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Dr. Greg Skomal, shark researcher for Massachusetts Marine Fisheries, captures video footage of a great white shark, while the crew listens for its radio tag, off the coast of Chatham, Mass., on Oct. 21, 2022.

Great white shark is well-traveled

July 19, 2024, 5:57am Life

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — If there is any great white shark that could rise above Jaws’ acclaim and soften the apex predators’ infamy, it’d be LeeBeth. Read story

The Philadelphia Zoo’s baby Sumatran orangutan, the first birth of this species at the zoo in 15 years, on June 26.

Zoo welcomes baby orangutan

July 19, 2024, 5:57am Life

For the first time since 2009, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomes a new baby Sumatran orangutan, courtesy of parents Tua and Sugi. Read story

FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. His death was announced Thursday, July 18, 2024, in a post on his official X account.

Lou Dobbs, conservative pundit and Fox Business host, dies at 78

July 18, 2024, 3:36pm Entertainment

Lou Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and cable TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. He was 78. Read story

FILE - Actor-comedian Bob Newhart sits with a bronze likeness of Dr. Bob Hartley, the character he played in the 1972-78 sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," at the unveiling of the statue in Chicago on July 27, 2004. Newhart, the deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 18, 2024. He was 94. (AP Photo/M.

Comedian Bob Newhart, deadpan master of sitcoms and telephone monologues, dies at 94

July 18, 2024, 1:32pm Entertainment

Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. Read story

FILE - Bonnie Raitt arrives at the Billboard Women in Music Awards, March 2, 2022, at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. The 47th Kennedy Center class will be honored with an evening of tributes, testimonials and performances on Dec. 8 at Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients

July 18, 2024, 8:36am Entertainment

An iconoclastic filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Read story

Sign at the Living History Group Northwest’s World War II Encampment.

Try this: World War II Encampment, Nashville in the Northwest, pig roast

July 18, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

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A shopper peruses cheese offerings at a Target store in Sheridan, Colo. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high.

Groceries don’t have to break the bank; prices are still high but here’s some tips to save

July 18, 2024, 6:04am Business

If you’ve noticed that you’re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you’re not the only one. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high — up 21 percent on average since inflation started to surge more than three years ago. Read story

Frank Zappa released two albums in 1974 — “Roxy & Elsewhere” and “Apostrophe (‘)”.

1974: The 3rd-best year ever for great albums? From Bob Marley to Joni Mitchell, it’s a contender

July 18, 2024, 6:04am Entertainment

If 1972 was the greatest year ever for albums, and if 1973 was close behind, where does that leave 1974? Read story