute of the year passes. The 12 grapes, which stand for the months of the year, need to be eaten one by one before the clock changes to 12:01. If the grapes are consumed, the tradition states good luck will be by your side for the entire year.Where does the tradition of eating 12 grapes come from?The origins of the “uvas de la suerte” tradition are hard to trace. The idea might…