Loggerhead sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free on Florida beach after rehab

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — It was a chilly day on Florida’s east coast, but the sight of a loggerhead sea turtle with only three ...
Phys.org

Earliest known barred spiral galaxy spotted just 2 billion years after Big Bang

Research led by Daniel Ivanov, a physics and astronomy graduate student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at Pitt, uncovered a contender for one of the earliest observed spiral ...
Food & Wine

I’ve Cooked Dozens of Hams, and I Hate Spiral-Cut — Here’s What to Buy Instead

Presliced hams tend to dry out in the oven because all the cuts let juices escape. Whole, unsliced hams retain moisture better. Slices may vary in thickness, but they’re reliably juicy. Look for ...
USA Today

FBI links 'Turtle Island' group to terror plot to bomb California

Four people were charged in an alleged New Year's Eve bombing plot that would have targeted businesses across Southern California, the FBI announced this week. The four suspects, who prosecutors ...
ABC7

What we know about the group Turtle Island Liberation Front

Four people arrested last week who are suspected of planning coordinated bomb attacks across Southern California are part of anti-capitalist and anti-government group called the "Turtle Island ...
Washington Examiner

What we know about the Turtle Island Liberation Front charged in terrorist plot

A radical, pro-Palestinian group known as the Turtle Island Liberation Front plotted to carry out coordinated bombings against several targets in Southern California beginning on New Year’s Eve, ...
The Atlantic

Day 12 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Day 12 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Barred Spiral. This galaxy, NGC 5335, is categorized as a flocculent spiral galaxy, displaying a striking barlike structure across its center. The ...
The Hill

DOJ portrays Franklin the turtle as ‘deportation judge’

In the second Trump administration post of its kind, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday portrayed Franklin, the anthropomorphic turtle character from a children’s book series, as a ...
bleedingcool

The Spider-Man/Venom Death Spiral Crossover Checklist

The Venom/Spider-Man/Carnage crossover Death Spiral begins in February and continues into April. And has nothing whatsoever to do with One World Under Doom. And asking "Who lives? Who dies?" Here's a ...
WECT

Founder of Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue dies at 90

TOPSAIL, N.C. (WECT) - The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center announced the passing of its founder. Jean Beasley died on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 90 years old. Beasley built and ...
The Hill

‘Franklin the Turtle’ publisher rips Hegseth over ‘violent’ use of character in meme

The publisher of the children’s book series “Franklin the Turtle” condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over what they called a “violent” portrayal of the character as he faces heat over strikes on ...