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Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

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The short program and the slightly longer free skate are the two performances that determine which figure skaters will go home with gold, silver or bronze at the Olympics. This year, Amber Glenn, ...

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MILAN — Ilia Malinin wagged his tongue in joy halfway through his short program in the men’s competition Tuesday night at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He had just completed his three industrial strength ...

MILAN — It’s reckless and exhilarating, daring and unnecessary, thrilling and chaotic all at once. The mid-routine backflip is one of skating’s most controversial moves, and Ilia Malinin — for the ...

The "Quad God" is also pretty good at backflips. U.S. figure skating star Ilia Malinin-- who dubbed himself "Quad God" for his ability to land the quadruple axel -- made his debut at at the 2026 Milan ...

Want more Olympics updates? Get our behind-the-scenes newsletter for what it's like to be at these Games. MILAN — The U.S. took gold in the figure skating team event for the second Winter Olympics in ...

All but one of the nation’s 26 Republican governors are signing their states up for the first federal program that will fund private school scholarships through tax credits. Their Democratic ...

On a chilly day before Christmas, Teresa Rivas helped a tween boy pick out a new winter coat. “Get the bigger one, the one with the waterproof layer, mijo,” she said, before helping him pull it onto ...