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These lions are happily adjusting to life in Minnesota. Taras, Stefania, Lesya, and Prada are four lion cubsborn at breeding facilities in Ukraine after Russia invaded the country. The animals were left orphaned a few weeks later, according to Meredith Whitney, the wildlife rescue program manager at theInternational Fund for Animal Welfare. “Early on, we made a commitment to these lion cubs that we would find them a wonderful, safe place to live out the rest of their days together....

Photo:NASA’s Johnson Space Center/Twitter NASA’s Johnson Space Center/Twitter “Four volunteers are about to embark on anout-of-this-world experience without leaving Earth!” NASA’s Johnson Space Center wrote on Twitter before the378-day missionbegan on Sunday. The experiment, taking place at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, is designed to help NASA understand what it would be like for humans to live on Mars during extended space travel and to set a precedent “for one-year missions to the Martian surface,” perNASA’s website....

Photo: Jocelyn Elizabeth LeBlanc/Facebook A holiday parade took a tragic turn on Saturday when a young girl was killed after falling underneath a float. MaCali Cormier, 4, died due to the accident at the annual Christmas parade in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, theYarmouthCountyVanguardreported. “She was not on the float. She was running alongside of the moving float when she fell underneath the float,” Nova Scotia RCMP Cpl. Dal Hutchinsontold CBC News....

Alissa McCommon.Photo:Covington Police Department/ Facebook Covington Police Department/ Facebook On Friday, Alissa McCommon, 38, of Covington, was arrested and charged with rape of a child, the Covington Police Department and the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. She was arrested at her home in Covington. The mother of two was taken to the Tipton County jail where she was held on a $25,000 bond. On Aug. 24, allegations from a parent were brought to Tipton County Schools Superintendent Dr....

Tony Palmieri/Penske Media/REX/Shutterstock Eight years since the tragic death of legendary designer Alexander McQueen, anew documentary,McQueen, is providing an intimate look inside the life and mind of the creative genius. Known for his couture-like creations set against controversial, often morbid fashion shows, the new film (out today in N.Y.C. and L.A.) explores the British designer’s psyche through candid interviews with friends and family. His inner circle takes viewers on his journey from an East End teenager with no formal training to the man who built his own successful brand and who ultimately took his own life on February 11, 2010....

01of 05 JILL DILLARD GIVES BIRTH 02of 05 PINK SHUTS DOWN BODY SHAMERS 03of 05BARRY MANILOW TIES THE KNOTSurprise! Manilow and his longtime manager Garry Kief invited “20 to 30 guests” over for lunch. When they arrived, the couple revealed it was more than just a lunch; it was anintimate weddingceremony. 03of 05 BARRY MANILOW TIES THE KNOT Surprise! Manilow and his longtime manager Garry Kief invited “20 to 30 guests” over for lunch....

Sgt. Andrew P. Southard (top left), Sgt. Cade M. Wolfe (bottom left), Staff Sgt. Tanner W. Grone (center) Chief Warrant Officer 3 Stephen R. Dwyer (top right) and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Shane M. Barnes (bottom right).Photo:Department of Defense Department of Defense Five members of the U.S. armed forces were killed in a helicopter crash overVeterans Dayweekend. The crash happened during “routine flight training” in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, according to apress releasefrom the Department of Defense on Monday....

Brian Burns , deport on April 23 , 1998 , in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , has quickly become a standout linebacker in the NFL . Standing 6 feet 5 inch improbable and weighing 250 pounds , Burns ' journey from high school genius at American Heritage School to a professional athlete is nothing short of impressive . After a leading college career at Florida State University , where he lead all freshmen in the country with 8....

When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . Some leechlike infection are pernicious , while others are just a nuisance . But regardless of their severity , they always gross us out . A parasite is fundamentally any organism that lives off another , getting its nutrients from its " host . " An image of the pork tapewormTaenia solium....

DeSandra Thomas was a passenger when her dad, who has not been named, allegedly drunkenly crashed into an abandoned vehicle on Interstate 94 outside Detroit early Sunday morning, Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said in a video uploaded on Twitter. The girl survived the crash and sent text messages to 911 asking for help, reportedly believing her father had been killed in the wreck. Lt. Shaw said a 911 dispatcher was texting with the girl — trying to make sure she was safe and remained where she was as police attempted to locate her — but DeSandra tried to cross the interstate and was fatally struck before police could find her....

Crime scene tape around area of shooting.Photo:Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Eight high school students were shot over 30 times near a Philadelphia bus station on Wednesday. The shooting occurred when three masked males exited a dark blue Hyundai Sonata and opened fire at the teens near a SEPTA bus stop, the Philadelphia Police Department said onX, formerly Twitter. “We now know because the car wasn’t driving itself that there’s a fourth individual in the car....

Jaxson Dempsey was on his way to a haircut late last month when his 20-month-old sister Leila began choking on a chicken nugget from McDonald’s, ABC affiliateWNEPreported. “It made me feel scared because I thought she was going to die,” Jaxson told CBS affiliateWYOU. “But then this thing came into my mind. I told my dad to pull over and I started to pat her back.” This “thing” the second-grader had remembered was an episode of the Nickelodeon hidden camera prank showThe Substitute, in which celebrities go undercover in classrooms as substitute teachers....

Cheryl McDonnell and Michael McDonnell.Photo:Kevin McdonnellKevin McDonnell, 25, is an AmeriCorps alum and the son of Michael P. McDonnell, a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. In this personal essay for PEOPLE, McDonnell discusses why he encourages people his age and younger to perform acts of service.The morning ofSept. 11, 2001, broke gloriously across the East Coast, with clear sunny skies shining brightly over New York, Washington, D.C., and southern Pennsylvania....