A scientist working to save a threatened frog species stumbled across a fossilized Pacific mastodon molar in a San Mateo County creek bed, a find experts are calling the most complete specimen of its kind from the region. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist at the consulting firm Balance Hydrologics, was surveying a wooded creek inside a […] The post Geomorphologist finds remarkably preserved mastodon tooth in San Francisco Bay Area creek appeared first on American Almanac .
A scientist working to save a threatened frog species stumbled across a fossilized Pacific mastodon molar in a San Mateo County creek bed, a find experts are calling the most complete specimen of its kind from the region. Brigid Lynch, a geomorphologist at the consulting firm Balance Hydrologics, was surveying a wooded creek inside a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this year when she spotted the nine-inch tooth sitting in plain sight. She was there for a habitat restoration project aimed at protecting the California red-legged frog, a threatened species. Instead, she found the remains of an animal that vanished from North America between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago. Lynch told…Open
Two sheriff's deputies in Snohomish County, Washington, had to grab an escaped goat by its foot-long horns after the animal went on a ramming spree that trapped residents inside their homes. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office sent deputies to a neighborhood on August 28 after the goat broke free from its pen and started charging […] The post Snohomish County deputies wrangle escaped goat that terrorized a Washington neighborhood appeared first on American Almanac .
Two sheriff's deputies in Snohomish County, Washington, had to grab an escaped goat by its foot-long horns after the animal went on a ramming spree that trapped residents inside their homes. The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office sent deputies to a neighborhood on August 28 after the goat broke free from its pen and started charging at people nearby. Body camera footage released by the agency shows two deputies wrestling the animal, one gripping each horn, and muscling it back toward its enclosure. One deputy, audibly straining, summed up the encounter in five words. "This thing is really strong, dude," he told his partner, the effort plain in his voice. The goat, sporting roughly one-foot-long horns, had turned the block into a no-go…Open
Netflix canceled the romantic drama Ransom Canyon after two seasons, leaving a storyline its own showrunner promised was "just the beginning" permanently unfinished. The streaming giant will not bring back the Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly series for a third season, UPI reported Thursday, citing trade publication Deadline as the first outlet to break the […] The post Netflix pulls the plug on 'Ransom Canyon' after just two seasons appeared first on American Almanac .
Netflix canceled the romantic drama Ransom Canyon after two seasons, leaving a storyline its own showrunner promised was "just the beginning" permanently unfinished. The streaming giant will not bring back the Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly series for a third season, UPI reported Thursday, citing trade publication Deadline as the first outlet to break the news. The Hollywood Reporter independently confirmed the decision the same day. Sources pointed to declining viewership and the cost of production as the reasons behind the cancellation. Netflix itself has not issued a public statement explaining the move, and no specific viewership figures or budget numbers have been disclosed. The show, based on Jodi Thomas's book series, followed…Open
A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy pulled a tiny kitten off the shoulder of Interstate 275 in Florida, and the deputy's family gave the cat a permanent home. The deputy spotted the five-week-old kitten huddled against a concrete wall along southbound I-275, with highway traffic streaming past. Rather than call animal control and move on, the […] The post Florida deputy rescues 5-week-old kitten from busy interstate, then takes it home appeared first on American Almanac .
A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy pulled a tiny kitten off the shoulder of Interstate 275 in Florida, and the deputy's family gave the cat a permanent home. The deputy spotted the five-week-old kitten huddled against a concrete wall along southbound I-275, with highway traffic streaming past. Rather than call animal control and move on, the deputy climbed out and went after the cat on foot, UPI reported . A Florida Highway Patrol trooper joined in to help corner the animal. Between the two officers, they managed to wrangle the kitten safely off the roadway. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office later shared the rescue on its Facebook page, calling the chase a "foot pur-suit", a bit of wordplay the agency apparently could not…Open
OpenAI will not go public this year given all the safety work it needs to do, CEO Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview released Saturday. Why it matters: Altman's comments come as fears over doomsday AI scenarios have ramped up since an Anthropic employee resigned and issued a dire warning about AI's capabilities. What they're saying: "Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public," Altman said . - "I would say not 2026, yeah. We got a lot of stuff to do." The intrigue: The market expected blockbuster IPOs from both OpenAI and Anthropic this year. - Altman's move puts the ball squarely in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's court — especially given Amodei's warning Saturday that AI development needs to be slowed. Editor's note:…
As a result of Hochul's pardon, Mariano is no longer deportable. Solicitor General John Sauer agreed Friday that the case in now moot, but he said the Trump administration will seek an "alternative vehicle" to challenge the lower court's ruling.
The case attracted national attention because of Mississippi's history of racial violence and lynching. Jackson police chief RaShall Brackney-Wheelock wouldn't discuss a motive, but did say that the suspect is a 51-year-old Black man who knew the victim.
President Donald Trump sparked the ire of some Irish leaders shortly after his arrival in Dublin Saturday when he expressed an interest in seeing a unified Ireland.