Joe Hernandez
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Arts & Life
AAH! Two Companies Could Pay You $1,300 To Watch Horror Movies This Halloween
Both DISH Network and the website FinanceBuzz are offering a financial reward to lucky scary movie fans who watch a selected list of frightening flicks.
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National
A Beachfront Property Taken From A Black Family A Century Ago May Soon Be Returned
The California legislature approved a bill that would let county officials give Bruce's Beach back to the family that owned it a century ago. It now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature.
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Science
A Football-Shaped Animal Species Is Discovered In A 500-Million-Year-Old Shale
The Titanokorys gainesi, which is now extinct, was a 1 1/2-foot-long sea animal — gigantic for its time — with a large protective shell over its head, a toothed mouth and a pair of spiny claws.
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World
The First International Flight Since The U.S. Evacuated Leaves Kabul
About 200 people, including some Americans, departed the Afghan capital on Thursday. Officials said this was not an evacuation flight, but rather that people were leaving of their own free will.
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Science
Mochica, One Of The World's Oldest Penguins, Dies At 31
The flightless bird with an outsize persona personally greeted thousands of guests in his lifetime and was said to prefer the company of humans over his fellow penguins.
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National
At Least 13 Miami-Dade School Workers Have Died Of COVID-19 In Less Than A Month
Those who died include teachers, bus drivers, a security worker and a cafeteria manager. "It is a bruising statistic that we need to absolutely internalize," said superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho.
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Business
El Salvador Just Became The First Country To Accept Bitcoin As Legal Tender
Advocates of Bitcoin, including President Nayib Bukele, say the policy that took effect Tuesday was historic. But the rollout was marred by technical glitches and some political opposition.
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Sports
Soccer Player Jean-Pierre Adams, Who Was In A Coma For Nearly 40 Years, Dies
The star defender, who was born in Senegal and played for major clubs in France as well as the French national squad, fell into a coma during a botched operation in 1982. He died on Monday at age 73.
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Environment
Climate Change Is Threatening Komodo Dragons, Earth's Largest Living Lizards
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, an assessment of the health of tens of thousands of species, Komodo dragons went from "vulnerable" to "endangered."
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National
Feds Are Reportedly Looking Into Why McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Are Always Busted
It's well known among connoisseurs of the fast food giant's frozen desserts that McDonald's ice cream machines often break down. It can make McFlurries, shakes and other treats unattainable.