A bid to free five elephants from a Colorado zoo has been rejected after a court ruled elephants are not people.

Alexander the Great brought bananas, parakeets, cotton, and sugar from India to Europe, as well as crucifixion from Persia.

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C alifornia bees may be fish, but Colorado elephants are not people. At least, that’s the ruling of the state’s Supreme Court, who this week decreed that five elephants currently held at the Cheyenne ...

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The Lincoln Silver Cornet Band serenaded Lincoln residents on an unusual-ly springlike night. A Lincoln editor reported, “The concord of sweet sounds that burst upon our startled ears about ...

The Ocean Quahog has turned heads with its astonishing lifespan. Found in the icy depths of the North Atlantic, these ...