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University of Houston decides to use Oilers theme on football uniforms despite NFL threats

The University of Houston will use powder blue alternate uniforms for its football team, reversing a previous choice to shelve the look under threat from the NFL.

May 1, 2024

Rocket-propelled grenade and mortar dating to 1950s found in South Carolina shed

A mortar and rocket-propelled grenade have been found in Forest Acres, South Carolina, near Fort Jackson, which trains around 50% of all U.S. soldiers.

May 1, 2024

Boston museum returns sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian mummy to Swedish museum

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts recently returned a 3,200-year-old ancient Egyptian sarcophagus to a museum in Sweden where it disappeared decades ago.

May 1, 2024

Fox wants a bigger score for next year’s Super Bowl: $7 million per 30-second ad

Fox Broadcasting Co. is asking for at least $7 million per 30-second advertisement during the NFL's next Super Bowl on Feb. 9.

May 1, 2024

EPA bans solvent linked to 88 deaths since 1980

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday banned most uses of the solvent methylene chloride, a cancer-causing chemical linked to at least 88 deaths since 1980.

May 1, 2024

One zebra still missing after quartet escaped trailer in Washington state

One zebra was still on the loose Tuesday after group of four escaped from a trailer heading to Montana eastbound on Interstate 90. The others were recaptured with the help of a former rodeo bullfighter.

April 30, 2024

Dave & Busters to add wagering between players to its app

Restaurant and arcade chain Dave & Busters is adding features to its mobile app that would allow players at its physical locations to wager with each other on games like Skee-Ball.

April 30, 2024

Two-year-old dies in Arizona after bounce house he was playing in blows away

A two-year-old boy died in Casa Grande, Arizona, this weekend after an inflatable bounce house he was playing in blew away. Another child in the structure was injured.

April 30, 2024

Drunken Idahoan injured while kicking Yellowstone bison in the leg

An Idaho man hurt himself in Yellowstone National Park after he kicked a bison in the leg while intoxicated and was arrested along with his companion.

April 30, 2024

Halt, and D.C. means it: City putting cameras on stop arms of school buses

The District of Columbia is adding cameras to the stop arms of school buses for additional defense against drivers illegally passing them.

April 30, 2024

Al Capone’s pistol to go on sale at auction, expected to fetch millions

"Sweetheart," the Colt 1911 .45 pistol faithfully used by mobster legend Al Capone, is going on sale at Richmond Auctions on May 18.

April 27, 2024

Man charged with killing nearly 18,000 fish by pouring bleach into salmon hatchery tank

An Oregon man was arrested this week, accused of breaking into a Reedsport, Oregon, hatchery and pouring bleach into a rearing pond that killed 17,890 young Chinook salmon.

April 27, 2024

Prince George’s County imposes curfew for youths at National Harbor

A curfew for young people in the National Harbor entertainment district was put into effect Friday by officials with Prince George's County, Maryland, to help control crime along the waterfront.

April 27, 2024

One climber dead after 1,000-foot fall on Denali’s Mount Johnson, another severely injured

A pair of climbers attempting to scale Mount Johnson in Alaska's Denali National Park Thursday suffered a 1,000-foot fall. The descent killed one of the climbers and injured the other.

April 27, 2024

Thousands evacuated as unexploded World War II bomb near German soccer stadium defused

An unexploded American bomb from World War II, found near the stadium of German soccer team Mainz 05, was successfully defused Friday.

April 26, 2024

Grizzlies to return to Washington state under Biden administration plan

The grizzly bear will be returning to the North Cascades mountain range in Washington state as part of a plan by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

April 26, 2024

Honolulu police arrest seven for attempting to illegally hike Oahu’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’

Over a week after city and county officials announced the city's metal Ha'iku Stairs would be removed, the Honolulu Police Department arrested seven people for trespassing.

April 26, 2024

Fire breaks out in abandoned restaurant on California’s Oceanside Pier

A vacant restaurant went up in flames Thursday and continued Friday on Oceanside Pier in California. Firefighters isolated the fire to the end of the pier and tried to contain it.

April 26, 2024

Moulin Rouge loses a windmill as blades fall off iconic Parisian cabaret club

The four windmill blades at the famous Moulin Rouge, a 134-year-old Parisian cabaret club in Paris, fell off early Thursday morning. No one was injured.

April 26, 2024

Body of missing Iowa trucker found in a farm field near abandoned big rig; wife suspects foul play

The body of an Iowa trucker who was first reported missing in November 2023 was found in a farmer's field in Sac City, Iowa.

April 25, 2024